W.J. Stankiewicz, who taught at the University of British Columbia for thirty years, is Professor Emeritus of Political Science. He is the author/editor of some 16 volumes, including the trilogy Aspects of Political Theory (1976), Approaches to Democracy (1980), In Search of a Political Philosophy (1993) 150; and several volumes of aphorisms. In 1997 Ronsdale Press published Holding One’s Time in Thought, a collection of essays in his honour and analyzing his political thought.