The @can-arch.bsky.social conference is only a few weeks away, and the preliminary schedule is now available online 🎉 You can catch IPIA scholars presenting all over the conference, and Solène and Sara's session on historical archaeology in western Canada will be the morning of May 8th 🏺
In partnership with UAlberta's Department of Anthropology, we have a special speaker event coming up! On April 29th, join us in-person to hear Dr. Dara Bramson talk about Indigenous knowledges and western science in a clinical context. See below for more info:
Join us tomorrow, April 8th, in-person or online to hear Dr. Eve Nimmo speak about legacy collections! 12:05 - 1:00 pm MT, free to attend but registration for online participation required. Visit the link to learn more!
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A new article from IPIA Director Dr. Kisha Supernant! You can read the article at the link below:
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Only a few days left to submit an abstract for this year's CAA conference! If you're interested in historical archaeology, check out Sara and Solène's session and consider submitting an abstract (due March 31st)!
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Happy Friday, everyone! Don't forget, our next Speaker Series event is next Tuesday, the 24th. Curious to learn more? Check out the link below!
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Interested in historical archaeology and planning to attend the Canadian Archaeological Association conference in May? Consider submitting a paper to this great session, hosted by two of our IPIA scholars! Email Solène or Sara for more info, and visit the CAA website to submit an abstract 🏺
Interested in learning more about field schools being offered through UAlberta? Check out this upcoming roundtable discussion, on Feb 25th! 🏺
Good news - our first Speaker Series event of 2026 is coming this month! Join us Feb 24th, 11:30 am (MT), to learn about ecocultural archives from Dr. Robin Woywitka. Free to attend in person or online, registration for online is required. Learn more at the webpage we've linked! 🏺
There's still time for students to apply to the 2026 IPIA Field School, held in St. Albert from May 25 to June 26. Check out the page below to learn more! Applications close Feb 15th.
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Applications are still open! Want to learn more? Check out our website for details! 🏺
Register and join us tomorrow for this webinar on how to identify and confront the rising tide of residential school denialism and antI-Indigenous hatred.
ICYMI: applications for our 2026 field school are now open! Check out the website below for more info.
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Are you interested in historic archaeology in western Canada? Consider submitting a paper to this great session hosted by two of our wonderful IPIA scholars, Dr. Solène Mallet Gauthier and Sara Lefurgey, at this year's CAA conference! 🏺
Former IPIA scholar Dr. Solène Mallet Gauthier @somag.bsky.social was interviewed by Radio-Canada about CRM archaeology in Canada and the need for more archaeologists. Listen (in French) at the link below!
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ICYMI: applications for our 2026 field school are now open! Check out the website below for more info.
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Happy New Year, everyone! We're excited to share that applications for the 2026 IPIA archaeology field school in St. Albert, AB, are now open! Applications will close on February 15, 2026. Visit our website for the application link, and to learn more:
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Join us in congratulating IPIA scholar Solène Mallet Gauthier, who today passed her PhD defense! Congratulations, Doctor Mallet Gauthier!
Check it out: a new open access article from a special 2023 roundtable session at the AAAs featuring interviews with anthropologists and archaeologists who are helping identify unmarked graves at Residential Schools (Canada) and boarding schools (US), including IPIA Director Dr. Kisha Supernant 🏺
Tomorrow! Online registration is still open!
We are disappointed to see that the new Federal Budget has not committed to sustained, long-term funding towards supporting the ongoing investigations into missing children and unmarked graves associated with Indian Residential Schools in Canada. See the CAA statement below for more:
Field school news! The IPIA will once again be running our Indigenous Archaeology Field School in St. Albert, AB, from May 25th to June 26th 2026. Applications will open Jan 5th, 2026. Learn more at our field school page:
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www.ualberta.ca/en/prairie-i...
Description for Maria's talk about her research conducted at the Batoche National Historic Site. Talk will be held at the Musée Héritage Museum, which is inside St. Albert Place, on Friday Nov 21 from 2 to 3 pm Mountain Time. Admission is $3 per person.
If you're in St. Albert on Friday, come hear recent IPIA grad Maria Nelson share some of her research into Métis cemeteries, kinscapes, and deathscapes! 🏺
Our next Speaker Series event is on Dec 2, 11:30 am to 12:30 pm (MT)! Dr. Katie Biittner will be talking about archaeogaming and the early history of video game development. In-person and online, visit our event page for more info!
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www.ualberta.ca/en/prairie-i...
Description for Maria's talk about her research conducted at the Batoche National Historic Site. Talk will be held at the Musée Héritage Museum, which is inside St. Albert Place, on Friday Nov 21 from 2 to 3 pm Mountain Time. Admission is $3 per person.
If you're in St. Albert on Friday, come hear recent IPIA grad Maria Nelson share some of her research into Métis cemeteries, kinscapes, and deathscapes! 🏺
Field school news! The IPIA will once again be running our Indigenous Archaeology Field School in St. Albert, AB, from May 25th to June 26th 2026. Applications will open Jan 5th, 2026. Learn more at our field school page:
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www.ualberta.ca/en/prairie-i...
Our next Speaker Series event is on Dec 2, 11:30 am to 12:30 pm (MT)! Dr. Katie Biittner will be talking about archaeogaming and the early history of video game development. In-person and online, visit our event page for more info!
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www.ualberta.ca/en/prairie-i...
Sara standing in a room of seated audience members. To her left is a large projector screen with the title of her presentation, "Exploring parameters and limitations: soil spectroscopy in burial contexts."
Congratulations to our MA student Sara Lefurgey for her first conference presentation, on soil spectroscopy and her use of tech called the S4 in burial contexts, at the recent conference for the Canadian Association of Biological Anthropology! 🎉
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Thank you to all who attended, and to our wonderful speaker Dr. Andre Costopoulos for such an interesting talk!
Stay tuned for details for our next talk in early December, perhaps a little something about archaeogaming 👀
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This is on Thursday! Online registration is available for those who can't attend in-person!
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