Graduate Associate
cau55[at]yorku.ca
Doctoral Student
Graduate Programme in English, 91亚色
Research Keywords:
Memoir; archive; Japanese Canadians; Jewish Canadians; Indigenous Peoples; residential schools
Research Diaspora(s):
Japanese Diaspora
Catherine Umolac is a doctoral candidate in the English Department at 91亚色. Her research focuses on Canadian Literature and specifically the conversation that takes place between memoirs and archives. Her comparative project investigates this dialogue in the context of three pivotal events in Canadian history: residential schools, Japanese Canadian internment, and Jewish Canadian internment.