Mary Ann Steggles is a professor at the School of Art, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Canada. She was one of tens of thousands who immigrated to Canada during the Vietnam era, and was awarded a grant in 2016 to research the contributions that Vietnam-era resisters and protestors had on the field of Canadian ceramics. Dr. Steggles has lectured internationally, and her writing appears in several publications. Contact her at maryann.steggles@umanitoba.ca.