Rob Kristofferson Author & Editor

Rob Kristofferson is a professor of history and of social and environmental justice at Wilfrid Laurier University. He has worked extensively in workers’ public history and labour arts since the mid-1990s. He has produced several exhibits, tours, and other programming, much of this work in association with the Workers’ Arts and Heritage Centre, where he currently serves on the Board of Directors. He is co-author of the graphic history Showdown! Making Modern Unions.

Stephanie Ross is an associate professor in the School of Labour Studies at McMaster University. Her teaching and research focus on the politics and dynamics of labour movements, especially how unions deal with key questions of structure, democracy, bargaining priorities, political vision, political strategy, and collective identity. She has long been interested in the role of culture in working-class communities and in labour movement renewal and is a past board member of the Workers’ Arts and Heritage Centre. She is co-author of Building a Better World: An Introduction to the Labour Movement in Canada.