About the Author

Ursula Franklin is an experimental physicist, University Professor Emeritus at the University of Toronto, the recipient of the Pearson Medal of Peace, and a companion of the Order of Canada. She is the author of "The Real World of Technology," and delivered the annual, prestigious Massey Lectures on the subject in 1989.
Michelle Swenarchuk is a lawyer and writer, and the Executive Director of the Canadian Environmental Law Association.