My research focuses on the colonial legacy of toxic contamination from military bases in Labrador, how this waste has impacted the area’s history and heritage, and the role archaeology plays in understanding the history of industrial contamination on Indigenous lands. Landscape theory and community archaeology with local Indigenous knowledge and analytical chemistry will be used to analyze the continuing colonial legacy of Northern contamination. Read more...

Continuing from my MA research, my PhD will include the complete analysis of archaeological site FjCa-51 (Sheshatshiu-3) located in Sheshatshiu, Labrador. The site is the largest recorded Intermediate period site in Upper Lake Melville, and perhaps the province. FjCa-51 is one of 185 recorded IP (3200-1800 years before present) archaeological sites within Upper Lake Melville with sixteen excavation areas containing evidence of food processing and preparation, quartzite quarrying, as well as stone tool production and maintenance. Read more...

My research focuses on Innu cultural landscapes and heritage management in Labrador. The research program has been designed with the Innu Nation to document Innu perceptions of heritage management, centred on parks and cultural sites as they are at risk from development and climate change. Interviews with land managers and heritage specialists are paired with archaeological fieldwork in order to understand land use, exchange skills with Innu guardians, and build local capacity in cultural resource management. Read more...

My MA research focuses on answering the question: how may working with undocumented collections, private collectors and avocational archaeologists benefit the field of archaeology? Read more...