Ahousaht is seeking a highly skilled and compassionate individual to oversee a unique multi-faceted Research Project relating to the Ahousaht Indian Residential School and the Christie Indian Residential School which operated in Ahousaht territories.
The Coordinator will:
A. Create a Work Plan and Scopes of Work that addresses the following:
Indian Residential School Research Coordinator (Contract Position)
Ahousaht is seeking a highly skilled and compassionate individual to oversee a unique multi-faceted Research Project relating to the Ahousaht Indian Residential School and the Christie Indian Residential School which operated in Ahousaht territories. The Coordinator will: A. Create a Work Plan and Scopes of Work that addresses the following:
The Government of Alberta invites applications for the position of Geomatics Technologist at the Archaeological Survey, Historic Resources Management Branch. Further details and information on how to apply are here:
Responsibilities: Primary responsibilities are supervision of field- and office-based heritage resource management work relating to all aspects of regulatory heritage resources management, with a focus on forestry, mining, energy, parks and community infrastructure projects. Active participation in SNRC’s safety management process is a key responsibility of this position.
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.
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.
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
