Dimitry Anastakis teaches history at Trent University in Peterborough, Ontario. A scholar of postwar Canada, his primary research examines Canada's role in the North American auto industry. He is the author of "Auto Pact: Creating a Borderless North American Auto Industry, 1960-1971" (University of Toronto Press, 2005) and edited "The Sixties: Passion, Politics and Style" (McGill-Queens University Press, 2008. His work has appeared in various academic journals and magazines such as "The Walrus".