Bios for the聽2016 Symposium speakers:
John Moses听鈥撀�Conservation as Reconciliation: The Russ Moses Residential School Memoir & Rattle as Context for an Indigenous Heritage Conservation Ethic
John Moses is a member of the Delaware and Upper Mohawk bands of the Six Nations of the聽Grand River Territory. Previously employed as an artifact conservator, Native history researcher聽and assistant curator at the former Canadian Museum of Civilization, with additional training and聽experience in artifact conservation at the British Museum and the National Museum of the聽American Indian, he currently works as a policy analyst with the Aboriginal Affairs Directorate聽of the Department of Canadian Heritage in Gatineau, Quebec. He holds a diploma of applied arts聽in museum technology, a bachelor鈥檚 degree in interdisciplinary studies, a master鈥檚 degree in聽Canadian studies, and is currently completing PhD work in cultural mediations at 杏吧原创聽University. He is presently a member of the Aboriginal Advisory Committee for Canadian聽History Hall Redevelopment at the Canadian Museum of History. He is the son of the late Russ聽Moses, whose residential school memoir forms the basis of this presentation.
Robert Shipley 鈥撀�More to Canadian Heritage Than Old, White, French & English
Before retiring in 2016 Professor Robert Shipley was Associate Director of the School of聽Planning, University of Waterloo, Director of the Heritage Resources Centre (HRC) and Visiting聽Research Fellow, Oxford Brookes University, England. Under his leadership the HRC became a聽leading source internationally of empirical research on cultural heritage, tourism and the聽economics of heritage. Robert served as VP of the Canadian Association of Heritage聽Professionals, Associate Editor of Plan Canada and the journal Planning Practice and Research聽and Project Evaluator for the European Science Council and the Norwegian Science Council. In聽2012 recipient of the Queen鈥檚 Diamond Jubilee Medal.
Thompson Nguyen 鈥撀�Mapping Toronto鈥檚 Queer Asian Heritage
Thompson Cong Nguyen is a queer Vietnamese Canadian聽designer based in Toronto. He is an聽alumni of the Bachelor of Architectural Studies program at 杏吧原创 University where he聽majored in Design. During his studies he has always questioned how the built environment can聽inform the stories we tell and are told. It was not until working in architecture that he was able to聽understand how he might take the question a bit more seriously.聽Thompson currently works at ERA Architects where the office faces daily questions of heritage,聽conservation and value on a wide range of projects across Canada. He feels very fortunate to聽be surrounded by incredible professionals that he can learn from.聽Thompson is also an active member on the Board of Directors at Buddies in Bad Times聽Theatre. He loves storytelling and wants to see as many different voices on stage as possible.
Karen Aird 鈥撀�Living With the Past: Rethinking Indigenous Cultural Landscapes聽聽聽聽聽聽聽
A member of Saulteau First Nations in Treaty no. 8 territory of BC, Karen Aird is a聽heritage consultant residing in Kamloops, BC. For almost 21 years Karen has worked on聽many First Nations-related projects that convey a strong Sense of Place in Indigenous聽Landscapes, encompassing the stories, legal traditions and the intangible and tangible聽elements into Indigenous cultural heritage planning. She is also the Cultural Heritage聽Planner for the Treaty 8 Tribal Association, the Tse鈥橩鈥檞a Heritage Society and the聽Treaty 8 Coordinating Lands Office.
Alain Fournier听鈥撀�Living With the Past: Rethinking Indigenous Cultural Landscapes聽
Alain鈥檚 first contact with First Nations was in 1967 in BC, followed by contact with the聽Inuit of Nunavut in 1970. Since 1983, he has cumulated over thirty years of experience聽working as an architectural consultant with Inuit and First Nations. He has worked in the聽Canadian North鈥檚 Inuit Nunangat territories (Nunavik, Nunavut and Nunatsiavut) and has聽also worked with the Cree of Eyou Istchee, the Mi鈥檊maq, the Innu, the Anishnabeg and聽the Mohawks. He has designed and built over two hundred and fifty projects (250) of all聽types in collaboration with Inuit and First Nations.
