Laura Phillips
Laura Phillips is from a settler family with Western European roots. She grew up in the south western Ontario Treaty 2/ Treaty 6 / Treaty 21 (Oneida Nation of the Thames, Chippewas of the Thames & Munsee-Delaware Nations territories) region of what is now known as Canada. Prior to becoming a PhD Candidate in Cultural Studies at Queen’s University (Ka’tarohkwi/ Kingston, Ontario), her educational profile includes an undergraduate degree in Classical Studies from Western University; a post-graduate diploma at the University of Oxford; and an MPhil at the University of Bristol.
Laura lived in England for 10 years, working at museums and other cultural organizations. In 2010 she relocated to Doha, Qatar, where she was the Head of Museums Documentation for Qatar Museums until 2013. In 2014 she was appointed Collections Manager at the Wolfsonian Museum in Miami Beach, Florida and then returned to Canada to take up a position as Collections & Exhibitions Coordinator at Aanischaaukamikw Cree Cultural Institute in Ouje-Bougoumou Cree Nation, Eeyou Istchee (Quebec).
In her PhD Research, Laura is focusing on decolonising museums and working with other settlers to de-centre colonial narratives in museum spaces and in her everyday life.