Tariq Ali is a regular broadcaster on BBC Radio and contributes articles and journalism to magazines and newspapers including The Guardian and the London Review of Books. He is editorial director of London publishers Verso and is on the board of the New Left Review, for whom he is also an editor. Read more »
Maria Bakardjieva is an Associate Professor at the Faculty of Communication and Culture in the University of Calgary. Read more »
Megan Boler is an Associate Professor, in the Department of Theory & Policy Studies, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto, and editor of a number of books including Digital Media and Democracy: Tactics in Hard Times (2008). Read more »
Hailing from a wide-ranging background in mathematics, physics and moral philosophy, Joe Brewer has focused on the study of cognitive science and linguistics, including studying with Mark Johnson—a co-author with George Lakoff on two books. Mr. Brewer has a special interest and expertise in the framing of global warming issues. In addition to his background in the physical sciences, Joe has gained valuable experience in education while working as a consultant to develop a four-year undergraduate program that brings an innovative, strongly interdisciplinary philosophy to the scientific and human dimensions of environmental studies. On Rockridge Nation, Joe has explored the ideas introduced in Thinking Points and led discussions of these concepts. Read more »
Dr. Cooper is the CGA Professor of Accountancy in the School of Business at the University of Alberta. His research is interdisciplinary, critically orientated, and problem-centered, drawing on sociology, political science and social theory to understand regulation, organizational and managerial rationality, and performance measurement and management. Read more »
John MacLachlan Gray is a Canadian writer-composer-performer for stage, TV, film, radio and print. He is best-known for his stage musicals and for his two seasons as a satirist on CBC TV's The Journal, as well as an author, speaker and social critic on cultural-political issues. Read more »
Leslea is an Edmonton writer whose one act play Swallow was staged in March 2008 as part of the Edmonton Explorations Program. Read more »
Ian Mulder is an Edmonton-based public artist, muralist, and art educator. His main interest is the improvement of public space through murals and other forms of post-architectural design. Read more »
Meagan Perry works with the progressive news website rabble.ca as the executive producer of the rabble podcast network. Her company, MAP Communications Consulting, produces podcasts, and provides web development and writing services for non-profit and First Nations clients across Canada. Read more »
Sheila Pratt started as a rookie reporter during Alberta's first boom in the late 1970s and has been analysing and commenting on the changing political and social landscape ever since, as a writer and editor. Read more »
Heather-jane Robertson is an author, educator and activist who has been at the forefront of public education debates for three decades. She is currently Vice-President and Treasurer of the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives in Ottawa. Read more »
Dennis Soron is a faculty member in the Sociology department at Brock University, where he is also affiliated with the Labour Studies program and the graduate program in Social Justice and Equity Studies. Read more »
Rebecca Sullivan is a professor at the University of Calgary and a local media columnist and commentator on gender, media and popular culture. She is the author of Visual Habits: Nuns, Feminism and Postwar Popular Culture and the co-author of Canadian Television Today. Read more »
David Thompson is an independent public policy consultant and a Parkland Institute Research Associate. He has postgraduate degrees in law and economics, and has worked in government, the private sector and the not-for-profit sector. Read more »
Nora started with CBC as the founding host and a producer of Definitely not the Opera, where she was a frequent commenter on technology and popular culture. She creates miniseries and documentaries for shows such as Ideas, and is the technology columnist for CBC Radio afternoon shows. Read more »
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