Since joining JHA in 2006, Krista has worked on a wide array of projects in the field of Indigenous rights and claims, researching topics including pre-Confederation treaties, surrenders, and land transactions in present-day Ontario and Quebec, western treaties and surrenders, government policy, Traditional Knowledge, historic Indigenous land use and occupancy, reserve creation and expropriations, band amalgamation and membership issues, mixed-ancestry research, and Indian Residential and Day schools. Her professional experience includes conducting archival and other historical research, preparing research plans and methodologies, oral history interviewing, leading small research teams, document analysis and interpretation, and writing historical research reports, including an expert report on land surrender issues. She has also helped to develop learning materials relating to claims resources and research practices, and, from 2014 to 2017, worked as JHA’s co-op student supervisor.
Krista holds an MA in Canadian Studies (Carleton University), as well as BA degrees in English and History. Her Master’s research project concerned the displacement of Indigenous peoples from national parks. Krista conducts research in both English and French and has accrued extensive experience working with diverse archival and other records from government, private, religious, and digital archives and repositories across Canada. She is also interested in issues regarding the usage of oral history in Indigenous claims resolution and reconciliation processes.
Krista brings strong analytical abilities and a notable dedication and diligence to all of her work for JHA and its clients.
