Acknowledgements

We gratefully acknowledge funding support from the Government of Alberta through the Alberta Historical Resources Foundation (File # R-1808-18F and File # R-1725-15F), the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (Funding Reference Numbers CPP-137907, TLB-162870, PJT-156258), and Alberta Innovates Health Solutions (Record # 201400593).

We extend sincere appreciation to the following individuals, who generously shared their time and expertise in making this book better (listed alphabetically by last name): Jacen Abrey, Ella Arcand, Farah Bandali, Chris G. Buse, Jason Cabaj, Kevin Cowan, Maureen Devolin, Sandra Dewar, Warren Elofson, Herb Emery, Rafael Figueiredo, Brent Friesen, Suzanne Galesloot, Cathy Gladwin, Jenny Godley, Les Hagen, Bonnie Healy, Ken Hoffer, Chris Hosgood, Marianne Howell, Lene W. Jorgensen, Don Junk, Nathalie Lachance, Bonnie Lashewicz, Eunice Louis, Jack Lucas, Kelsey Lucyk, Wanda Martin, Karen Mills, Morgan Mouton, Richard Musto, Brian Pickering, G. Barry Phillips, Gerry Predy, Kim Raine, Sandra M. Reilly, Ardene Robinson Vollman, Margaret Russell, Chris Sarin, Jim Talbot, Charles Weaselhead, Douglas R. Wilson, Ruth Wolfe, Sharon Yanicki, and Kue Young. We also thank the team at University of Calgary Press for their consistent support; our talented and thoughtful editor, Rhonda Kronyk; and the two anonymous reviewers for highly constructive comments.