Derek MacIssac
University of Calgary
Canada

Derek MacIsaac has been a member of the Canadian Forces Primary Reserve for the past eight years. His trade specialization is in Communications, where he has achieved the rank of Sergeant. His experiences as a reservist have fuelled his research interest in role navigation between civilian and military contexts. Derek has convocated from the University of Regina with undergrad degrees in both Psychology and Anthropology. He is currently undertaking a Master of Arts program in Social-Cultural Anthropology at the University of Calgary, under the supervision of Dr. Anne Irwin.

Anne Irwin
University of Calgary
Canada

Anne Irwin holds the Canadian Defence and Foreign Affairs Institute Chair in Civil-Military Relations at the University of Calgary. A former officer in the Canadian Forces Primary Reserve, she teaches in the Department of Anthropology and the Centre for Military and Strategic Studies. She has conducted anthropological field research with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry both in Canada and on operations in Afghanistan.

Charles Mather
University of Calgary
Canada

Charles Mather is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Calgary. He has conducted ethnographic research on shrines and ritual in rural West Africa, and in a medical teaching hospital in Canada. His current research interests fall in the area of anthropological method, including autoethnography and insider ethnography.