The Smith-Wintemberg award is presented to honour professional members of the Canadian archaeological community who have made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of the discipline of archaeology and our knowledge of the archaeological past of Canada.  This year’s award goes to Dr. David Black, from the University of New Brunswick. Through his work over the past four decades in New Brunswick, David has made foundational research contributions to the archaeological history of the Atlantic Northeast, while demonstrating excellence in training and development of theory and method. David was the first archaeologist appointed to a full-time faculty position in anthropology at the University of New Brunswick. In addition to supervising graduate students alongside a heavy undergraduate teaching and service load, including a term as chair of the department, he developed teaching collections and a robust curriculum in archaeology and physical anthropology, building the program from the ground up. Beginning in the 1980s, David conducted extensive and detailed research in Passamaquoddy Bay, bringing cultural ecology approaches to this unique environment. This work produced a summary monograph, Living Close to the Ledge: Prehistoric Human Ecology of the Bliss Islands, that was valuable both for ushering in new analytical techniques to the region, and as a contribution more broadly to studying coastal hunter-gatherers. He also produced myriad other papers, short monographs, and reports on this research. A self-described palaeoethnomalacologist, David made major methodological and theoretical contributions to the archaeology of shell-bearing sites. David has also made major contributions to lithic analysis (both technology and material), zooarchaeology, and the history of archaeological research in New Brunswick. David has long been an advocate for collaborative archaeology with Indigenous communities, including educational initiatives with institutions such as Metepenagiag Heritage Park. He has also been a tireless advocate for collaborations between ethical avocational and professional archaeologists. David’s work with the George Frederic Clarke collection and with avocational archaeologists in coastal New Brunswick has been crucial in getting information into the literature, and he recognized these collections as crucial datasets for graduate students and the broader community. In recent years, David has continued to work with students at UNB as an honorary research professor. He was instrumental in founding the Association of Professional Archaeologists of New Brunswick and has served as a member of its board.