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Originally from Montreal, Patrick Keating is a graduate of Simon Fraser’s School for the Contemporary Arts and has been working as an actor in the Vancouver TV, Film and Theatre scene for the past thirty years.

Patrick served three sentences in Federal Penitentiaries in Quebec and British Columbia. When he transferred to Matsqui in B.C., Patrick took courses that were offered first through the University of Victoria and then through Simon Fraser University. One of those courses was in the art and craft of the Theatre. While at a Halfway House in Vancouver (The Robson Centre), Patrick was accepted and enrolled into the Fine Arts Program at Simon Fraser. He earned a B.A. in Theatre studies, launching a career as a performer that has involved close to 60 TV and film productions and over 40 stage productions.

Alexis H Truong is Assistant Professor in the Criminology Department at the University of Ottawa. His research focuses on themes of mental health, violence towards women, transitions into adulthood and popular culture in Canada and Japan – and also specializes in research methods, both qualitative and quantitative. Prior to starting his tenure-track appointment, he was a Postdoctoral Fellow at Goldsmiths College, University of London (UK, Fonds de recherche Société et Culture [FQRSC] Postdoc Scholarship, 2016-2017) in the Sociology Department and was also associated with Sophia University for his fieldwork (Tokyo, 2010-2011) while he completed his PhD at the University of Ottawa (Canada, ON) in Sociology (FQRSC Doctoral Scholarship). He also holds a Masters in Social Work, and currently is a member of the Centre for Research on Educational and Community Services (CRECS) and a member of The Sociological Review’s editorial board.