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Gabriel Wong is a graphic designer and educator. He is a second-generation Canadian from Edmonton, Alberta. He has worked as an independent design practitioner for over a decade. 

His professional work focuses on the arts and international development, from working with contemporary dance companies to UNEP's CITES. His work has been recognized by Communication Arts and American Illustration and is included in Edmonton and Fort McMurray's Public Art Collection. 

He received his Bachelor's in Visual Communication Design from the University of Alberta and Master's of Arts in Environmental Art from Aalto University in Helsinki, Finland. He has also studied graphic design and comics (bande dessinée) at École Recherche Graphique in Brussels, Belgium. 

He is interested in pedagogy, design and writing systems and international perspectives.

Debora O teaches Foundation English and has taught in various humanities disciplines at both SFU and ECUAD. She has an active art practice as a creative writer and video artist. Debora is also passionate about connecting students to local issues and communities. As an educator she believes in mentoring students to be aware and critical of issues in their wider communities - and to connect their studies at ECUAD with local groups and initiatives.

Tara received her BA in Canadian Studies from UBC and her MA in Canadian Studies from Carleton. She has taught writing, literature, and photography in Ottawa, Japan, and Vancouver.

Her interests focus on how marginalized people create community space through independent publishing.

She justifies her obsession with roadside attractions by pointing out that they are totally public art and that the photos she takes of them are rather creative.

Tara received her BA in Canadian Studies from UBC and her MA in Canadian Studies from Carleton. She has taught writing, literature, and photography in Ottawa, Japan, and Vancouver.

Her interests focus on how marginalized people create community space through independent publishing.

She justifies her obsession with roadside attractions by pointing out that they are totally public art and that the photos she takes of them are rather creative.

An Associate Professor in Critical and Cultural Studies, Rita Wong investigates the relationships between contemporary poetics, social justice, ecology, and decolonization. She is currently researching the poetics of water, supported by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

Wong completed her PhD at SFU, where her dissertation focused on Asian North American cultural production. As an instructor, Wong values the processes of open dialogue, critical inquiry, respect for difference, and attentive listening as an important basis for lifelong learning.

A recipient of the Dorothy Livesay Poetry Prize and the Asian Canadian Writers' Workshop Emerging Writer Award, Wong is the author of sybil unrest (Line Books, 2008, with Larissa Lai), forage (Nightwood, short-listed for the 2008 Asian American Literary Award for Poetry, winner of Canada Reads Poetry 2011), and monkeypuzzle (Press Gang, 1998).

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Jamie Hilder is a an artist and critic based in Vancouver. He received a PhD in English from the University of British Columbia for a dissertation on the International Concrete Poetry Movement. From 2011-13 he held a SSHRC postdoctoral research fellowship in the Information Studies department at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has shown and published work in the United States and Europe, and maintains an active collaborative practice with Vancouver artist and educator, Brady Cranfield.

Jamie Hilder is a an artist and critic based in Vancouver. He received a PhD in English from the University of British Columbia for a dissertation on the International Concrete Poetry Movement. From 2011-13 he held a SSHRC postdoctoral research fellowship in the Information Studies department at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has shown and published work in the United States and Europe, and maintains an active collaborative practice with Vancouver artist and educator, Brady Cranfield.

Jamie Hilder is a an artist and critic based in Vancouver. He received a PhD in English from the University of British Columbia for a dissertation on the International Concrete Poetry Movement. From 2011-13 he held a SSHRC postdoctoral research fellowship in the Information Studies department at the University of California, Los Angeles. He has shown and published work in the United States and Europe, and maintains an active collaborative practice with Vancouver artist and educator, Brady Cranfield.