Rachel Taylor (Iñupiaq)
MA completed, SFU (2019)                   
Master of Publishing (MPub) program
https://banoong.ca/

Rachel Taylor is a mixed Iñupiaq and settler editor, living and working as an uninvited guest on Coast Salish territories. She specializes in the unique considerations of working with Indigenous stories and storytellers, contemporary and traditional. 

Treena Chambers (Métis)
Master's Student, SFU
School of Public Policy
treenac@sfu.ca

Treena brings her experience as a mature student and her Métis background into her studies of nationhood and identity. Treena’s past experience as a co-curator and organizer of the Robson Reading Series and work in the bookselling industry helps to inform her varied contributions to The People and the Text. She has also worked on the categorization/digitization of archival materials that appear on our website.

Kimberley John (Coast Salish)
Masters Student, SFU
School of Public Policy
kimberley_john_2@sfu.ca

Kimberley has worked on compiling information for the biographies of featured authors on The People and the Text website.

Alison Wick
Undergraduate Student, SFU
Dept. of Indigenous Studies
wickalison@gmail.com

Alison completed her BA in June 2021; as an undergraduate student, she researched featured authors and wrote biographies for The People and the Text website.

Sandie Dielissen
PhD Student, SFU
Depts. of GSWS & Indigenous Studies
sdieliss@sfu.ca

Sandie conducted archival research at the Glenbow Museum & Archives in Calgary, focusing particularly on the observations and personal notes written by the late Edward Ahenakew. She also transcribed a variety of archival sources, catalogued prep books to be added to the project bibliography, and assisted with administrative matters.

Matthew Provost (Siksikaitsitapi/Blackfoot)
Undergraduate Student, SFU
Dept. of Communications
matthew_provost@sfu.ca

Matthew is Siksikaitsitapi (Blackfoot) from the Piikani nation, and he is studying Communications with a minor in Indigenous Studies at SFU. Matthew has digitized manuscripts and transcribed literature from Indigenous authors for The People and the Text project.

Madeleine Reddon (Métis)
PhD Candidate, UBC
Dept. of English
madreddon@gmail.com

Madeleine is a PhD Candidate at the University of British Columbia, and recipient of the CGS doctoral Joseph-Armand Bombardier scholarship. Her research interests include global avant-garde and modernist literatures and critical nationalisms. She transcribes texts for the People and the Text and researches select materials from their archive.

Lara Estlin
BA completed, SFU (2018)
Dept. of English
lestlin@sfu.ca

Lara graduated from SFU in 2018 with an BA Honours in English and Humanities. She completed her Honours project on Indigenous authors William Apess (Pequot) and George Copway (Ojibwe), while also working as a research assistant for The People and the Text.

Jessica Bound 
BA completed, U of Manitoba (2019) 

Jessica conducted research for TPatT at the Manitoba archives under the supervision of Dr. Jocelyn Thorpe from the University of Manitoba. At the time, Jessica was in her  third year of her study, working towards her BA. Among her finds are letters, a 1932 short story by William Asham, and the mid 19th-century journal of Métis labourer James Cromartie, that contains entries on everyday activities.

Sarah Hedley

Sarah is an Indigenous Studies and Education Graduate who is living and working on the unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh), and Skwxwú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish) peoples. She has contributed to The People and the Text through IT support, database analysis and research.

Jakob Knudsen (Métis, Interior Salish, Dakelh) 
Undergraduate Student, SFU
Dept. of Indigenous Studies
jknudsen@sfu.ca

Jakob is an Indigenous Studies student at SFU. He has contributed art and writing to 221a, the Polyanna Library, and IAM. Jakob has transcribed archival works for The People and The Text.