Dr. Jason Wiens is a Teaching Professor in the Department of English and Associate Dean, Teaching, Learning, and Student Engagement in the Faculty of Arts at the University of Calgary. His areas of teaching and research interests include contemporary poetry, Canadian literature, archival studies, and pedagogy.

Rachel Stubbs is a PhD student at the University of Calgary of Ojibwe, Swiss, and English descent. Her research focuses on the depiction of Indigenous girlhood in 20th century Western Canadian literatures.