News and Announcements

Posted
Apr 05, 2021

The CAA Board of Directors is recommending the following amendments to the CAA constitution, which would split the existing Secretary-Treasurer position into two separate positions. Currently, the Secretary-Treasurer is a Principal Director with a four (4) year term. Both the new Treasurer and Secretary positions would likewise be Principal Directors with four (4) year terms. This will make the workload for these positions more manageable and make it easier to recruit qualified candidates.

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Date Posted: 
Thursday, April 1, 2021

Application reviews will commence May 15, 2021 and continue until the position is filled.

The Department of Archaeology invites applications for a Practitioner Faculty position, Heritage Resource Management (Half-Time)

Start Date: July 1, 2021

End Date: May 30, 2022

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Posted
Mar 17, 2021
CAA 2021 logo

We are excited to announce the winning entry in our conference logo contest! It was submitted by Tekla Cunningham, a fourth year undergraduate student majoring in Biological Anthropology at the University of Winnipeg. The three figures in primary colours represent the different perspectives and diverse backgrounds of archaeologists in Canada, as well as the diversity of and within the communities we study in the past. The double triangle represents the "tent" that is Canadian archaeology, which aspires to be a community where all are welcome and have a place.

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Posted
Feb 25, 2021

We are extending the deadline for paper and poster submissions for the 53rd Annual Canadian Archaeological Association Meetings! You now have until midnight on Monday March 8, 2021 to submit your abstracts.

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Posted
Feb 15, 2021

It's not too late to submit a session for the upcoming Virtual Conference, May 5-9. We are extending the session deadline to February 21, 2021 at midnight. Our conference theme is Many Voices, Multiple Pasts: Identity and Diversity in Canadian Archaeology. We also welcome session submissions outside this theme. Don't delay - submit your session soon!

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Posted
Jan 20, 2021

CAA seeks a current archaeology graduate student or recent archaeology MA or PhD graduate to support the work of the 2021 Virtual Conference Organizing Committee.

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Posted
Jan 20, 2021

Have something interesting to share with our community? The CAA Board of Directors invites members to submit short research notes to Katherine Cook (katherine.cook@umontreal.ca).

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Posted
Jan 20, 2021

We invite nominations for the 2021 CAA awards. All submissions from 2020 will be automatically entered into the 2021 competition. You can find award criteria and instructions on how to submit a nomination here: https://canadianarchaeology.com/caa/about/awards. We will announce the award winners at the 2021 virtual conference and celebrate the awards in Edmonton in 2022. Submission deadlines are as follows:

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Posted
Jan 20, 2021

Print vs. electronic: 70% of respondents already receive the journal electronically or would prefer to switch to electronic than pay extra for the print version. The remaining 30% would be willing to pay an additional fee for the print version, though many of them commented that they understand that the print version may be unsustainable.

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