Carolina Aragão is an economist and demographer with the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives’ Ontario office (CCPA Ontario).

Howard A. Doughty has been teaching in the social sciences at Seneca College for 54 years. He was the founding editor of The College Quarterly and long-time book review editor of The Innovation Journal, and has written and published extensively on the political economy of higher education. He is also a community organizer and veteran trade union activist in OPSEU.

Zuhra Abawi is an Assistant Professor of Teacher Education at Niagara University Ontario. Her research focuses on the ways that discourses of race and identity are negotiated, mediated and socialized in education. Dr. Abawi can be contacted at zabawi@niagara.edu.

Saamia Ahmad (she/her) is an economist at Vivic Research. Her interests within economics are income inequality, shared prosperity, and advancing human welfare through progressive economics.

Guliz Akkaymak is the manager of policy and advocacy at World Education Services.

Hannah Aldridge is the Research and Policy Analyst at Maytree. You can follow her on Twitter at @HSAldridge (though she doesn't really tweet).

Zainab Almukhtar holds a PhD degree in Managements Science, Saint Mary’s University, Halifax, Canada is an Assistant Professor at Cape Breton University and a Research Associate at the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives. Zainab also holds a master’s degree in technology Entrepreneurship and Innovation and a Bachelor and a Master in Control System Engineering. Main research areas are healthcare analytics and management, operations research, healthcare policies, immigration policies and diversity. Zainab is also a member of several non-for-profit organisations and is highly interested in working to improve the well-being of communities.

Angele Alook (she/her) is an Assistant Professor in the School of Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies at York University. She is a proud member of Bigstone Cree Nation in Treaty 8 territory, where she has carried out research on issues of Sociology of family and work, resource extraction, school-to-work transitions, Indigenous identity and seeking the good life (miyo-pimatisiwin) in work-life balance. Her current research examines a just transition away from fossil fuels. She is an active member of the labour movement and a former labour researcher in the movement.

Abde Amr (he/him) is a research assistant at Simon Fraser University’s Disinformation Project at the School of Communication. He examines fake news discourses on Canadian news media and social media. Follow him on Twitter at @AbdelrahmanAmr.

James Anderson is from Illinois but now resides in Riverside, California. He has taught college courses as an adjunct professor and now works as a freelance writer/journalist. You can read and subscribe to his newsletter at waywards.substack.com.

Hanna (she/her) is a recent graduate of Simon Fraser University where she studied Communications and Print & Digital Publishing. She is passionate about intersectional climate justice, community care, and using environmental communication as a vital tool in strengthening collective efficacy and co-creating sustainable futures.

Pat Armstrong, PhD, is a Distinguished Research Professor of Sociology at York University, Toronto. She was the was Principle Investigator of “Reimagining Long-Term Care: An International Study of Promising Practices.”

Hugh Armstrong, PhD, is a Distinguished Research Professor and Professor Emeritus of Social Work and Political Economy at Carleton University.

Bob Ascah is a political economist who worked for over 30 years in Alberta's public sector. He is a research fellow with the Parkland Institute and blogs at Abpolecon.ca.

Larissa Atkison, Ph.D., is a CCPA-NS research associate. She is a member of CUPE 3912, though currently working at Dalhousie University as a full-time assistant professor, on a limited-term appointment.

Martine August is an assistant professor in the School of Planning at the University of Waterloo.

Nada Awwad is a recent graduate of the University of Alberta’s Bachelor of Education After-Degree program, and a Junior High School teacher. She has been working as a research assistant with Dr. Muna Saleh, researching the experiences of Palestinian Muslim students and families in Alberta, with a focus on their experiences of anti-Palestinian racism in schools.