Kathleen Kufeldt is an adjunct professor in the Department of Sociology, University of New Brunswick. Her former positions include assistant dean of the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Calgary and chair in child protection at Memorial University in St. John’s. She developed the International Foster Care Organization’s Training and Development Bureau to respond to international training needs and organized the first Canadian conference for youth in care in 1979. Her research and publications on children’s rights, foster care, and runaway and homeless youth are extensive.

Brad McKenzie is professor of social work at the University of Manitoba, where he teaches social policy and program evaluation. His most recent book is Connecting Policy to Practice in the Human Services (2010), with Brian Wharf. He has conducted research and published extensively on Aboriginal Child Welfare. His international work includes a leadership role in the development of a new social work program in Ukraine.