Kent McNeil is Emeritus Distinguished Research Professor at Osgoode Hall Law School, York University. He is the author of numerous works on the rights of Indigenous peoples, including Emerging Justice? Essays on Indigenous Rights in Canada and Australia, Flawed Precedent: The St. Catherine's Case and Aboriginal Title, and Common Law Aboriginal Title. He is an honorary member of the Indigenous Bar Association and a member of the Royal Society of Canada. He lives in Victoria, British Columbia.
Wayne Sumner is University Professor Emeritus in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Toronto. Among his books are Abortion and Moral Theory, The Moral Foundation of Rights, Assisted Death: A Study in Ethics and Law, and Physician-Assisted Death: What Everyone Needs to Know. He is a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada and recipient of the 2009 Molson Prize in Social Sciences and Humanities from the Canada Council for the Arts. He lives in Toronto.
