Marcel Robitaille

'm an emerging museum professional who’s keenly interested and experienced in Canadian and Indigenous histories, as well as the ways in which we create engagement of those histories with museum visitors. Additionally, I’m well versed in research methodologies, repatriation work and care, visitor research and evaluation, applications of Indigenous Knowledge within museums and media production. The art of researching, planning and creating engaging exhibits and the education processes used within them is something I’m wholeheartedly committed to.

University of Toronto – Faculty of Information August 2022 – Present

Research Assistant – Repatriation Work and Care in Cultural Institutions Toronto, ON 

• Organizes in-person workshops to facilitate knowledge exchange and understanding of both institutional and cultural protocols. 
• Performs independent research and presents information in written and oral reports. 
• Facilitates and manages meetings between various First Nation councils and Institutions on a weekly basis. 
• Creates own schedule and projects to meet deadlines as required by management. 

• Performed regular qualitative evaluation interviews for data collection. 
• Created weekly deliverable reports using Microsoft Suite programs as agreed upon by the senior researcher. 
• Developed a revised and interactive children’s gallery at the Royal Ontario Museum utilizing Indigenous Knowledge and practices. 
• Led Indigenous pedagogical research, data collection analysis, and applications of Indigenous Knowledge practices. 

University of Toronto September 2021 - Present

Master of Museum Studies 

Athabasca University September 2017 - April 2021

Bachelor of Arts, History