Rick Fehr 鈥撀�聽鈥淭hey call it Wishkubimin or sweet corn:鈥� Threads of Food Heritage Continuity in Southwestern Ontario
Rick Fehr is originally from Wallaceburg, Ontario, and is an Assistant Professor in Geography and聽First Nations Studies at Western University. His research focuses on the intersections and contentions聽between settlers and Indigenous peoples in early 19th century Southwestern Ontario, on Walpole聽Island鈥檚 traditional territory that is now the municipality of Chatham 鈥� Kent. The intent is to develop a聽comprehensive understanding of historic Indigenous land鈥恥se activities to help inform future land use聽planning decisions while acknowledging historic, contemporary, and future Indigenous presence on the聽land.
Jared Macbeth聽鈥� 鈥淭hey call it Wishkubimin or sweet corn:鈥� Threads of Food Heritage Continuity in Southwestern Ontario
Jared Macbeth is the Project Review Coordinator for the Walpole Island First Nation External聽Projects Program which deals with Consultation and Accommodation requests within the community鈥檚聽Traditional Territory. The main focus of his research is to investigate how language in land use policy can聽be altered to promote better working relationships between First Nations and municipalities.
Jesse Robertson 鈥撀�Heritage at the Treaty Table: Negotiating Indigenous Heritage in the British Columbia Treaty Process
Jesse is interested in the history of Aboriginal鈥恠ettler聽relations in British Columbia, and in the way that history is represented in聽contemporary public discourse. Jesse was born in Victoria, BC, and completed his聽undergraduate at the University of King鈥檚 College, Halifax, NS. A recent graduate of聽the MA program in Public History at 杏吧原创 University, Jesse鈥檚 research explored聽how discussions of the past have been framed within the British Columbia Treaty聽Process. More recently, Jesse participated in the 2015 St枚:l玫 Ethnohistory Field聽School, where he worked with the Matsqui First Nation to produce a history of聽settlement on the Matsqui Main Reserve. Beyond the academy, Jesse is an avid hiker,聽cook, and cribbage player. He currently lives in Ottawa.听听听听听听听听听听听听听听听
Kahente Horn-Miller 鈥撀�鈥極ff the Page鈥� and Into Practice: Revisiting the Haudenosaunee Sky Woman Narrative
Dr. Kahente Horn-Miller (Kahente means 鈥渟he walks ahead鈥�) (Kanien:keha鈥檏a/Mohawk) received her doctorate in 2009. She is a mother to four daughters. Currently she is an Assistant Professor in the School of Canadian Studies at 杏吧原创 University.
As an active member of her community, Dr. Horn-Miller is a figurative bridge builder as she continues to research and write on issues that are relevant to her work and academic interests such as Indigenous methodologies, Indigenous women, identity politics, colonization, Indigenous governance, and consensus-based decision making for her community and the wider society. Her governance work and community-based research involves interpreting Haudenosaunee culture and bringing new life to old traditions. She continues to work with the research advisory for the Kahnaw脿:ke Diabetes Prevention Project along with writing and publishing in her areas of interest. It is the fruit of her endeavors as a Mohawk, an educator, and a mother that she brings into her interactions with Kahnaw脿:ke:ronon (people of Kahnaw脿:ke) and the academic community.
Academics for her is not only about theorizing the issues that Indigenous peoples face as a way to find solutions; it is also about putting these theories into practice. It is through her teaching that she challenges her students to learn about her culture and about themselves as humans, which in the long term will foster relationships between Indigenous and non-native peoples that will go beyond the written word and the classroom and research settings. 鈥淲e have a lot important knowledge to share鈥�, she says.
