Mouloud Boukala is an anthropologist and full professor at UQAM's École des médias, Canada Research Chair in Media, Disability and (Self)Representation and co-director of the Handicap, Sourditude et Innovations (HSI) Laboratory, his research is part of an anthropology of the media, focusing on the study of situations of disability and how they are portrayed in film, television and comic strips.

Snack Witch Joni Cheung 🍡 is a grateful, uninvited guest born—and knows she wants to die—on the unceded territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm, Skwxwú7mesh, Stó:lō, and Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh peoples. They are a Certified Sculpture Witch with an MFA from Concordia University (2023). She holds a BFA with Distinction in Visual Art (2018) from the School for the Contemporary Arts at Simon Fraser University. As a wicked #magicalgirl ✨ who eats art and makes snacks, she has exhibited and curated shows, off- and online, across Turtle Island. Currently, they are based on the stolen lands of the Kanien’kehá:ka peoples. Aside from art-making, Joni likes wandering down grocery store aisles and drinking bubble tea.