Parks Canada continues to collect feedback from stakeholders who care deeply about the future of national marine conservation areas (NMCAs). If you have not visited our online engagement platform at www.letstalknmcas.ca, we would like to remind you that there is one week left to provide us with your comments and opinions on our proposed policy updates for NMCAs. The consultation period will end on July 10th, and your views will help shape a new policy for NMCAs.
1st place - Memorial University of Newfoundland (team members: Julia Brenan, Ivan Carlson, Mallory Champagne, and Natasha Miller). 2nd place - Trent University (team members: Diana Lynne Hansen, Gabriel López, Jolyane Saule, and Morgan Simmons-Feigel).
As we look forward to the 2019 Annual Meeting of the Canadian Archaeological Association in Quebec City, May 15-18th, the CAA needs to ensure in the most immediate way that participation in our organization and in our annual meeting is undertaken with a clear framework for professional conduct. The CAA executive is committed to doing what is necessary to ensure that our members, conference participants, and any public attendees are protected from harassment, assault, and other misconduct as they take part in CAA sponsored events and activities.
SAA and EAA are sponsoring a new research initiative, Synthetic Study of Human Migration as Understood from a Long-Term Perspective, that is organized by the Coalition for Archaeological Synthesis (CfAS). CfAS is soliciting interest in the design workshop through a brief Request for Information (RFI) with a deadline of June 15. Details on the RFI are attached or can be found at http://archsynth.org/2019-projects.html.
The University of Calgary is seeking a Director for its archaeology field school for a five-year limited term appointment at the rank of instructor in the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology.
Le Département des sciences historiques de la Faculté des lettres et des sciences humaines de l’Université Laval sollicite des candidatures afin de pourvoir à un poste de professeur titulaire d’une Chaire de recherche du Canada (CRC) de niveau 2 (chaire junior) en archéologie et archéométrie de la culture matérielle. Il s’agit d’un poste de professeur adjoint à temps complet.
Rainy River First Nations and the Royal Ontario Museum Joint Statement: Collaborative efforts regarding the return of Ancestors and sacred objects to Indigenous communities
The 8th Developing International Geoarchaeology (DIG) conference will be hosted by the Archaeology Department at Simon Fraser University, Canada on June 17th -21st, 2019. We invite submissions for paper and poster presentations on any area of geoarchaeology, from landscape to artifact characterization.
