Louise Swaffer (project manager) is a PhD candidate in the Department of History and Classical Studies at McGill University. Her research is driven by interest in migrations and communities, settler colonialism and state formation in the British Empire, and specializes in Scottish migration. From the UK and Scandinavia originally, Louise appreciates the perspective she is gaining on these issues in Canada.
Caroline Marion (lead exhibit creator) holds an undergraduate degree in History and Political Science from McGill University. She is currently pursuing her MA in History at Concordia University, where she earned a Graduate Diploma in Communication Studies in 2023. Having moved to Canada from France when she was a teenager, Caroline has developed a particular interest in learning about Canadian migration history. Aside from her studies, she is working as a tour guide in a museum and she was part of the organizing committee of Concordia’s 2024 Graduate History conference, History in the Making.
Caitlyn Mulligan is an undergraduate student studying Political Science, History, and East Asian Studies, graduating in spring 2024. Originally from Chicago, she has long held a passion for discovering and preserving counter-memories in order to challenge state-sanctioned historical narratives. Beyond academics, Caitlyn has worked to expand mental health care access to the McGill student body in her role as the outgoing Chair of the Peer Support Centre.
Nathan Spoelstra is a third-year undergraduate student at McGill University pursuing a degree in Urban Studies. Originally from Calgary, Nathan has appreciated this project’s usage of history as way of shedding light on contemporary issues in Canada.
Molly Lohner holds a bachelor’s degree in History from McGill University. She is interested in Canadian history and in the Classical world, the latter of which was the subject of her honours thesis. She will be returning to McGill in the fall 2024 semester to pursue a BCL/JD at the Faculty of Law. Outside of school, Molly enjoys theatre, reading, cooking, and travelling. She is currently backpacking through Southeast Asia and Australia.
Jeanne Hope holds an undergraduate degree in History and English Literature from McGill University. Jeanne favors the topics of empire, modernity and globalization in her studies, with a particular interest in the ‘contact zones’ of British settler colonialism. Adopting a post-colonial and interdisciplinary approach, she pays attention to metanarratives and archival silences.
Helen Symonds holds a Bachelor of Education in Secondary Social Sciences from McGill University. Originally from Boston, she has come to love Canadian history and enjoys bringing that passion to the classroom, helping students to connect today’s issues with the events of the past.
Sophie Gunyon is a graduate student at McGill University pursuing a Master of Arts in Political Science. She recently completed her Bachelor’s degree in Political Science at McGill in spring 2023. Sophie is highly interested in Canadian political history and international relations. Outside of school, she enjoys reading and doing crossword puzzles.
Zoé Larocque, a McGill University graduate with a BA in History and French Literature, is advancing her studies with a Master’s in French Literature. An adept multilingual translator in English and French, her academic experience includes a Glasgow exchange and literary publications. Her work at Rethink Agency and Cardinal Editions showcases her advertising and editorial skills. As a Holocaust Museum guide and a proponent of equality, she is deeply committed to social awareness and historical understanding.
Edward Dunsworth (curator) is an assistant professor in the Department of History and Classical Studies at McGill University. A historian of labour and migration, Dunsworth has been investigating migrant farm labour in Canada for some 15 years. He is the author of Harvesting Labour: Tobacco and the Global Making of Canada’s Agricultural Workforce (McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2022) and a collaborator with the St. Lucian-Canadian activist and former migrant worker Gabriel Allahdua on his memoir, Harvesting Freedom: The Life of a Migrant Worker in Canada (Between the Lines, 2023).
