KATHERINE DAVIDSON

Katherine Davidson is a PhD Candidate at Carleton University. She has a decade of experience in museum and academic work in Ontario and Quebec, including at Canada’s national museum. This work has allowed her to work with hundreds of thousands of artifacts from around the world, with a focus on the Canadian Shield, Great Lakes and Hudson Bay Lowlands regions. Most recently, she has been a research assistant with the Bone Trade Project, studying the illicit trade of human remains online. Her doctoral research examines the meaning that understudied collections have for descendant communities in Northern and Eastern Ontario.