Janet Nicol is a freelance writer with a special interest in art, history and social justice. She has written more than 360 articles for 48 magazines. She taught high school history for twenty-nine years in Vancouver and summer workshops to teachers in Mongolia, Peru and Tanzania, and has volunteered for the BC Labour Heritage Centre, Room magazine and the British Columbia Historical Federation. She has a master’s degree from the University of British Columbia and was the recipient of the British Columbia Historical Federation’s Anne and Philip Yandle Best Article Award in 2013.