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Kate Nugent
is a librarian, archivist, and writer in Montréal, QC.
b. 1996
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Art writing
Essays, etc.
To Bury a Shadow: On monica maria moraru’s The Foundation Pit, Public Parking
Meditations on the Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 (1841), Commo
Roundtable: Mind Pool, Memory Spring by Patrick Cruz, Fiona Nguyen, Kate Nugent, Bea Parsons, Danica Pinteric and Cadence Planthara, C Magazine 158
Exhibition texts
Max Keene: Foundation. Pangée
Max Keene: Location, Location, Location. 100 belltowers
Annihilation. Galerie Laroche-Joncas
Mégane Voghell: Big Bad Wold/Grand Méchant Loup. Pumice Raft
The Gernsback Continuum. Prometheus Projects
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Résumé
Education
Master of Information Studies, McGill University, 2021-2023
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Art History, Concordia University, 2015-2019
Work
Librarian, Metadata
Université du Québec à Montréal
Jan. 2025 –
Project Archivist
The Archive of the Jesuits in Canada
Aug. 2024 – Nov. 2024
Project Archivist
Université de Montréal
Apr. 2024 – Aug. 2024
Project Archivist
The Archive of the Jesuits in Canada
Sept. 2023 – Mar. 2024
Project Archivist
Université de Montréal
May 2022 – Sept. 2023
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Academic work
Editorial
French Editor
The Canadian Journal of Academic Librarianship
June 2025 –
Peer-reviewed articles
Aton, Henria, François Dansereau and Kate Nugent. 2024. “Archival description, land, settler colonialism, and world-building in the collection des archives du Collège Sainte-Marie.” Canadian Journal of Information and Library Science 47 (3): 70-82. https://doi.org/10.5206/cjils-rcsib.v47i3.17725.
Reviews
Nugent, Kate. 2025. “Musée d’art Contemporain De Montréal, Alanis Obomsawin: The Children Have to Hear Another Story.” Archivaria 100 (December): 330-36. https://archivaria.ca/index.php/archivaria/article/view/14087.
Nugent, Kate. 2025. “Review: From Forest to Steppe: The Russian Art of Building in Wood.” ARLIS/NA Reviews. Art Libraries Society of North America, November 2025. https://doi.org/10.17613/t1vcy-n2e48.
Nugent, Kate. 2023. “Compte-rendu du 9e symposium du Groupe interdisciplinaire de recherche en archivistique (GIRA).” In Retours et détours autour de la diffusion, edited by Annaëlle Winand, Diana Walton and Virginie Wengelski. Université de Montréal. École de bibliothéconomie et des sciences de l'information. http://hdl.handle.net/1866/33005.
Conference papers
Aton, Henria, François Dansereau and Kate Nugent. 2025. “Creating Jesuit Knowledge: World-Building, Settler Colonialism, and the Catalogue of the Collection des archives du Collège Sainte-Marie.” Paper presented at The Toronto Jesuit History Research Group, University of Toronto, October 23.
Aton, Henria, François Dansereau and Kate Nugent. 2024. “Archival Description, Land, Settler Colonialism, and World-Building in the Collection des archives du Collège Sainte-Marie.” Paper presented at the International Conference on the History of Records and Archives, November 11.
Nugent, Kate. 2024. “Re-Describing Harmful Records in the Context of Religious Institutions & the NCTR.” Paper presented at the Association of Canadian Archivists Annual Conference, June 11.
Aton, Henria, François Dansereau and Kate Nugent. 2024. “Archival Description, Land, Settler Colonialism, and World-Building in the Collection des archives du Collège Sainte-Marie.” Paper presented at the Concordia Library Research Forum 2024, April 17.
Lectures
Nugent, Kate. 2024. “Redescription archivistique et photographie coloniale : Le Spanish Residential School Fonds.” Course lecture, ARV3050, Université du Québec à Montréal, December 9.
Nugent, Kate. 2024. “Archival Processing at Université de Montréal: Québec Contexts & Description Practices.” Course lecture, INST 641, McGill University, March 1.
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Thanks for visiting!
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