People

Our team is composed of the director, administration, co-investigators, and collaborators.

Administration

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Steven Bednarski
Project Director and Primary Investigator

Professor, History
University of Waterloo


stevenb@uwaterloo.ca

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Caley McCarthy
Project Manager

PhD, McGill University


cmccarth@uwaterloo.ca


Erin Kurian
Communications Coordinator

PhD Candidate, University of Waterloo

erin.kurian@uwaterloo.ca

 

Co-investigators

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Andrew Trant
Co-Investigator

Associate Professor, School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability
University of Waterloo

atrant@uwaterloo.ca

Ann Marie Rasmussen
Co-Investigator

Right Honourable John G. Diefenbaker Memorial Chair, German Literary Studies
University of Waterloo

amrasmus@uwaterloo.ca

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Andrew Moore
Co-Investigator

SSHRC Post-Doctoral Fellow, University of Saskatchewan

a5moore@uwaterloo.ca

Derek Robinson
Co-Investigator

Associate Professor, Geography & Environmental Management
University of Waterloo

dtrobinson@uwaterloo.ca

Zack MacDonald
Co-Investigator

Map Librarian, Archives and Special Collections
Western University

zack.macdonald@uwo.ca

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Philip Slavin
Co-Investigator

Associate Professor, History
University of Stirling

philip.slavin@stir.ac.uk

Neil Loader
Co-Investigator

Professor, Geography
Swansea University

n.j.loader@swansea.ac.uk

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Neil Randall
Co-Investigator

Associate Professor, English Language and Literature
University of Waterloo

neil.randall@uwaterloo.ca

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Nicholas Graham
Co-Investigator

Professor, School of Computing
Queen’s University

graham@cs.queensu.ca

Paul Lovejoy
Co-Investigator

Professor Emeritus, History
Canada Research Chair
York University

plovejoy@yorku.ca

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Raymond Siemens
Co-Investigator

Professor, English &
Computer Science
Canada Research Chair
University of Victoria

siemens@uvic.ca

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Robin Harrap
Co-Investigator

Professor, Geological Sciences
Queen’s University

harrap@queensu.ca 

Simon Coppard
Co-Investigator

Science Coordinator & Senior Lecturer in Biology, Bader College

simon.coppard@queensu.ca

Stephen Sherlock
Co-Investigator

Archeologist,
National Highways, England.

Timothy Newfield
Co-Investigator

Assistant Professor,
History & Biology
Georgetown University

timothy.newfield@georgetown.edu

 

Collaborators

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Alison Bullock
Collaborator

Educator
Waterloo Region District School Board

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Amelia Fairman
Collaborator

Assistant Project Manager, Pre-Construct Archaeology

afairman@pre-construct.com

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Christopher Whittick
Collaborator

Senior Archivist,
East Sussex County Council

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Claire Kennan
Collaborator

Research Coordinator and Lecturer, Bader College

c_kennan@bisc.queensu.ac.uk

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David Rudolph
Collaborator

Professor, Groundwater
University of Waterloo

drudolph@uwaterloo.ca

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Emy Kim
Collaborator

Assistant Professor, Artifacts Conservation
Queen’s University

emy.kim@queensu.ca

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George Bevan
Collaborator

Associate Professor, Geography and Planning
Queen’s University

bevan@queensu.ca

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Geneviève Dumas
Collaborator

Professeure titulaire d’histoire
Université de Sherbrooke

Genevieve.Dumas@uSherbrooke.ca

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Guy Lucas
Collaborator

Gardens and Grounds Manager Bader International Study Centre

g_lucas@bisc.queensu.ac.uk

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Joan Coutu
Collaborator

Professor, Fine Arts,
University of Waterloo

joan.coutu@uwaterloo.ca  

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Johanna Wandel
Collaborator

Associate Professor & Associate Dean, Strategic Initiatives
University of Waterloo

jwandel@uwaterloo.ca

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John Johnston
Collaborator

Continuing Lecturer, Sedimentology/Stratigraphy
University of Waterloo

jwjohnston@uwaterloo.ca

Katrina Keefer
Collaborator

Adjunct Professor of History
Trent University

katrinakeefer@trentu.ca

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Maria Strack
Collaborator

Professor and Canada Research Chair, Geography and Environmental Management
University of Waterloo

mstrack@uwaterloo.ca

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Martin Ross
Collaborator

Associate Professor, Applied Quaternary Science
University of Waterloo

maross@uwaterloo.ca

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Matthew Reeve
Collaborator

Associate Professor and Queen's National Scholar, Art History
Queen’s University

reevem@queensu.ca

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Richard Hoffmann
Collaborator

Professor Emeritus, History; Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada,
York University

medfish@yorku.ca

Ruth Cereceda
Collaborator

Senior Lecturer, Art History; Experiential Learning Coordinator
Bader College

ruth.cereceda@queensu.ca

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Sherry Schiff
Collaborator

Professor, Environmental Geochemistry
University of Waterloo

sschiff@uwaterloo.ca