Rebecka Sheffield is a doctoral student at the iSchool at the University of Toronto, in collaboration with the Mark S. Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies. Her research focusses on LGBTQ archives and community-based collections. She holds a Masters degree in Archives and Records Management (UofT) and an undergraduate degree in Women’s and Gender Studies/Sociology from the University of Saskatchewan (Saskatoon). She also completed post-graduate studies in Book + Magazine Publishing at the Centre for Creative Communication. Her recent research presents frameworks for understanding community-based collections through the lens of DIY culture.
