Seeking Social Democracy: Seven Decades in the Fight for Equality

Ed Broadbent was the leader of Canada's New Democratic Party from 1975 to 1989 and member of Parliament for Oshawa (1968-1990) and Ottawa Centre (2004-2006). He is the editor of Democratic Inequality: What Went Wrong? and a frequent author of newspaper and magazine opinion articles.

Frank Block, an author turned full-time narrator, has recorded 470-plus audiobooks from his home studio. Frank grew up in a small prairie town surrounded by colorful storytellers, which helped him develop his own unique craft of storytelling. He lives with his wife of more than thirty years in beautiful British Columbia.

Frances Abele is Distinguished Research Professor and Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy Emerita at Carleton University. She is a research fellow at the Carleton Centre for Community Innovation and the Broadbent Institute. Much of her work focuses on Indigenous-Canada relations.

Jonathan Sas has worked in senior policy and political roles in government, think tanks, and the labour movement. He is an honorary witness to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. His writing has appeared in the Toronto Star, National Post, the Tyee, and Maisonneuve magazine.

Luke Savage is a writer and journalist whose work has appeared in the Atlantic, the Guardian, Jacobin, the New Statesman, the Washington Post, Smithsonian magazine, and the Literary Review of Canada. His first book, The Dead Center, was published in 2022.