Blogs & News
Ursus Heritage Consulting opens office in the Okanagan!
Ursus Heritage Consulting is please to announce the opening of their new office in Vernon, B.C. With offices located in Vancouver and Vernon, Ian and Natasha are pleased to increase their accessibilty to clients in the region. Please note our new fax number is 250-542-0988 and phone numbers are 250-938-4662 or 604-788-4662.
Ursus partners visit Smithsonian with members of the Inuvialuit community.
In November of 2009, Natasha led a delegation (with Cathy Cockney of Inuvialuit Cultural Resource Centre) of Inuvialuit community members from the Canadian Western Arctic, filmmakers, and anthropologists to visit a collection at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC. The MacFarlane Collection is one of the earliest museum collections to be assembled in Inuvialuit territory, in the mid-19th century, by a Hudson's Bay trader named Roderick MacFarlane.
Archaeological Society of BC Lecture on December 16th, 2009 at 7 pm
The Archaeological Society of British Columbia will present a lecture by Doug Ross (Simon Fraser University PhD) on December 16th at 7 pm in the Joyce Whalley Learning Centre, Museum of Vancouver. The lecture is titled 'Uncovering the Daily Lives of Japanese and Chinese Immigrants on Don and Lion Islands". Attendance is free and all are welcome.
AGM of BC Association of Professional Archaeologists
The AGM of the BC Association of Professional Archaeologists is scheduled for March 20th, 2010 and will be held in Kamloops. More information to follow.
Archaeological Society of BC, October 29th, 2009 Lecture
The first lecture of the Archaeological Society of BC fall season will be by Dr. Bill Angelbeck at the Joyce Whalley Learning Centre at the Museum of Vancouver. The lecture begins at 7 pm and is titled 'Lookouts, Refuges and Forts: Assessing Warfare from Defensive Sites in Coast Salish Territory'. This is a public event and admission is free.
BC Archaeology Forum
The 2009 BC Archaeology Forum will be held in Hedley, B.C. on November 28-29 and will be hosted by the Upper Similkameen Indian Band and the BC Association of Professional Archaeologists.
Website Launch!
Ursus Heritage Consulting is very excited to announce the launch of their new website which was skillfully designed by webdesign consultant David Tiede!