A number of individuals at York University contributed to the background research and preparation of this Report: Gillian Collins, Cheshmak Farhoumand-Sims, Marika Giles, Marie-Andrée Jacob, Rachel Li Wai Suen, Stella Militano, Heather Northcott, Purushothman Panchalingam, Christopher Rickerd, Peter Thomson, Deborah Smith-Webber, Kim Ward, Goli Yohannes.