Jamie Nienhuysen

Jamie is a member of Sandy Bay Ojibway First Nation and a student in the Indigenous Studies program at the UofM. She has contributed to the Centre for Human Rights Research project, History in the Hotseat: Colonialism and the Knowing and Teaching of Canada’s Past. Jamie recently defended her master’s thesis, “Restorying of the Sandy Bay Indian Residential School,” and will graduate this spring. Jamie’s research focuses on community-based historical documentary work that explores the history and legacy of the Sandy Bay Indian Residential School. Jamie currently serves as the project coordinator for Sandy Bay Ojibway First Nation’s Search for Missing Children and Unmarked Burials project and will continue her community-based research on the Sandy Bay Indian Residential School in the PhD program. Through her work, Jamie aims to commemorate residential school Survivors, honour the lives of students who have passed, and begin a pathway toward healing.