News and Announcements

Posted
Jun 24, 2021

On behalf of the Canadian Archaeological Association, we call for immediate action to support communities to locate the children who died at and went missing from Indian Residential Schools, as outlined in the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action 71-76. We also call for immediate action to support Indigenous communities searching for lost loved ones who never came home from other schools, hospitals, and sanatoria across the land we now call Canada.

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Date Posted: 
Wednesday, June 23, 2021
Closing Date: 
Friday, July 23, 2021

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Posted
Jun 05, 2021

Content warning: This statement deals with child death, colonialism, residential schools, genocide and intergenerational trauma.

The recent discovery of unmarked child graves at the Kamloops Residential School is a painful reminder of the horrors experienced by First Nations, Métis and Inuit children at these institutions across the land we now call Canada. Our hearts go out to the many survivors and families affected by these losses, and the loss of the many other children whose graves have yet to be located.

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Posted
May 03, 2021

The Government of Alberta invites applications for the position of Curator of Archaeology at the Royal Alberta Museum. Further details and information on how to apply are here: https://jobpostings.alberta.ca/job/Edmonton-Curator-Archaeology/546737217/ 

The closing date is May 10, 2021.

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Posted
Apr 20, 2021

The Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto invites applications for a Rebanks Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in North American Archaeology—Indigenous Ontario. Further information and details on how to apply are here: https://www.rom.on.ca/en/node/23867

Application deadline is June 1, 2021.

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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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