Episode 5 – Anna Kuntz, Tom Bigelow & Natascha Morrison

The CCPH Alumni Interview Partnership Project provides a forum for current students and alumni to discuss their interests in public history, their experiences at Carleton University, and build relationships with one another.

Our fifth episode features graduate researcher Anna Kuntz (2012-present), and program alumni Tom Bigelow (2008-2010) and Natascha Morrison (2008-2010). Anna Kuntz is a first year MA student in the Public History program at Carleton University. Originally from Camrose, AB, Anna completed her BA in History at the University of Alberta Augustana Campus in 2011. In the past year she has worked for Heritage Collaborative Inc., a heritage consulting company in Edmonton, AB. Her major research essay examines soundscapes in Blackfoot Crossing Historical Park in southern Alberta.

Tom Bigelow is an Administrative and Research Assistant with Curatorial Services at the House of Commons. He first worked with this group as an intern while enrolled in the MA in Public History program at Carleton University, in the summer of 2009. While at Carleton, his research looked at the commemorative events surrounding Québec City’s 400^th anniversary in 2008, and the varying ways the “public” engaged with the spectacles presented, specifically Robert Lepage’s The Image Mill. Ultimately, his Masters Research Essay, entitled Re-imag(in)ing The Image Mill : Québec City’s 400th and remembering in the new media, examined how those in attendance could engage with what they saw via the internet and social media sites. Tom is an alumnus and former Research Assistant of the Carleton Centre for Public History. Today, he works and resides in Ottawa, his hometown, where he hopes to continue to contribute to local public history and to the public’s engagement with their past(s).

Natascha Morrison currently works as a Historian at Contentworks Inc. in Ottawa. She graduated from Carleton University’s MA in Public History program in 2010. While at Carleton, her research focused on Remembrance Day in Canada, and the role of memory and commemoration within a historiographical context, resulting in a Masters Research Essay titled, Looking Backwards, Looking Forwards: Remembrance Day in Canada, 1919-2008. She also has a co-publication with Tim Cook inCanadian Military History titled, “Longing and Loss from Canada’s Great War.” Since graduation, Natascha has worked for various firms in the Ottawa area on numerous historical and information management projects. Through Contentworks, Natascha is currently working on a project aimed at getting the Alaska Highway Corridor’s cultural landscape nominated as a National Historic Site of Canada.

To learn more about the Worker’s History Museum Walking Tour that Tom and Tascha describe, visit the Worker’s History Museum YouTube Channel to view their video!

Running Time: 37m

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