Dr. Karine Duhamel

DIRECTOR OF RESEARCH, NATIONAL INQUIRY INTO MISSING AND MURDERED INDIGENOUS WOMEN AND GIRLS

Dr. Karine Duhamel is Anishinaabe-Métis and holds a Bachelor of Arts from Mount Allison University, a Bachelor of Education from Lakehead University and a Masters Degree and Doctor of Philosophy from the University of Manitoba. Dr. Duhamel was formerly Adjunct Professor at the University of Winnipeg where she developed and taught courses on the history and legacy of residential schools and Director of Research for Jerch Law Corporation, conducting research related to a number of cases related to the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement.

Until 2019 and the end of its mandate, Dr. Duhamel was Director of Research for the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, drafting the Final Report, as well as managing the Forensic Document Review Project and the Legacy Archive. Since that time, she has focused on this issue in other ways, including as Curator at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights, independent consultant for Indigenous women's organizations and most recently, through an appointment within the MMIWG Secretariat with Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada (CIRNAC). She also continues to be active by working with groups across the country to foster awareness of Indigenous histories and contemporary issues.

Dr. Duhamel is a member of the Board of Directors for the International Council of Museums, a board member for the Facing History Board of Scholars, a Council member for the Canadian Historical Association, a Speaker for the Treaty Relations Commission of Manitoba and Co-Chair of the Expert Group on Indigenous Matters for the International Council of Archives.