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Jade Zhu (朱郁淇) was born in 1999 in Zhengzhou, China. She attended Huzhulu Primary School and Zhengzhou Experimental Foreign Language Middle School. During her senior year in middle school, Jade briefly moved to New Zealand to attend language school.

In August 2014, Jade moved in with the LaPlants in Poughkeepsie, New York and started attending high school at Our Lady of Lourdes High School. During which Jade participated in various sports teams and started to take interests in game development. After 3 years, Jade graduated high school and started attending Boston University in 2017, pursuing a degree in Computer Engineering. During her years in Boston, Jade was a member of the Boston University FAE Racing club and the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers. She briefly worked as an usher at Agganis Arena before Covid shut down. Upon obtaining her degree in 2021, she attended the State University of New York in Binghamton for a degree in Psychology. She worked at the Binghamton University Speaking Center as a consultant in 2023.

Beginning in September 2024, Jade moved to Toronto, Canada, to study archive and record management at the University of Toronto.

Outside of her academic life, Jade enjoys various creative activities including photography, creative writing, making fabric arts and airplane models. She is also an avid sports fan, enjoying watching old recordings and making score cards.

Early Education and Upbringing
Jason Kahei Wong was born on 1994 in Kowloon, Hong Kong. Growing up in a middle-class family, he was exposed to classical music in his early childhood. At the age of ten, he already attained the Associated Board of the Royal Schools of Music (ABRSM) Level 8 Certification for classical piano, but the oppressive learning environment deprived him of the interest to continue developing this instrument. Two years later, he entered the Hong Kong Pui Ching Middle School (equivalent of grade 7), which is renowned for its creative music curriculum. During his middle school studies away from his parents, Wong was introduced to classical guitar by his mentor, James Lau. It soon became his passion and a key turning point of his career in music. Founded by missionaries of the Baptism Church, Pui Ching Middle School carries the mission to develop the virtues and ethics of its students. Wong accepted the Christian faith in 2007 in a school assembly. He remained active in a home church and strongly embraced biblical principles about love and care for communities.

Classical Guitar Career
Wong's years of classical piano training accelerated the progress of his newfound interest in classical guitar. In less than 2 years, he received near full scores in the ABRSM Level 8 Certification for classical guitar and competed for third place in the Hong Kong Schools Music Festival. In 2010, he was referred to Universe Wang, a local independent musician, by the school's program. Universe Wang's avant-garde approach to classical music liberated Jason Wong from the confinement of classical theory. He began composing fusion music with classical guitar techniques, mashing up genres that include Flamenco, R&B, gospel, traditional Chinese music, and 80s ballad. Wong's increasingly secular approach to guitar eventually led to the break-up between James Lau and himself. But Wong was determined about the modernization of classical guitar, especially advocating for a bigger role of un-plugged acoustic guitar in band and symphony. In 2012, he entered the Chinese University of Hong Kong to pursue a Bachelor of Art (Music) degree in contemporary fingerstyles and conducting theories. College education transformed his vision about audience and meaning of artistic interactions. He decided to fade out from traditional classical guitar competition, turning his efforts to street performances and chapel worships.

Religious Life
Since become a Christian in 2007, Wong began attending the Mei Foo Home Church in his neighbourhood. But the worldview of Christianity inevitably collided with the morals and norms of the Chinese tradition. To navigate through these issues, Wong started a bible study group with his peers to parse the meaning of the scripture and its implications to teenagers in a Chinese society. To better grasp the semantics and etymology of Books from the New Testament, Wong started another group in 2018 that studied the Hellenistic Greek language, which is the original script of the bible. Through their studies, Wong and his peers were determined about a mission to care for other young students and minorities in the neighbourhood. They formed a youth fellowship program that would gather students from multiple universities for community service and outreaching.

Situation during and after the 2019 social turmoil
Since June 2019, a large-scale movement for democratization broke out in Hong Kong. Driven by Christian belief of love and care for the disadvantaged, Wong visited multiple petition sites in the city and wrote a series of political essays that raised awareness about human rights infringement and societal harmony. When the movement eventually died down, Wong, along others who did not feel safe living in Hong Kong anymore, moved to Canada for a new life, continuing his pursuit for a Master of Musical studies at the University of Toronto. Unfortunately, he suffered from an acute heart attack at the Rogers Centre as the Toronto Blue Jays lost to the New York Yankees by 5-16 on June 28, 2024. He passed away peacefully in the embrace of his family.

Elizabeth Macleod (b. 1994) is a graduate student the University of Toronto's Faculty of Information, specializing in Archives and Records Management. She was born and raised in Calgary, Alberta, attending St. Cecilia Catholic School from 1999 to 2006, Fairview Public School from 2006 to 2009, and St. Mary's Catholic High School from 2009 to 2012. She then pursued a Bachelor's degree in Biological Sciences from the University of Calgary, taking a slight detour after the first year to study Interior Design for one year at Mount Royal University. Deciding the Interior Design field was not her preferred career interest, Macleod returned to U of C to complete her Bachelor's in Biological Sciences, graduating in 2017. After graduation, she entered the veterinary industry, performing a variety of administrative and managerial roles over the course of several years.
In 2024, Macleod moved to Toronto, Ontario to enter the Archives and Records Management graduate program at the University of Toronto Faculty of Information, where her academic studies focus on archival theory and informational sciences, with particular interest in areas of decolonization efforts and community-based strategies within current archival frameworks.

