About the Authors

Emma Hassencahl-Perley is Curator of Indigenous Art at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery and a Wolastoqey visual artist, arts writer, and educator from Neqotkuk (Tobique First Nation) in New Brunswick. She has curated and co-curated numerous exhibitions, including

ehpituwikuwam (2022), BACA: Creation Stories (2023), and Epekwitk Quill Sisters: Etleoogoeiog (Talking Together) (2024).

Dr. John Leroux is an art & architectural historian, heritage specialist, educator, emeritus architect, and former curator at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery. He has worked at award-winning architecture firms in Toronto, Atlanta, Saint John, and Fredericton, and has taught at the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, the University of New Brunswick, and St. Thomas University. Leroux has authored or contributed to twenty-six books on Canadian architecture and visual culture. He was awarded the Order of New Brunswick in 2024.