Krista McCracken is an award winning public historian and archivist. They work as a Researcher/Curator at Algoma University’s Arthur A. Wishart Library and Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre, in Baawating (Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario) on the traditional territory of the Anishinaabe and Métis people.  Krista’s research focuses on community archives, Residential Schools, access, and outreach. 

Krista currently serves as a member of the National Council on Public History‘s Nominating Committee, the co-chair of the Association of Canadian Archivist‘s Indigenous Matters Working Group, and as a member of the Thinking Rock Community Arts board. 

In 2020, they won the best article in Indigenous History prize awarded by the Canadian Historical Association’s Indigenous History Group for their article “Challenging Colonial Spaces: Reconciliation and Decolonizing Work in Canada’s Archives.”  They have two ongoing book projects, Decolonial Archival Futures with Skylee-Storm Hogan-Stacey and Trans and Gender Diverse Voices in Libraries with Keahi Adolpho and Stephen Krueger which was released in July 2023.

Krista is currently pursuing their PhD in Library and Information Management via the Gateway PhD program with Manchester Metropolitan University and San Jose State University. They are working with supervisors Dr. Michele Villagran and Dr. Kirsty Fife and their research focuses on Indigenous library cataloging practices in Northern Ontario.  When not working they can be found drinking tea, watching Doctor Who, and editing Wikipedia. Krista is also an avid embroiderer.

On twitter: @kristamccracken
Email: krista.mccracken[at]gmail[dot]com

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