Field Schools and Scheduled Excavations in Canada

Cluny (Alberta)
May 9–June 25, 2012. University of Calgary. The University of Calgary Archaeological Field School is based at Blackfoot Crossing Historic Park on the Siksika Blackfoot Nation east of Calgary.

Whitewater POW Camp (Manitoba, Canada)
July 25-August 29, 2011. Brandon University. With support from CFB Shilo’s RCA Museum, students in the field school will be participating in the Whitewater Prisoner of War (PoW) Camp Archaeology Project, a Stanford University and Parks Canada collaboration. This Second World War internment camp was built near Whitewater Lake in Riding Mountain National Park, Manitoba, Canada. Occupied from 1943 to 1945, the camp held about 400 German Afrika Korps soldiers captured in Egypt after the Second Battle of El-Alamein.

Little John (Yukon Territory, Canada)
June 2-July 14, 2011. White River First Nation/Yukon College. During summer 2011, continuing excavation at the Little John site will focus on recovery of the 10,000 to 14,000-year-old Chindadn and Denali Pleistocene levels, further investigations of Northern Archaic Holocene occupations, and documentation of contemporary and traditional land use, language, and culture. The lower levels of the site contain an abundance of Fauna remains. This joint White River First Nation - Yukon College project involves students and local First Nation youth and elders in integrated investigations of the region's history, language, and culture. Community-based archaeology camps with Northway and Tetlin Native Alaskan villages are also planned for August.

Louisbourg, Nova Scotia
August 20-31, 2013 (two sessions). Louisbourg Public Archaeology Program. The Louisbourg Public Archaeology Program provides a unique opportunity for archaeology enthusiasts to join supervised digs at the Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site of Canada. The 2011 season will focus on field study at the De la Valliere property which was occupied by French, British and New Englanders between 1720 and 1758.

Ontario Field School
April 29-June 7, 2013. University of Trent. The Ontario Field School provides a focused and intensive introduction to archaeological field methods, from Stage Two (field survey) to Stage Three and Four (excavation). Our fieldwork is supported by digital survey methods, GIS, and digital cartography, which provides participants with learning opportunities in GIS and Total Station survey. We will be working in the vicinity of Peterborough, ON, and mainly, but not exclusively, concentrating our activities on the further definition and excavation of Archaic and Woodland-period settlement patterns.

Stuart Lake, British Columbia
May 7-June 30, 2012. University of British Columbia, Heiltsuk First Nation, and the Wuikinuvx First Nation, in collaboration with the Hakai Beach Institute. This 15-credit (full semester) field school takes place in the spectacular Hakai Area, an ancestral homeland of the Heiltsuk and Wuikinuvx Nations on the central coast of British Columbia. The region has a rich Aboriginal history that spans at least 10,000 years and includes some of the earliest known archaeological sites in British Columbia.