The editors wish to extend their deepest thanks to all the worker-writers who participated in the Worker as Futurist Project in all of its iterations, as well as to the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, who provided funding to the project through an Insight Development Grant via Lakehead University.
Thanks also go to Stella Lawson and Sam Cousin who provided research, editorial, and administrative support, to our editor Candida Hadley, to our artist Amanda Priebe, to our audio engineer and musician Robert Steenkamer, and to our audiobook narrator Sook-Yin Lee.
Thanks to the guests on our podcast and the editors at venues that published our writing about the project: Jacobin, the Los Angeles Review of Books, Triple-C and The Sociological Review Magazine. We are also grateful for the support of conference organizers and attendees at the many conferences and academic venues where we presented our work.
Thanks also to all our friends and proofreaders, who helped us through the final stages!
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