Dr. Marilou McKenna earned her BA from University of Guelph and completed her PhD in Victorian Literature at York University. As a CUPE faculty member from the 1980s, she had experience teaching in a wide range of areas, including American and British Literature, gothic literature, and poetry. She was an active member of the William Morris Society of Canada, who presented her work at the University of Pittsburgh, the University of Toronto, and Exeter College, Oxford. Dr. McKenna passed away on 4 July 2022.