Thanks are due to the Ontario Arts Council, the Canada Council and the Multiculturalism Programmes of the Department of Canadian Heritage, for financial assistance while I completed this project.
For patient, insightful critique, encouragement, invention and general correction of my wacky concepts of science and social systems, thank you to Bob Boyczuk, Laurie Channer, Debbie Donofrio, Candas Jane Dorsey, David Findlay, Peter Halasz, Brent Hayward, Dora Knez, Kelly Link, Pamela Mordecai, Peter Watts, and my agent Don Maass and editor Betsy Mitchell.
Appreciation to David Findlay for permission to quote “Stolen.” Thank you, doux-doux.
Love, respect, blessings to my mother, Freda, and brother Keïta for their boundless support and enthusiasm.