In consulting archaeology, the field of sight is limited by constraints related to schedule, budget, and physical boundaries of the proposed development. Occasionally, a find within our field of vision is so discrete and well-defined to suggest an equally tidy conclusion is attainable. However, a recent find made along the Eastern Slopes of the Rocky Mountains presents the limitation of definitions and understanding.
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Canadian archaeology and the Canadian heritage sector are facing generational challenges to the regulation, protections, and funding for the work we all do. Both federal and provincial/territorial (e.g., Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Ontario, Alberta, and British Columbia) levels of government have passed legislation or budgets that seek to streamline development, deregulate environmental—and with that, potentially archaeological—protections, slashed budgets for heritage programming, and tabled plans to remove crucial publicly available heritage data from the internet.
2026 CAA Conference Guide for Students
Created by Morgan Laidley for the CAA Student Committee.