Natasha Lyons, PhD
Director, Senior Archaeologist
Natasha has served as Director and Senior Archaeologist since she and Ian created Ursus in 2008. She is also Adjunct Faculty in the Department of Archaeology at Simon Fraser University. Natasha has 25 years of professional experience as a practicing archaeobotanist and community-based archeaologist, and is particularly focused on working with local Indigenous communities to achieve their self-defined heritage goals. She enjoys longstanding research partnerships with the Sq’ewlets, Katzie, and Sts’ailes Nations of the Pacific Northwest and the Inuvialuit of the Canadian Western Arctic. Natasha has a PhD from the University of Calgary. She sits on various professional boards and working groups and is an active member of the Archaeological Society of BC, Canadian Archaeological Association and Society for American Archaeology. Natasha publishes widely on ethical research practice, community heritage, plant-human relationships, and the digital humanities.