Credits and Acknowledgements
This site is the creation of a team of funding partners, researchers, computer and educational specialists, translators, revisers and administrators. It contains information drawn from historical records preserved in museums, archives and government records, as well as books, journal articles, and other materials.
Funding Partners
This website was made possible through the financial contributions of the following institutions:
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
The Nunavut Department of Education
The University of Victoria:
- Department of History
- Office of the Vice-President, Academic
- Office of the Vice-President, Research
- Dean of Humanities
Concordia University:
- Department of History and the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling
- Office of the Vice-President for Research and Graduate Studies
The History Education Network
The Wilson Institute, McMaster University
Production Partners
Parks Canada
Library and Archives of Canada
The Historical Thinking Project
The Critical Thinking Consortium
The Humanities Computing and Media Centre, University of Victoria
The Ocean Technology Lab, University of Victoria
The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto
Research & Development — Franklin Mystery
This site was a team effort. The research director for the project was Lyle Dick of Lyle Dick History and Heritage, Vancouver and his collaborator Peter Gossage, Department of History, Concordia University.
Significant input and direction for the web site and research designs was provided by Co-directors John Lutz, Ruth Sandwell, and Peter Gossage, and by members of the steering committee: Stewart Arneil, Ken Beardsell, Roland Case, Penney Clark, Steven High, Merna Forster, Heather McGregor, Cathy McGregor, Françoise McNeil, Marty Magne, Alison Proctor, Peter Seixas, and Emilie Walton.
Technical Production
Technical Advisor: Stewart Arneil
Data Structuring and Programming: Stewart Arneil
Website design and visuals: Edward Gomboc
Website Interface: Pat Szpak
Transcription, Proofing and Data Markup: Gordon Lyall, Malcolm Katz-Larson, David Foster, Kyle Coralejo
Video editing: Alison Proctor
Oral history editing: Julie Perrone, Gordon Lyall
Translation English to French: Françoise McNeil, Marie Gagnon
Educational materials development: Roland Case, Nunavut Department of Education
Administration
Merna Forster, Executive Director
John Lutz, Co-director
Ruth Sandwell, Co-director
Peter Gossage, Co-director
Françoise McNeil, Translation Co-ordinator
Julie Perrone, Postdoctoral Fellow and Administrative Assistant (Concordia)
The research team would especially like to thank the following people for their generous and timely assistance [in alphabetical order] :
Thierry Boyer, Ottawa
Graham Carr, Montreal
Dorothy Eber, Montreal
Larry Hannant, Victoria
Ryan Harris, Ottawa
Louie Kamookak, Gjoa Haven, Nunavut
Andrew Lambert, London, U.K.
Alan MacEachern, London, Ontario
Jonathan Moore, Ottawa
H.V. Nelles, Hamilton
Jennifer Pettit, Calgary
David Woodman, Coquitlam
Tom Zagon, Ottawa
The Franklin Mystery Project would like to thank the archival staff at the following repositories for their notable assistance [in alphabetical order] :
British National Archives, Kew, U.K.
Royal Geographical Society, London, U.K.
National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, U.K.
Scott Polar Research Institute, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, U.K.
National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C.
Library and Archives Canada, Ottawa
The Canadian Museum of History, Gatineau
Parks Canada, Underwater Archaeology Unit, Ottawa
Website Creation Date: 2014-2015