Michel Bock est professeur agrégé au Département d'histoire de l'Université d'Ottawa et titulaire de la Chaire de recherche sur l'histoire de la francophonie canadienne.
Ferdinanda Van Gennip is the translator of several works of non-fiction, including A Nation Beyond Borders: Lionel Groulx on French-Canadian Minorities by Michel Bock (University of Ottawa Press, 2014), Breaking Point: Quebec/Canada, the 1995 Referendum by Mario Cardinal (Bayard Canada/CBC, 2005) and How to Befriend Your Shadow by John Monbourquette (Darton, Longman and Todd, 2001).
She holds a BA in French Translation and French-Canadian Studies from Queen's University and an MDiv from the Toronto School of Theology.