In addition to her professional activities, Macleod has a noted enthusiasm for music, having studied and performed the violin since her childhood years both as a solo and orchestral performer, as well as participated in many other musical pursuits and instruments including the piano, clarinet, saxophone, and choirs in various private and conservatory institutions, and school music councils and university music programs.

Ryan Cummins was born September 8, 1997 in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada to a family of five. At age four his family moved to Riverside, California, United States where he would attend Benjamin Franklin Elementary School (2003 - 2010), Amelia Earhart Middle School (2010 - 2012), and Martin Luther King Jr. High School (2011 - 2015). After completing high school, during which he worked as a life guard for the City of Riverside on a seasonal basis, he moved back to Ontario to attend the University of Waterloo for his undergraduate degree. Beginning in 2015 and graduating in 2020, he received a Political Science degree with a specialization in International Relations, as well as an Honours Arts and Business degree. Cummins also graduated from the co-op program at the University of Waterloo, and worked at a variety of public and private organizations, including a gun-holster and car parts factory (2016 and 2017), the University of Waterloo's Special Collections and Archives (2018), and the Canadian Intellectual Property Office (2019). After graduation, Cummins would be briefly employed at a Zehrs grocery store in Waterloo (2020) before moving to Ottawa to work for Innovation, Science, and Economic Development Canada as a Web Analyst (2021). After completing his work contract, Cummins briefly attended the Norman Paterson School of International Affairs as part of their Intelligence Program before leaving due to moral conflict with the program (2021 - 2022). While working again for the federal government at Women and Gender Equality Canada (2022 - current), Cummins applied for and was accepted by the University of Toronto's iSchool in the Archives and Records Management program, where he still attends (2024 - current).

Faith Moir was born in Ottawa, Canada in 2001, and was raised by a single mother. Her family was very active in Riverside United Church, and she participated in the church choir and volunteered with events put on by the church, though she no longer identifies with Christianity.

She did not leave Ottawa until attending university, where she went to Acadia University in Wolfville, Nova Scotia. During her tenure at Acadia University, she originally intended to attain a Bachelor's Degree in English, though in her second year changed her major to History. During this time, she was a member of the Acadia Film Society, the Acadia History Club, and she also worked as a Collections Research Intern at the Acadia University Art Gallery located on campus. Most of her academic interests fall under the broad categories of Gender and Sexuality Studies, Women Studies, and Medieval Studies.

She graduated with her BA in History with Minors in Classics and Material Culture in 2023, after which she returned to Ottawa for a year.
In 2024, Faith was accepted into the Combined Degree Program at the iSchool under the University of Toronto, and she is now currently working on attaining her Masters of Information and Masters of Museum Studies. She hopes to become a curator or archivist after graduation.

Faith volunteers with several organizations. She worked as a volunteer receptionist at the Textile Museum of Canada, volunteers online with the Goulbourn Museum, and works with the Out of the Cold Foundation.

Faith has been working on several creative writing endeavours, including poetry, short stories, and the drafts of one novel. Other creative endeavours she pursues include digital photography and digital illustration.

Rae Zhang (b. 1996) is currently pursuing her Master of Information degree with dual concentration in Information Systems Design and Archives Management at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Information. Her academic and professional work focuses on developing user-friendly digital preservation systems for archival institutions.
Born and raised in Henan, China, Zhang attended the International School of Qiushi (ISQS), where she earned Student of the Year honors in both 2012 and 2013. She also won the first place in the school's 2013 Creative Showcase.
In 2014, Zhang began her post-secondary education at the University of Alberta as an international student. After facing challenges with cultural adjustment and enduring severe depression, Zhang withdrew from the University of Alberta after six months of study. She spent time in Los Angeles with family before returning to Canada in 2015. Re-enrolling at the University of Alberta, she pursued a major in Art History with a minor in Art and Cultural Management. Zhang later transferred to MacEwan University, earning her Diploma in Art and Cultural Management in 2019. Her practicum at the Royal Alberta Museum in 2019, where she managed public education collections, first sparked her interest in records management.
After graduation, Zhang developed her professional skills through client service roles at the Bank of Montreal while establishing her permanent residence in Canada (2020-2021). In 2022, she enrolled in the University of Toronto's Bachelor of Information program, gaining interdisciplinary expertise in UX/UI design, cultural technology, and data science.
During her Bachelor of Information program, Zhang completed a practicum at the Provincial Archives of Alberta (PAA) as an archives assistant. Having a chance to work directly with archival materials, she recognized the sector is facing a transition from paper to digital, and archies is looking for more accessible solutions for managing digital records. This work experience directly informed her current graduate research focus on developing user-centered archival systems that address contemporary digital preservation challenges.
Beyond her academic and professional pursuits, Zhang maintains active interests in fencing, tennis, and golf, and has been involved in animal rescue advocacy efforts in China.

Heather Kenny was born in Toronto, Ontario, on June 15th, 2001, to Hai Yen T. Tran and Andrew Kenny. From 2015 to 2019, she attended high school at North Toronto C.I., and became known amongst her circles as an active photographer and continued the hobby throughout her life. From 2019 to 2024, Kenny attended McMaster University and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in History and Anthropology. In the year following her degree, she worked at Northbridge Insurance until she began her degree for a Master of Information Science in Archives and Records Management at the University of Toronto in 2024. In 2024, she began participating in multiple book clubs and often heavily annotated physical book copies. The same year, she also took to journaling and digital scrapbooking. Heather continued her education until she passed on March 15th of 2025 outside of Claude T. Bissell Building, Toronto.

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