Raymond Frogner

Raymond Frogner graduated with an M.A. in history from the University of Victoria and an M.A.S. from the University of British Columbia. His mother had family relations with Duncans Reserve, a Cree community in Northern Alberta. She attended Shaftsbury Mission until she was expelled at the age of 16. Raymond was formerly an archivist for private records at the Royal BC Museum where his portfolio focused on Indigenous records. He is currently the Senior Director of Research and Head of Archives at the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation. He is also the co-chair of the International Council for Archives (ICA) Committee on Indigenous Matters. In 2019 he was the principal author of the ICAs Tandanya/Adelaide Declaration concerning the ICAs position on Indigenous self-determination and archives. Two of his articles in Archivaria on the topics of archives and Indigenous rights won the W. Kaye Lamb Award. He continues to publish and present on issues of Indigenous identity, rights, and social memory. In 2020 he was nominated a Fellow of the Association of Canadian Archivists. In 2022 he was appointed to the National Advisory Committee to support the investigation of unmarked burials sites of residential school children.