Stream: Treatment
Specialization: Paper
Areas of Interests: Photographic materials, manuscripts and ephemera, book conservation

Mallorie received a B.A. in Anthropology with a focus on Museum Studies from the University of British Columbia in 2019, following which she participated in a museology field school in Turin, Italy through the Institute for Field Research.
After graduation, Mallorie worked as a collections technician for the City of Richmond where she assisted with variety of tasks including cataloguing, condition reporting, artefact packing, exhibit installation, and more. In May 2021, she also began working as a museum assistant and later assistant curator at PoCo Heritage Museum and Archives, where she was involved in writing collection policies and overseeing the completion of a LAC grant-funded digitization project. During this time, Mallorie also explored her love for archival materials through printmaking, bookbinding, and film photography.

Stream: Treatment
Specialization: Artifacts
Areas of Interest: Ceramics, contemporary art, archaeology, sustainability

Joseph graduated from Columbia University in 2015 with a BA in Visual Arts and a minor in Russian. While an undergrad he worked as a bibliographic assistant at the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Watson Library and volunteered at the Bozeman Public Library and the Montana State University Archives in Bozeman, Montana. He worked for several years as a Collections Associate at the American Academy of Arts and Letters in New York City, assisting with contemporary art exhibitions and care of their art collections, library, and archives. He has also worked as a studio assistant for artists and a fashion designer in New York. His own studio art practice includes ceramics, drawing, and egg tempera painting.

Stream: Treatment
Specialisation: Paper
Areas of interest: Works on cardboard, Dry pastel, Photographs and Modern materials

Gabrielle Rodschat graduated from Marianopolis College in 2019 with a Diploma of Collegial Studies in pure and applied science. Combining their interests in art and science, they graduated from McGill University in 2023 with a B.A. (honours) with Distinction in art history with minors in science and German language. Her undergraduate research focused on gender and queer studies with an intersectional approach. Through their studies of late 19^th-century art, they gained an interest in materials used by Modern artists.

Stream: Treatment
Specialization: Artifacts
Areas of Interest: preventive conservation, conservation of archaeological artifacts, conservation of organic materials

Emily completed a Bachelor of Design: Graphic Design for Marketing at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in 2015. After a few years of working as a graphic designer, travelling in Europe, making pottery, and volunteering at art galleries around Vancouver, BC, she began pursuing a career in art conservation. In 2021 she earned a Diploma in Art History at the University of British Columbia. She began volunteering at Fraser Spafford Ricci Art & Archival Conservation Inc, where she was later hired as part-time Pre-program Conservation Intern. Emily's unique background has given her a stable foundation from which to build her skills as a future art conservator.

Stream: Conservation Science
Specialization: Early modern art
Areas of interest: Organic coatings on bronzes, patina, material science, technical studies of art, Renaissance and Baroque paintings and sculptures

Elizabeth Provost is an emerging museum professional and conservation scientist born and raised in Montréal, Québec. She completed her Honours Bachelor of Science with high distinction at the University of Toronto studying Chemistry and Art History. During her undergrad she served as Research Assistant for the Bernini’s Bronzes project—a technical study of GianLorenzo Bernini’s corpus of bronze works along with art theoretical, historical, and archival research of his production. She worked alongside an art historian, sculpture conservators, material and computer scientists—notably, Distinguished Professor of Early Modern Art at UofT, Evonne Levy, and material scientist and Bader Chair in Art Conservation at Queen’s, Aaron Shugar.
Elizabeth is now completing her two-year Master of Art Conservation with Dr. Shugar developing a non-destructive analytical protocol for the study of organic coatings made from oils and resins applied to bronze Renaissance sculpture.

Stream: Treatment
Specialization: Paper
Areas of Interest: paper ephemera, illuminated manuscripts

Daniel Tyler graduated from Radford University in 2023 with a BA in Art History. His undergraduate capstone focused on the conservation of Medieval and Renaissance playing cards. Dan interned as an undergraduate in 2021 at the Taubman Museum of Art in Roanoke, Virginia, where he researched information surrounding the artist E.V. Day's upcoming "Diva's Ascending" exhibition at the museum.

Stream: Treatment
Specialization: Paintings
Areas of Interest: Italian And Dutch Renaissance Oil Paintings; Technical Art Analysis and Instrumental Techniques Used on Painted Historical Objects; Influences on Eastern European and Non-Western Art Culture 

Andreea Irina Nita graduated with Honours from Queens University in 2021, with a BA in Art History. She spent the first two years of her undergraduate degree in the Fine Arts program, before deciding her major. During her studies, she volunteered at the Union Art Gallery, the Kingston School of Art, and the Art History DSC. She also worked closely with collections at the Agnes-Etherington Art Center. After graduating, Andreea studied at the Cultural Heritage Conservation and Management program at Sir Sandford Fleming, graduating in 2023, where she learned object and materials conservation. During her last semester, she received an internship at Legris Conservation Inc. in Ottawa. She received treatment experience focusing on paintings during the internship, and additionally, had the opportunity to assist on an off-site treatment at the Canadian War Museum for an Alfred Munnings exhibition.