Editor Maya Eichler

Maya Eichler is an associate professor in the Department of Politics, Economics and Canadian Studies (PECS) and the Department of Women’s Studies at the Mount. She previously held the Canada Research Chair in Social Innovation and Community Engagement from 2014-2024. Listen to her introduction of the book launch here.

 

 

 

 

 

Jessica Miller

Jessica Miller is a veteran of the Canadian Armed Forces and the founder of the Veteran Farm Project Society. Listen to an excerpt from her chapter “Creating the Veteran Farm Project” here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Whelan

John Whelan is a navy veteran, adjunct professor at Mount Saint Vincent University, and psychologist with over twenty-five years’ experience working with serving and retired members of the military and RCMP. Listen to an excerpt from his chapter “Vagabonds Among You” here.

 

 

 

 

Sylvia Parris-Drummond

Sylvia Parris-Drummond, CEO of the Delmore “Buddy” Daye Learning Institute, is actively involved in a broad range of community organizations, including Akoma (AFC/Holdings), Feed Nova Scotia, and the Foundation for Black Communities. Listen to an excerpt from her chapter “My Voice and My Daddy’s Story: His Time in the No. 2 Construction Battalion” here.

 

 

 

Catherine Baillie Abidi

Catherine Baillie Abidi is a scholar–practitioner who bridges community and academia. She is a faculty member in the Department of Child and Youth Studies at Mount Saint Vincent University with twenty-five years of experience working in the humanitarian field, particularly in the areas of forced migration, peace and conflict, and refugee settlement. Listen to her reading excerpts from contributors, Amara Bangura for “Confronting the Past: Remembering Memuna” chapter, Nareen Haj Ali‘s “Don’t Lose Hope: You Never Know What Tomorrow May Bring,” Viyan Ali‘s “My Story,” and Marianela Fuertes‘ ” No Red Poppies for Columbia” here.

 

 

 

Barbara Lounder

Barbara Lounder is a visual artist and a founding member of Narratives in Space+Time Society. An experienced art educator, exhibiting artist, and writer, she has presented her work across Canada and internationally. Her current art practice focuses on walking as a creative methodology. Listen to an excerpt from her chapter “Halifax Explosion” here.

 

 

 

 

Juanita Peters

Juanita Peters is a gifted and multi-award-winning storyteller, playwright, director, and actor, who worked in broadcast radio and television for many years. She is the executive director of the Africville Museum and has lectured at the Fountain School of Performing Arts at Dalhousie University. Listen to an excerpt from her chapter “My Explosion” here.

 

 

 

Catherine Martin

Catherine Martin is an Elder with the Millbrook Mi’kmaw community and an independent filmmaker, playwright, storyteller, and drummer. She held the Nancy’s Chair in women’s studies at Mount Saint Vincent University from 2015 to 2017, and is currently the director of Indigenous Community Engagement at Dalhousie University. In 2017, she was appointed to the Order of Canada, and in 2021, she received the Portia White Prize from Arts Nova Scotia. Listen to an excerpt from her chapter “Basketmaker” here.

 

 

 

Peter Dykhuis

Peter Dykhuis is an internationally exhibiting visual artist and critical writer. He was the director of the Anna Leonowens Gallery at NSCAD University from 1996 to 2007 and director/curator of the Dalhousie Art Gallery from 2007 to 2022. Listen to an excerpt from his chapter “Pure War” here.

 

 

 

 

 

El Jones

El Jones is a poet, educator, journalist, and advocate. She was the fifth poet laureate of Halifax and the fifteenth Nancy’s Chair in women’s studies at Mount Saint Vincent University. She is an assistant professor in political and Canadian studies at Mount Saint Vincent University. Listen to an excerpt from her chapter “We Built This City” here.

 

 

 

 

Editors Reina Green and Tracy Moniz

Reina Green is an associate professor in the English Department at Mount Saint Vincent University where she teaches courses in early modern literature, including the drama of the period, and contemporary Canadian drama.

Tracy Moniz is an associate professor in the Department of Communication Studies at Mount Saint Vincent University. She teaches courses in writing, gender and media, and health communication.

Listen to them reading an excerpt from their chapter “Weaving Communities Together Through Storytelling” here.