David Newhouse is Onondaga from the Six Nations of the Grand River community near Brantford, Ontario. He is chair of Trent University's Department of Indigenous Studies, co-chair of the Trent Aboriginal Education Council, and an associate professor in the business administration program. Kevin FitzMaurice is an assistant professor in the University of Sudbury's Native Studies Department, where he specializes in Canadian politics and Aboriginal peoples, Aboriginal governance, child welfare, criminal justice, urbanization, and Native critical theory. Tricia McGuire-Adams, an Anishinaabe from Bingwi Neyaashi Anishinaabek, is research manager for the National Association of Friendship Centres. Daniel Jetté is a research manager at Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development Canada. He is of Tuscaroran, French-Canadian, and Irish-Canadian heritage.