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We would also like to thank our incredible team of peer reviewers. Their collective positive energy made the publication process that much more exciting and we appreciate all the effort and time they put into making revisions. We are especially thankful for the timeliness of their contributions, as all of them worked hard, met the deadlines, and provided excellent feedback to the authors. Their help was essential to the creation of this publication. Additionally, we would like to extend our thanks to the Brock University Historical Society (BUHS) for all of their help along this journey.An especial thank you to our supervisor, Dr. Daniel Samson for guiding us through the publication process and the many steps involved. We are grateful for all his support and encouragement.From the technical end, the publication of this journal would not have been possible without the digital support from Brock University's digital scholarship librarian, Tim Ribaric. We are thankful for his guidance and advice as we encountered technical issues and worked through them. Thanks also to Brock Printing and Digital Services and Paul Tritton for printing this year's edition of The General and to Kathy Powell and the St. Catharines and Welland Canals Centre.Finally, we would like to thank Dr. R. Andrew McDonald and Elisabeth Boudreau for their contributions to Volume 8 of The General. Dr. McDonald kindly agreed to write the foreword and Elisabeth provided the beautiful design on the cover of this year's edition.As historian John H. Arnold expressed in the opening quote, we hope that this year's edition of The General can "bring the past to life once more" through the work of Brock University students. We are honoured to have been a part of the creation of the year's edition of The General and are very excited to be sharing this publication. Congratulations to everyone on The General 2023!