{"id":6727,"date":"2016-11-02T15:05:27","date_gmt":"2016-11-02T15:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/preconfederation\/?post_type=back-matter&#038;p=6727"},"modified":"2016-11-28T16:39:56","modified_gmt":"2016-11-28T16:39:56","slug":"about-the-author-and-contributors","status":"publish","type":"back-matter","link":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/preconfederation\/back-matter\/about-the-author-and-contributors\/","title":{"raw":"About the Author and Contributors","rendered":"About the Author and Contributors"},"content":{"raw":"<a href=\"http:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/preconfederation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2015\/02\/johnstill03-copy.jpg\"><img src=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/preconfederation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2016\/10\/johnstill03-copy-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. John Douglas Belshaw\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5662\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a>\n\n<strong>Dr. John Douglas Belshaw<\/strong> is an Open Learning faculty member at Thompson Rivers University, a consultant to the post-secondary sector, and a writer. He has authored, co-authored, and edited several books and articles on the history of British Columbia.\n<h2>Contributing Historians<\/h2>\n<strong>Frank Abbott, <\/strong>Ph.D. (Simon Fraser University) Dr. Abbott is an accomplished Canadian History instructor at Kwantlen Polytechnic University.\n\n<strong>Tina Block, <\/strong>Ph.D. (University of Victoria) Dr. Block is a History professor at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops and a specialist on the links between organized religion and social relations.\n\n<strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Richelle Gardiner-Hynd<\/strong><strong>s, <\/strong>MA Integrated Studies (Athabasca University) Ms. Gardiner-Hynds is a specialist in Canadian women's history and an instructor in History and Women's Studies at North Island College.\n\n<strong>Diane Purvey, <\/strong>Ph.D. (University of British Columbia) Dr. Purvey is the Dean of Arts at Kwantlen Polytechnic University and an expert on the history of education and social history in Canada.","rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/preconfederation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2015\/02\/johnstill03-copy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/preconfederation\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/22\/2016\/10\/johnstill03-copy-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"Dr. John Douglas Belshaw\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-5662\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Dr. John Douglas Belshaw<\/strong> is an Open Learning faculty member at Thompson Rivers University, a consultant to the post-secondary sector, and a writer. 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