Deborah Pelletier 鈥� 聽Indigenous Peoples & Heritage Conservation 鈥揋athering Strength from the 鈥淐ircle鈥�, Perspectives from Two Members of the former聽Circle of Aboriginal Heritage and Knowledge at Library and Archives Canada
Deborah Pelletier鈥檚 life-long learning journey in learning begins with the聽teachings from her Metis family and community of the Red River area in聽Manitoba and the Village of Lebret in Saskatchewan. Her education continued聽when she enrolled in the Saskatchewan Urban Native Teacher Education聽Program (SUNTEP) at the University of Regina, where she received a Bachelor聽of Education Degree and later, at the University of Alberta, where she obtained a聽Masters Degree in Library and Information Science.
Ms Pelletier鈥檚 professional background includes work as a teacher, consultant in聽education, librarian, researcher, program manager, and an advisor in information
management. She has worked as a public servant for the most part of her聽career in the development of public policy and its implementation in programming聽and services in pursuit of universal and equitable access to Aboriginal heritage聽and knowledge and its representation and preservation in public service and聽community organizations.
She has consulted and engaged Aboriginal communities to define and聽communicate their interests and needs and to work collaboratively on the basis聽of mutual respect, sharing and decision-making.
Ms Pelletier has provided 鈥渇ood for thought鈥� at national and international forums聽and has co-authored a number of informational and educational resources聽incorporating Indigenous content and perspective.
She continues to work with the federal government and is presently on聽secondment to the Education Branch, Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada聽(INAC).
Marie-Louise Perron听鈥撀�Indigenous Peoples & Heritage Conservation 鈥揋athering Strength from the 鈥淐ircle鈥�, Perspectives from Two Members of the former聽Circle of Aboriginal Heritage and Knowledge at Library and Archives Canada
She holds an Education and Fine Arts degrees from the University of Saskatchewan,聽and a Master鈥檚 degree in ethnology from Laval University, in Qu茅bec.
She has been, respectively, high school teacher in French as a second language and聽visual arts, Francophone Archivist for the province of Saskatchewan, and public services聽staff member at Library and Archives Canada (LAC) in Ottawa. Starting in 1992 at this聽institution, she led a number of distant access and genealogy initiatives, and was active聽in implementing Aboriginal and multicultural heritage initiatives. She has also presented聽and published, in both English and French for national and international audiences,聽numerous papers on subjects including French/M茅tis folksongs and folktales, the use of聽archival documents in the classroom, distant access to archival services, the聽development of LAC鈥檚 Canadian Genealogy Centre, and the Perron-Laderoute-Marion-
St. Arnaud families.
From 2007 to 2011, Ms Perron was Chief of Staff to the Commissioner of Official聽Languages in Ottawa.
Now retired, Ms Perron pursues historical and genealogical research projects, as well as聽her passion for the visual arts in photography, digital image expressions, mixed media聽on canvas, and watercolours.
Rebekah Ingram 鈥� 聽Indo-European Corruptions of Iroquoian Place Names
Rebekah R. Ingram is a PhD student in the School of Linguistics and Language Studies at 杏吧原创聽University. Her past work includes contributions to the Smithsonian Museum of the American Indian,聽the American Association of Geographers, and Babel language magazine. Rebekah is pleased to share聽knowledge with members of the Haudenosaunee (Six Nations Confederacy) within her current research,聽which focusses on indigenous languages in the historical context, representations of indigenous place聽names in cartographic discourse (maps), the morphology and syntax of indigenous place names and聽mapping of linguistic phenomena. Because of the interdisciplinary nature of her studies, she also works聽closely with the Department of Geography and Environmental studies and programming using the聽Nunaliit mapping framework, developed by 杏吧原创鈥檚 Geomatics and Cartographic Research Centre, to聽create the Atlas of Historical Indigenous Place Names, currently under development.
Lindy Van Vliet 鈥撀�Burning the Whitehouse, Sir Isaac Brock, and PolandBall:聽An Analysis of Social Media as a Space for Government Narrative Critique
I completed my BA in History and Political Science at University of Waterloo in 2015 and a, currently pursuing a MA in Canadian Studies at 杏吧原创 University. I am most interested in how Canadians react, respond, and re-produce the national narratives put forward by government agencies on online sites and through internet memes. My interest in critiquing nation-building narratives emerged when I worked for Parks Canada as a heritage interpreter.