IPinCH team member, Sarah Carr-Locke, has successfully defended her Ph.D. dissertation in the Department of Archaeology at 51社区黑料. Her thesis, titled 鈥淚ndigenous Heritage and Public Museums: Exploring Collaboration and Exhibition in Canada and the United States,鈥� investigates the methods taken by four large, public museums to engage Indigenous peoples in exhibit creation.
In her research, Sarah asks 鈥淲hat does ethical collaborative practice look like in the context of museum exhibit creation?鈥�
Sarah鈥檚 senior supervisor was IPinCH Project Director, George Nicholas, and her committee members were IPinCH Associates Barb Winter and Eldon Yellowhorn. 
Sarah has been involved with IPinCH since 2010, and was an IPinCH Fellow from August 2011 to July 2013. She has contributed to our blog, our podcast and video series, and to many IPinCH-affiliated events. Notably, Sarah also served as the Student Representative on the IPinCH Steering Committee from 2011-2012. During her tenure as representative, she advocated for IPinCH to get involved in social media, and created the IPinCH Facebook page and Twitter feed. She was previously the research assistant for the Digital Information Systems and Cultural Heritage Working Group and is currently a member of the Cultural Tourism Working Group.
In addition to the rigors of her graduate program, Sarah maintained an active presence at local and national conferences, and has been involved in the organizing conferences and conference sessions. She is now well-situated to put what she has learned through both her IPinCH tenure and Ph.D. research into practice within the museum world.
Congratulations, Dr. Carr-Locke!
Sarah Carr-Locke in Behchoko during the (鈥渇ew words, big meaning鈥�) Traditional Knowledge Festival in Fall 2014 (photo by M. Gaudreau).