About the Author

Marian Binkley is a professor of anthropology and Dean of Arts and Social Sciences at Dalhousie University in Halifax. Siri Gerrard is an associate professor in the Department of Planning and Community Studies at the University of Tromso, Norway. Maria Cristina Maneschy teaches sociology at the Universidade Federal do Para [Federal University of Para State], Brazil. Barbara Neis is a professor of sociology at Memorial University of Newfoundland in St. John's.