Michael Evans is a professor of Anthropology in the Department of Community, Culture, and Global Studies at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan campus. Dr. Evans has been involved in several community based research initiatives, and in particular has a long-term relationship with the Prince George Métis Elders Society. He has also worked extensively with colleagues at the Métis Nation of British Columbia on a number of research projects dealing with historic and contemporary Métis communities in BC, some of which are discussed in this volume. Together with Elders and community leaders in Prince George he put together a Métis Studies curriculum for UNBC and a number of publications including What it is to be a Métis (Evans et al 1999, 2007), A Brief History, of the Short Life, of the Island Cache (Evans et al 2004). He has also worked on a number of participatory video projects with collaborators from the Métis community and videographer and new media artist Stephen Foster. He is also involved in a number of active research projects concerned with Cultural Safety and Aboriginal health, especially in the Urban Aboriginal and Métis communities in Canada.

Rachelle Hole is the Cluster Leader for Social Inclusion and Equity at ICER, and it an Associate Professor in the School of Social Work at the University of British Columbia, Okanagan campus. Her main research interests are in the area of disability studies and identity theory. Her doctoral thesis explored the intersection of hearing loss and identity, exploring how three culturally Deaf women perceived the influence of hearing loss on their identities. The interest for this topic emerged from her social work practice over 20 years working with Deaf, Hard of Hearing and Deaf-Blind individuals and their families throughout the Province of British Columbia."

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