Margaret Kechnie

The editors of Changing Lives: Women in Northern Ontario are both members of the Laurentian University faculty. Margaret Kechnie is an associate professor teaching Women's Studies and is the past coordinator of the Women's Studies Programme. Her rsearch interest is in the area of Ontario farm women. Marge Reitsma-Street is an associate professor in the School of Social Work and an activist researcher focusing on poverty and women's contributions to community life.