Dr. Damián Castro started his studies on the Universidad de Buenos Aires, Argentina in the 1990s. He participated in pioneer projects where the goal was to add computer processing to Archaeological and Anthropological research, including GIS and AI. During this time, he also worked in the software industry at Microsoft. Dr. Castro did his graduate studies at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Read more...

Sylvia Moore, PhD, is an educator, mental health professional, and associate professor at the School of Arctic and Subarctic Studies. She is based at the Labrador Campus, but her Mi’kmaw family’s roots are in southwestern Nova Scotia. Sylvia is the former faculty lead for Memorial’s teacher education programs in Labrador. Read more...

Dr. Scott Neilsen’s research interests at this time are connected to his supervision of graduate students, and relationships he has with various heritage stakeholders in Labrador and Newfoundland. This includes research related to Innu, Inuit and Mi’Kmaq archaeological history, Indigenous and co-management of cultural and natural resources, the decolonization of archaeology and academia, repatriation, critical theory, contemporary archaeology, digital archaeology, and cultural resources management policies and practices. Read more...

Carolina Tytelman is an Assistant Professor in the School of Arctic and Subarctic Studies at the Labrador Campus. An anthropologist, she is interested in the interactions between people and their environment, including their construction and perception of place and the relationships with other-than-human beings, and how these issues are expressed and negotiated by different groups in the current context of Canada. Read more...

Daria Boltokova is Assistant Professor of Anthropology at Memorial University of Newfoundland. Her research and teaching interests are in linguistic and sociocultural anthropology, with a special focus on language revitalization, Indigenous self-governance, and youth activism. An Indigenous Sakha originally from a small community in Northeastern Russia, Dr. Boltokova completed her B.A. in St. Petersburg before receiving two MAs and a PhD from the University of British Columbia. Read more...

My research and publications focus on the environmental-historical geography of Western and Northern Canada. In recent years, my research has explored the historical and contemporary encounters of northern Indigenous communities with large-scale resource developments. Read more...

My current research focuses on the culture and history of the Labrador Inuit from the late 16th to early 19th centuries, and their changing role in increasingly global social and economic networks during that time. In particular, I am interested in the gradual change from small, egalitarian single-family households in the late 16th century, to much larger communal houses occupied by the extended families of powerful shamans/traders by the beginning of the 18th century. Read more...

Violet (PhD-ABD) is an adjunct professor with the School of Arctic and Subarctic Studies at the Labrador Campus. She is also an assistant professor (tenure-track) at Carleton University's Department of Law and Legal Studies. Her homeland is within the Nunatsiavut region, and she was born and raised in Makkovik (Maggovik). She is a residential school survivor and the first woman of Inuit ancestry in Canada to become a lawyer. Read more...

Nathaniel (Settler, he/him) is an adjunct professor with the School of Arctic and Subarctic Studies at the Labrador Campus. He works collaboratively with Indigenous governments and health and social care agencies in Labrador and elsewhere in the Circumpolar North on research, post-secondary education, and program and policy development projects. Nathaniel completed a Master’s of Social Work at Carleton University and a PhD in Community Health at Memorial University. Read more...

Alexandra Sawatzky, PhD (Settler, she/her), is an interdisciplinary researcher and artist who collaborates with communities, researchers, and organizations to co-create and mobilize knowledge. She engages visual methods and tools that are driven by relational approaches to research, centering community voices and knowledge to ensure research, and research communication works with and for the people it serves to benefit. Read more...

Jamie Snook, PhD, has spent his life as a leader, politician, researcher, and community development advocate in Labrador. His work revolves around fish and wildlife conservation and management, governance, health, and Indigenous well-being. He is a proud Labradorian with Inuit and British ancestries and is a member of the NunatuKavut Community Council. Read more...

Kathy Gillett is the Coordinator for the Bachelor of Science in Nursing Collaborative program at the Labrador Campus. She was born and raised in Wabush, NL. Kathy graduated in 1989 from the Diploma of Nursing program at the Grace General Hospital in St. John’s, NL and was registered as a nurse that same year. Since then she completed a Bachelor of Nursing through Athabasca University and a Master of Science in Nursing through Trinity Western University. Kathy is also an alumnus of Memorial University with a Bachelor of Education (post-secondary) completed in 2017. Read more...

Sarah Papple, MLIS, (Settler, she/her), serves as the Labrador Campus Public Services Librarian, actively contributing to the democratization of information. Her efforts focus on opening up access to knowledge and fostering inclusivity within the library space. Sarah is dedicated to transforming library services by creating multiple access points, celebrating and building local cultural knowledge, and supporting inter-generational relationships through land-based programs. Read more...

Michaela Doucette, MAS (FNCC) (she/her), is of Mi’kmaq and French (Acadian) ancestry from the Port au Port Peninsula on the island of Newfoundland. She is the Indigenous Archivist for Memorial University Libraries and is based at the Archives & Special Collections, QEII Library, on the St. John’s Campus. Read more...