Salinda S. Hess has been a member of the teaching faculty in the Department of Sociology and Anthropology at Concordia University for over 20 years. With a BA in biology and chemistry, an ABD in neurochemistry (UBC), an MA Ed in Behavioural Sciences and Science Education (SFU), a diploma in Health Administration, certification as an editor for Life Sciences (BELS), and a PhD in Medical Anthropology (McGill University), she has had a long and varied career. Her previous work has included directing the Society for Pollution and Environmental Control in BC, managing medical education with the Addiction Research Foundation in Toronto, working as the executive director for the foundation of an addictions treatment centre in Montreal, working as a senior medical editor in medical publishing, as well as research projects on health and nutrition, refugees, and social services. Her recent collaborative research with Dr. Francine Tremblay has involved student engagement issues in response to concerns about the fragility and anxieties of the many students they see and the desire to understand their experiences. her current research has returned to the topic of harm reduction among marginalised populations.

Francine Tremblay has been a teaching faculty member in the Department of Sociology Anthropology at Concordia University for 24 years. Her recent research includes Organising for Sex Workers’ Rights in Montréal: Resistance and Advocacy (Lexington 2020), Labouring in the Sex Industry: A Conversation with Sex (Social Sciences 2021) and Self, Identity and Collective Action (2023). Currently, she is working on a study that interrogates the concepts of lateral violence among marginalised populations.