She is an historian of Aboriginal and French relations and Metis history in early North American history, specializing in fur trade encounters, systems of communication, and identity formation. Her first book charts the world of French Canadian voyageurs in the Montreal-based fur trade, and her current projects explore the blending of French Canadian, Ojibwe and Cree narratives in the guise of fur trade stories and the French-Saulteaux dictionary compiled by Roman Catholic missionary Georges-Antione Belcourt in the mid-19th century. She teaches courses on early Canadian and Aboriginal history, as well as historical methodology