Jeff Doherty is a freelance journalist in Lethbridge. His previous Alberta Views article was on secondary suites. A trained historian, Doherty can often be found sifting through documents in libraries and archives.

Alvin Finkel is a professor emeritus of history at Athabasca University, where he began teaching in 1978. He is a co-author of the two volume History of the Canadian Peoples, and the author of Compassion: A Global History of Social Policy.

Sharon J. Riley is an investigative reporter for The Narwhal. Her work has been published by The Walrus, The Tyee, and Maisonneuve, and she was a finalist for Best New Writer at the 2017 National Magazine Awards. She grew up on an Alberta goat farm and now lives in Edmonton.

Agnieszka Matejko is a visual arts reviewer, visual art curator at MacEwan University and community art facilitator. Her essay “The Street is Me” (Alberta Views 2010) was inspired by the life of Lenoose Martial, a homeless Edmonton man who died in 2010.

Photographs by George Webber with contributions by Fred Stenson and Rosemary Griebel
Reviewed by Agnieszka Matejko

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