Ursus RISC Training

Ursus undertook two Archaeological and CMT RISC training courses in 2022. In July, Fraser Bonner with assistance from Ginelle Taylor facilitated a course for eight community members from the Kyuquot/Cheklesath First Nation (KCFN) in the village of Kyuquot on behalf of their Stewardship Program. In August, Fraser Bonner facilitated a course for the Westbank First Nation (WFN) in West Kelowna for four employees from their Archaeology Department. The courses provided participants with a background in British Columbia cultural resource management and basic archaeological field techniques including field preparation, field survey, artifact and CMT identification, and archaeological site investigation, recording, and mapping.

KCFN RISC participants Collin Hanson, Daylin George, Calvin Hanson, Caleb Hanson, and Adam John conducting shoreline survey on Aktis Island as part of the RISC field training component.