My primary interest continues to be French North America after the fall of New France. My future work seeks to expand my area of study to see the full extent and limitations of French networks of communication and exchange in the 18th and early 19th century. This includes a more detailed examination of the integration of French-Canadian and métis populations in the Canadian Northwest into a larger French North America, as well as a detailed exploration of the role of trans-Atlantic commerce for French speaking peoples in the interior of North America