Carol L. Higham is a visiting assistant professor of history at the University of North Carolina, Charlotte.
Robert Thacker is professor of Canadian Studies at St. Lawrence University and the former editor of the American Review of Canadian Studies.
Gerald Friesen is the author of The Canadian Prairies, the most influential and widely read history of western Canada, and A Guide to Manitoba Local History (with Barry Potyondi). His articles have been published in newspapers, journals, and books, and he has lectured internationally.
Sheila McManus is Associate Professor of History at the University of Lethbridge in southern Alberta. Her book, The Line Which Separates, was co-published by the University of Nebraska Press and The University of Alberta Press in 2005. Currently, she is writing a textbook on women in the U.S. West.