Peg Fong is a journalist and an instructor at Sauder where she teaches COMM courses. She is the Vancouver correspondent for The Economist and was a staff reporter at The Toronto Star, Globe and Mail, Vancouver Sun and the CBC. She created and hosted the international podcast Alone Together: A Curious Exploration of Loneliness where she interviewed experts around the world on the topic of what we can learn about the science, culture and history of loneliness. Her book, based on the podcast and aimed for a YA readership, will be published in March 2024.