Frank Tester is Professor Emeritus, School of Social Work, University of British Columbia, Adjunct Professor of Indigenous Studies, University of Manitoba and the Kutenai Art Therapy Institute, Nelson, British Columbia. He is a founding member of the Vancouver Association for Restorative Justice and a restorative justice practitioner, educator and facilitator. Frank is a recipient of the Gustavus Myers Award for the Study of Human Rights in North America and has worked for the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, as a technical advisor to Inuit and other communities dealing with resource development projects affecting their environments, cultures and well-being, and internationally with CUSO and other non-governmental agencies. He is the author/co-author of six books dealing with Inuit social history, impact assessment and Canadian social policy.