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Audra Simpson
Audra Simpson is a political anthropologist whose work is focused on contextualizing the force and consequences of governance through time, space and bodies. Her research and writing is rooted within Indigenous polities in the US and Canada and crosses the fields of anthropology, Indigenous Studies, American and Canadian Studies, gender and sexuality studies as well as politics. Her recent research is a genealogy of affective governance and extraction across the US and Canada. Her book, Mohawk Interruptus: Political Life Across the Borders of Settler States (2014, DUP) won the Sharon Stephens Prize (AES), the “Best first Book Award” (NAISA) as well as the Lora Romero Award (ASA) in addition to honorable mentions. It was a Choice Academic Title for 2014. In 2010, she won the School of General Studies “Excellence in Teaching Award.”
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Raven Sinclair
Raven Sinclair is Nehiyaw (Cree) and Associate Professor of Social Work, at the University of Regina, Saskatoon Campus. Her passions include wellness training and facilitation, Indigenous research, and Indigenous child welfare.
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Tom Slee
Tom Slee writes about technology, politics, and economics and in the last two years has become a leading critic of the sharing economy. He has a PhD in theoretical chemistry, a long career in the software industry, and his book No One Makes You Shop at Wal-Mart is a game-theoretical investigation of individual choice that has been used in university economics, philosophy and sociology courses. He lives in Waterloo, Canada and blogs at www.tomslee.net.
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Malinda Smith
Malinda Smith is an Associate Professor in the Department of Political Science, University of Alberta.
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Julia Smith
Julia Smith joined the Graphic History Collective in 2012. She is currently completing a PhD in Canadian Studies at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario. Her research interests include labour and working-class history, gender and women’s studies, and political economy. She has written about women, work, and union organizing, particularly in the service, office, and retail sectors, and she enjoys studying and sharing the history of working peoples.
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Nigel Spencer
Nigel Spencer is a writer, translator, and professor of English living in Montréal, Quebec, Canada. He has won the Canadian Governor General’s Literary Award for translation on three occasions, in 2002, 2007, and 2012 and was awarded a Proclamation of Recognition by the Republic of Guinea.
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Alan Spinney
Alan Spinney is a graphic designer and illustrator with a background in advertising. He is the author and illustrator of the comic book series Brittle Hill. He lives and works in Moncton, NB.