For the MMSt Capstone Project, I co-curated an exhibition of archival photography from the Aurora Museum & Archives collection. My colleagues and I used this collection to explore three sub-themes: Family Portraiture, Military, and Transportation History within the contexts of Aurora. While we each collaborated on all sections and the editing process, my contributed portion was a narrative of the evolution of transportation methods and the development of Yonge Street. On this project I fulfilled the role as Project Manager, and ensured that the team was on track, while also leading meetings with both our project partners and faculty mentor. 

The opportunity to work at the DesBrisay Museum first came about while my family and I were preparing to honour the life of my late grandfather. As an artist of many trades and a lifelong resident of Bridgewater, it was only right that his life's work be exhibited within his community. I was put in touch with the museum Director who, after a formal interview offered me the position of Heritage Advisory Committee Intern. From there I embarked on an extraordinary journey of self-discovery. Owing to the fact that my paternal ancestry in the area can be traced back to settlement in the 1750s, I repeatedly encountered archival materials that included members of my immediate family and distant relatives.