About the Contributors
Project Editor
Dr. Laura Quirk
Laura received her doctorate through the Tri-University doctoral program, which utilizes the expertise of the University of Waterloo, Wilfrid Laurier University, and the University of Guelph. Her PhD is in history with minors in archaeology and gender. She has been a professor at Conestoga College since 2010 and has developed many courses for the college, including history of art I and II, archaeology, history of living memory, gender, Canadian history, and ancestry, as well as a travel course to London and Paris.
Laura is the author of the first essay in Stories of Hope: “When Hope Is All You Have Left.” She is also the project’s editor; having created the initial concept, she is now soliciting further contributions.
Call for Contributors
Stories of Hope is an ongoing project. If you are interested in sharing your own story of hope and resilience, please know that contributions of poetry, visual arts, audio recordings, video, or other media are welcome. Educators are also invited to develop and contribute learning materials for the resource.
Note that any contributions will be published under a CC-BY-NC-ND open license.
Please contact Laura at lquirk@conestogac.on.ca to discuss your ideas.
