Our Team
Thank you to our sponsor, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council.

Principal Investigators

Keith Carlson
Canada Research Chair in Indigenous and Community-engaged History
University of the Fraser Valley

Community Organizations and Indigenous Participants and Consultants

Si:yemia (Albert “Sonny” McHalsie)
Shxwohamel Knowledge Keeper
Historian at Stó:lō Research and Resource Management Centre

David Schaepe
Director & Senior Archaeologist
Stó:lō Research and Resource Management Centre

Indigenous Artists


Indigenous Educators

Mary Stewart
Associate Professor Specializing in Halq'eméylem Language Instruction
University of the Fraser Valley

Siyámíya (Dianna Kaye)
PHD (ABD), Knowledge Keeper, Tiyt Tribe, Halq'eméylem Language Specialist
University of the Fraser Valley

Rod Peters
Educator Emeritus
Seabird Island and School District 78, Fraser Cascade
Academic Collaborators

Rachel L. Roper
Associate Professor of Microbiology & Immunology
Brody School of Medicine
Student Researchers
University of the Fraser Valley: Peace and Reconciliation Centre, student researchers
- Alyshia De Jager
- Andrew Kelly
- Bethany Zimmerman
- Breanne Muller
- Brianna Grando
- Brooke Higginbottom
- Han Wood
- Heather Holland
- Holly Janzen
- Jacalyn Drummond
- Jakob Petersen
- Jarrett Smith
- Kate Simpson
- Maaria Zafar
- Melisa Caswell
- Michaela Sapielak
- Tyece Broad
University of Victoria, student researchers
- Ireland Good
- Rye Green
- Mira Harvey
- Isabella Jackson
- Gloria McLure
- Sean McPherson
- Jesse Robertson
- Wren Shaman
- Sarah Taekema
- Conner White