AGM for BC Association of Professional Archaeologists

The AGM of the BC Association of Professional Archaeologists is scheduled for March 5th, 2011 and will be held in Victoria.  Members and invited guests are welcome.

Archaeological Society of BC meeting on January 26, 2011 at 7 pm

The Archaeological Society of BC will be meeting at the Museum of Vancouver on January 26th at 7 pm.  The guest speaker will be Douglas E. Ross and his topic is "Confined Masculinities at a World War II Japanese Internment Camp in Idaho".  All are welcome and attendance is free.

Archaeological Society of BC meeting on June 23rd at 7pm

The Archaeological Society of BC will be meeting at the Museum of Vancouver on June 23rd at 7 pm.  The Annual General Meeting and a guest lecture will take place.  The guest lecturer is Jim Chatters and his topic is "New Insights into the Old Cordilleran Tradition".  All are welcome and attendance is free.

Archaeological Society of BC meeting at 7 pm on April 28th, 2010 Guest Speaker: Bob Muckle

The Archaeological Society of BC will be meeting at 7 pm on Wednesday, April 28th, 2010.  The guest speaker will be Bob Muckle of Capilano University and the topic will be: The Archaeology of Japanese Camps in the Seymour Valley, British Columbia.  All are welcome and attendance is free.

Archaeological Society of BC lecture on March 24th, 2010 at Museum of Vancouver

The Archaeological Society of BC will be presenting a lecture by Eldon Yellowhorn on March 24th, 2010 at 7 pm in the Joyce Walley Learning Centre at the Museum of Vancouver.  The lecture is titled 'Encountering Modernity: The Pikani Historical Archaeology Project'.  Admission is free and all are welcome.

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. The collection has been little studied or exhibited since that time, and the Inuvialuit community is keen to create better access to and knowledge of the collection. Eight Inuvialuit spent a week with the collection, studying the objects, commenting on their uses and manufacture, and identifying other individuals back home who might have further knowledge. These interactions were documented using audio and video, and a documentary about the project is underway by the Inuvialuit Communication Society. Inuvialuit student interns interviewed their Elders about the process and about the significance of the collection. The next step will be to conduct outreach work about the visit and the collection in the Inuvialuit Settlement Region in spring of 2010.

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.