Dr. Pauline Sameshima is a curriculum theorist, educator, curator, editor, artist, and writer. Pauline served as the Canada Research Chair in Arts Integrated Studies from 2012-2022. She was inducted to the College of the Royal Society of Canada, one of the highest achievements recognizing scholarly excellence. Pauline has won international awards for her books on curriculum theory, interdisciplinary methodology, and poetic inquiry, including the co-authored Parallaxic Praxis: Multimodal Interdisciplinary Pedagogical Research Design, which received the 2020 Society of Professors of Education Outstanding Book Award. She lives in Thunder Bay, Ontario.
Robin Faye holds an Honours Bachelor of Fine Arts (HBFA) and a Master of Education (MEd) with a specialization in environmental and sustainability education. As a visual artist, she has twice received Lakehead University's LAIR Award for excellence in art and research. Robin is an active member of Citizens United for a Sustainable Planet. She is an uninvited guest on the territory of the Anishinaabe of the Fort William First Nation, and thus a hereditary signatory to the Robinson Superior Treaty of 1850.