bradley clements

cultural heritage professional & doctoral candidate

About

I am a doctoral candidate in Cultural Heritage at the University of Toronto Faculty of Information. My present research asks how museums and other heritage institutions can live up to treaty responsibilities committed to Great Lakes Indigenous peoples.I also work as a research assistant for the Great Lakes Research Alliance for the Study of Aboriginal Arts and Cultures (GRASAC) and as an independent curator and consultant. I have previously worked in several heritage institutions and projects. You can learn more about those roles by viewing my CV and portfolio.As a settler in Dish With One Spoon Treaty territory of the Anishinaabeg, Haudenosaunee, and Wendat, I aim to respect Indigenous governance and live up to my Treaty of Niagara and subsequent treaty responsibilities in my academic, professional, and personal life.I am grateful to have received financial support for my doctoral research, primarily from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Canada Graduate Scholarship and the University of Toronto Faculty of Information Excellence Award.If any of this work is of interest to you, I would love to hear from you!

Portfolio

exhibitions

writing

interviews & videography

Being at Ye'yumnuts:Teachings for Safety
and Respect

Ye'yumnuts is Sacred:Teachings from Luschiim

Ruth Phillips:The GRASAC Interview

CV

BRADLEY A. CLEMENTS, MACurrent as of 2022PhD Candidate, Cultural Heritage Specialization
Faculty of Information, University of Toronto

A. BIOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION1. Academic Background2019-present
PhD: Information, Cultural Heritage Specialization
University of Toronto, Faculty of Information, supervised by Cara Krmpotich2018
MA: Visual Anthropology and Materiality
University of Victoria, Department of Anthropology, supervised by Andrea Walsh2015
BA with distinction: Anthropology major, Applied Ethics minor
University of Victoria2012
Associate of Arts: Anthropology specialization
Camosun College2011
Certificate: Archaeology Field Research Assistant
Camosun College2. Academic Employment2019-present
Research Assistant
Great Lakes Research Alliance for the Study of Aboriginal Arts and Cultures
(Supervisors: Cara Krmpotich; Heidi Bohaker)2019-present
Teaching Assistant
University of Toronto, Faculty of Information
(Courses: The Emerging Museum Professional; The Emerging Information Professional;
Museum Planning and Management; Collections Management; Curatorial Practice; Museum Contexts and Critical Issues)2016-2018
Teaching Assistant
University of Victoria, Department of Anthropology
(Courses: Anthropology of Film; Anthropology of Art; Introduction to Anthropology;
Cultural Anthropology; Anthropological Methods)2013-2018
Research Assistant
University of Victoria, Department of Anthropology
(Supervisors: Andrea Walsh; Michael Asch; Erin McGuire; Melissa Gautier; Brian Thom)2013
Research Assistant
University of Victoria, Department of Sociology
(Supervisor: Seantel Anais)3. Professional Employment2019-2021
Artist’s Assistant and Consultant
Carey Newman; Patricia June Vickers; Roberta Pyx Sutherland2018-2019
Curatorial Intern
University of Victoria Legacy Art Galleries2017-2019
Events Assistant
University of Victoria Legacy Art Galleries2016
Supervisor
Princeton and District Museum and Archives2015-2016
Assistant Curator
University of Victoria Legacy Art Galleries4. Selected Scholarships, Awards, and Honours2021-2023: SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship – Doctoral
2021-2023: University of Toronto Faculty of Information Excellence Award
2020-2021: Ontario Graduate Scholarship (offer declined)
2019-2020: University of Toronto Faculty of Information Scholarship
2019: University of Toronto Faculty of Information Dean’s Entrance Fellowship
2018: Canadian Anthropological Society Outstanding Graduating Student Award
2017-2018: University of Victoria Graduate Award
2016-2017: SSHRC Canada Graduate Scholarship – Masters
2016: University of Victoria President’s Scholarship
2014-2015: Jamie Cassels Undergraduate Research Award
2012: Camosun College Social Sciences Award for Outstanding Student
2010, 2012: Camosun College Arts and Sciences Dean’s Honour RollB. RESEARCH DISSEMINATION1. Publications2022. “Book Review: Museums, Infinity, and the Culture of Protocols.” Collections 18(1).Clements, Bradley A., & Andrea N. Walsh. 2019. “‘Something from My Past that I Saw and Recognized’: Renewed Efforts in Repatriating and Exhibiting Art from Residential and Day Schools.” RoundUp: The Voice of the BC Museums Association 273:16-21.2018. “Unsubmitted: Reflections on Academic Restraint.” PlatForum 16(1):5-11.2018. “Displaying Truth and Reconciliation: Experiences of Engagement between Alberni Indian Residential School Survivors and Museum Professionals Curating the Canadian History Hall.” MA thesis, supervised by Andrea N. Walsh. Department of Anthropology, University of Victoria.2016. “The Power of Return: Repatriation and Self-Representation in the Aftermath of the Alberni Indian Residential School.” Relations 1(1):103-113.2. Conference Presentations2021. “Inter/National Politics of Great Lakes Indigenous Repatriation.” PhD Research Days, Faculty of Information Doctoral Students Association, Toronto, ON.2020. “Reflections on Care: Working with Museums and Residential School Survivors.” Medusa Conference, Toronto, ON.2019. “Displaying Truth and Reconciliation: Experiences of Engagement between Alberni Indian Residential School Survivors and Museum Professionals Curating the Canadian History Hall.” AAA & CASCA Joint Meeting, Vancouver, BC.2019. Alumni Keynote Address (invited). Currents in Anthropology, Victoria, BC.2019. “Appropriate Impact in Exhibition Curation about Residential Schools” (poster). Society for Applied Anthropology, Portland, Oregon.2018. “Displaying Truth and Reconciliation: Diffuse Voices on a National Narrative.” CASCA, Santiago, Cuba.Waldram, Jim, Janice Graham, Anureet Lotay, Alex Lloyd, Bradley Clements, & Pamela Downe. 2018. “Reflexivity in Anthropology: Revisiting, Reviving and Revising” (invited roundtable participant). CASCA, Santiago, Cuba.2018. “Telling Truths in Museums: Decentred Museum Studies and Practice.” Visual Impetus Conference, Victoria, BC.2018. “Telling Canada’s History of Genocide in Canada’s History Museum.” Currents in Anthropology, Victoria, BC.2017. “‘Every Child Must Be Carried’: Repatriation and Self-Representation of Survivors’ Childhood Art” (papers session with Maureen Matthews, Alison Brown, & Sowparnika Balaswaminathan). Council for Museum Anthropology, Montréal, QC.2016. “The Power of Return: Repatriation and Self-Representation in the Aftermath of the Alberni Indian Residential School.” Frucht Memorial Anthropology Conference, Edmonton, AB.Walsh, Andrea, Deborah Cook, Jamie Morton, & Jennifer Robinson, & Bradley Clements. 2015. “Taking Good Care: Curating Culturally Sensitive Collections.” BC Museums Association, Vancouver, BC.2015. “Forum of Healing? Art and Exhibits as Sites of Dialogue and Empowerment in the Aftermath of the Alberni Indian Residential School” (poster). Currents in Anthropology, Victoria, BC.2015. “Forum of Healing? Art and Exhibits as Sites of Dialogue and Empowerment in the Aftermath of the Alberni Indian Residential School” (poster). Jamie Cassals Undergraduate Research Fair, Victoria, BC.3. Guest Lectures and Public Presentations2021. “Witnessing the Testimony of Art: Childhood Paintings from Residential Schools.” The TRC and Residential Schools in Canadian History, Professor Heidi Bohaker. University of Toronto, Department of History.2021. “Collections, Relations, and De/Colonization.” Collections Management, Professor Costis Dallas. University of Toronto, Faculty of Information.2020. “Curatorial Collaboration.” Curatorial Practice, Professor Matthew Brower. University of Toronto, Faculty of Information.2020. “Indigenous Territory and Governance in Curatorial Practice.” Curatorial Practice, Professor Matthew Brower. University of Toronto, Faculty of Information.2020. “Museum Anthropology and Curation in Dialogue.” Introduction to Cultural Anthropology, Professor Yana Stainova. McMaster University, Department of Anthropology.2020. “Residential and Indian Day School Art Research and Repatriation.” Museums and Indigenous Communities, Professor Cara Krmpotich. University of Toronto, Faculty of Information.2019. “Museums and Classrooms Are Not Neutral.” It’s Complicated lecture series. Royal BC Museum.2017. “Bearing Witness Through Art and in Museums.” Anthropology of Art, Professor Andrea Walsh. University of Victoria, Department of Anthropology.2016. “Entering Museums.” Collections, Communities, Curation, Professor Andrea Walsh. University of Victoria, Department of Anthropology.2016. “A History of Museum Anthropology.” Cultural Anthropology, Instructor Tara Tudor. Camosun College, Department of Anthropology.4. ExhibitionsClements, Bradley A., & Caroline Riedel. 2019-2020. Object Biographies: Lives of Artists through their Archives. University of Victoria Legacy Art Galleries, Victoria, BC.2019. My Soul is Escaped: The Healing Art of Patricia June Vickers. Christ Church Cathedral, Victoria, BC.Clements, Bradley A., & Lorilee Wastasecoot. 2019. Women Artists Changing Collections: Recent Acquisitions. University of Victoria Legacy Art Galleries, Victoria, BC.2016. Remember When… 100 Years of Princeton in Photographs. Princeton and District Museum and Archives, Princeton, BC.5. Video Interviews and Production2020. “Ruth Phillips | GRASAC Interview.” Great Lakes Research Alliance for the Study of Aboriginal Arts and Cultures.2018. “Ye’yumnuts in the Coast Salish World: Teachings from Luschiim.” Cowichan Tribes, Commemorating Ye’yumnuts Project.2018. “Ye’yumnuts is Sacred: Teachings from Luschiim.” Cowichan Tribes, Commemorating Ye’yumnuts Project.2017. “Being at Ye’yumnuts: Teachings for Safety and Respect.” Cowichan Tribes, Commemorating Ye’yumnuts Project.C. SELECTED SERVICE2022-present
Collaborator
North American Cultural Diplomacy Initiative2021-present
Doctoral Student Representative
Awards Committee, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto
Hiring Committee, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto2020-2021
Doctoral Student Representative
Truth and Reconciliation Working Group, Faculty of Information, University of Toronto2020-present
Member
Indigenous Solidarity Working Group, Faculty of Information Doctoral Students Association, University of Toronto2018, 2020
Peer Reviewer
PlatForum Journal2017-2018
Communications Director
Anthropology Graduate Exchange, University of Victoria2017
Assistant Curator
HeART Space, community art exhibition commemorating those lost to overdose2015
Teaching Assistant
University 101 community learning program2014-2016
Education and Special Events Facilitator
Royal BC Museum2012
Student Representative
Camosun College Sustainability Committee2011-2012
Executive Director
Camosun College Student Society2011-2012
Student Representative
Camosun College Education Council; Arts and Sciences Curriculum Committee

Contact

bradley.clements [at] mail.utoronto [dot] ca

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Bradley A. Clements
Faculty of Information
140 St. George Street
Toronto, Ontario
M5S 3G6