Trina Cooper-Bolam

Trina Cooper-Bolam is a doctoral candidate in Cultural Mediations at Carleton University. Previously, Cooper-Bolam held senior positions at the Aboriginal Healing and Legacy of Hope Foundations–organizations working to transform the legacy of Indian residential schools. Her Master of Arts thesis, „Healing Heritage: New Approaches to Commemorating Canada’s Indian Residential School System“ (2014), contributed to Volume 5, The Legacy, of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s final report (2015).  Her 2018 publication, „On the Call for a Residential Schools National Monument“ in the Journal of Canadian Studies, vol 52.1, stimulated dialogue within the Department of Canadian Heritage on socially-engaged processes of monument creation and led to her current consultative role on the Residential Schools National Monument project. Equally an academic researcher and an active exhibition curator and designer, Cooper-Bolam is the recipient of academic and professional awards including the Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship and the Ontario Historical Society’s 2018 Indigenous History Award.