Dr. Darrell Varga has a PhD in Social and Political Thought from York University (Toronto) and is Canada Research Chair in Contemporary Film and Media Studies at NSCAD University (Nova Scotia College of Art and Design) in Halifax. He is the co-editor of Working on Screen: Representations of the Working Class in Canadian Cinema (University of Toronto Press, 2006) and editor of Rain/Drizzle/Fog: Film and Television in Atlantic Canada (University of Calgary Press, 2008). Current research is on concepts of region in Canadian cinema and in the context of globalization. He has published widely on Canadian, American, and International cinema, documentary and experimental practices. Varga has a background in filmmaking and currently teaches courses in film history, documentary film, and Canadian cinema.