Rachel Wyatt has a degree in Arts and Business, with a Major in History, from the University of Waterloo. After working as a theatre producer and educator for a Holocaust education not-for-profit in Toronto, Rachel got an MA in Cultural Studies from Queen’s University. Rachel’s MA thesis looked at the use of theatre as a means to build a new national identity in pre-war Nazi Germany. Currently, she works as a Heritage Interpreter with Parks Canada, at the WWII destroyer turned museum HMCS Haida.
Rachel believes her training in history has been invaluable for developing skills like critical thinking, research, writing, planning, creativity, and how to find the most important information while reading – all skills which she uses daily. Her training also taught her about how we construct historical narratives, and how those narratives impact national, regional and personal identities. These constructions of history impact how people perceive the world around them; as a historian, Rachel believes she has an obligation to present these stories in an ethical manner. How we understand our history matters on a national and global scale.