Please join us, Thu Feb 5, 2026 from 3:30- 4:30 PM PST on Zoom for this week’s seminar: Dr. Parker VanValkenburgh (Brown University) on “South American Archaeology, at Scale?: Conducting Macro-Regional Survey with GeoPACHA-AI (the Geospatial Platform for Andean Culture, History and Archaeology)”

Please join us, Thursday January 29, 2026 from 3:30- 4:30 PM PST on Zoom or at our IN PERSON watch party for this week’s archaeology seminar: Dr. Amanda Logan (Northwestern University) on “An Archaeology of Food Security in West Africa” The talk will be on zoom, sign up here: buff.ly/NEfu0yk

Please join us in welcoming Dr. Sean Carleton for an online presentation and discussion about the rise of residential school denialism in Canada: Truth Before Reconciliation: How to Identify and Confront Residential School Denialism Thursday, January 29, 2026 | 11:30 am PST Register: buff.ly/XYUWMcb

Please join us, Thursday January 22, 2026 from 3:30- 4:30 PM PST on Zoom or at our IN PERSON watch party for this week’s archaeology seminar: Dr. Jennifer Ramsay (SUNY-Brockport) on “The Impact of Roman Military Presence on the Arid Landscapes of Southern Jordan and Israel”

Interested in our Summer 2026 BC North Coast Field School? Join Field Director, Dr. Bryn Letham, for information sessions to find out more! ⛏️ January 28, 10:30am - 11:30am | SWH 9084 and online ⛏️ January 29, 12:30pm - 1:30pm | SWH 9084 and online Zoom link found here: buff.ly/2OX7YSg

Please join us on Thursday, January 15, from 3:30- 5:00 PM (PDT) for an IN PERSON seminar in SWH 9152: Dr. Eldon Yellowhorn (SFU Indigenous Studies) on “Unravelling the Mystery of the Star Husband Myth". The talk will also be on Zoom. Register in advance for this meeting: buff.ly/j0GrVDl

Please join us Thu Dec 4, 3:30- 4:30 PM PST in person (SWH 9152 for this week’s seminar: Dr. Bryn Letham and Dr. Duncan McLaren “Recent investigations on late Pleistocene archaeology and paleoenvironments in Coastal British Columbia – ruminations on new finds, challenges, and where to go next”

SFU Archaeology researchers Dr. Catherine D'Andrea, Dr. Laurie Nixon-Darcus, and Dr. Elizabeth Peterson have a chapter in a newly published textbook about the emergence of complex societies and the development of early states in the Horn of Africa.

Dr. Cara Tremain is offering a new course next semester here at SFU Archaeology, click on the link to find out more! www.instagram.com/sfuenv/reel/...

Here is the information for this week's SFU Archaeology Gradyate Seminar Series.

Here is the information for this weejs SFU Archaeology Graduate Seminar Series on Thursday November 6th.

Here is this week's information for the SFU Archaeology Graduate Student Seminar Series. This semesters list of pressenters can be viewed here, www.sfu.ca/archaeology/...

This week's (Oct 23rd) information for the SFU Archaeology Graduate Seminar Series presentation.

SOLD OUT! The 2025 BC Archaeology Forum is officially sold out! BC Archaeology Forum Co-hosted by SFU Archaeology & BCAPA

Dana Lepofsky (@sfu.ca, @sfuarchaeology.bsky.social) co-led the Xwe’etay/Lasqueti Archaeology Project (XLAP) for 30 years, which challenged the idea that First Nations never lived permanently on Xwe’etay Island. Learn more about "the island in the middle of everywhere." #NDTR

George Nicholas, Emeritus Distinguished Professor, recently returned from Hokkaido, northern Japan, where he was the invited commentator at the 4th International Indigenous Peoples Forum. This was held in the Ainu village of Nibutani, where he has been working the past 15 years.

Information for this week's upcoming SFU Archaeology Department's Graduate Seminar Series. Please note that this seminar is online only via Zoom.

Here is the information for this week's SFU Department of Archaeology's Graduate Student Seminar Series for October 9th at 3:30pm. Saywell 9152.

"The Department of Archaeology at Simon Fraser University joins the global community in mourning the loss of Dr. Jane Goodall, renowned primatologist, conservationist, and humanitarian, who passed away October 1, 2025. Department of Archaeology Simon Fraser University October 1, 2025"

Link to some of the great work by SFSU Archaeology's Dr. Cthy D'Andrea. buff.ly/9FM4fX6

Hi and here is the information for this weeks SFU Archaeology Graduate Student Seminar Series.

"Centuries-old artifacts discovered for sale in a BC thrift store for just $30" — a shocking reminder that objects of historical significance often hide in plain sight. This Fall 2026, ARCH 332: Special Topics in Archaeology gives you the chance to turn that kind of surprise into rigorous research.

Rare ‘medieval’ artifacts found in B.C. thrift store donated to SFU for study. www.sfu.ca/sfunews/stor...

The BC Archaeology Forum is returning this fall! SFU Archaeology, in partnership with the British Columbia Association of Professional Archaeologists, is pleased to announce the 2025 BC Archaeology Forum on Saturday, October 18. Details and registration info here: buff.ly/cBFlWPA

Have you done any archaeology-themed art or crafts this summer?? Were you lucky enough to be out working in the field, in beautiful or absolutely miserable weather???? Calling all #SFUarchaeology students, staff, and faculty! Submissions due September 17, 2025 buff.ly/9BWeAOm

Only 10% of First Nations in B.C. have been able to significantly repatriate items that settlers stole decades, even centuries ago, notes a new report.

Brian Thom on CBC's On The Island discussing the significance of the new BC Supreme Court decision on Cowichan title at the old Tl'uqtinus village site on the Fraser River. @b-thom.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

Brian Thom on CBC speaking on how Supreme Court needs to determine relationship between Aboriginal title and private owners. Supreme Court needs to determine relationship between Aboriginal title and private owners, @b-thom.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

Brian Thom speaks with Vancouver Sun on Cowichan/Hul’qumi’num seasonal village known as Tl’uqtinus on the Fraser River vancouversun.com/news/cowicha... @b-thom.bsky.social

My department at Tulane has a TT position for a bioanth ("specializing in the analysis of human skeletal remains"). Apps due by Oct 15. apply.interfolio.com/171196

Sameer Farooq is creating a new piece for the inaugural exhibit at the SFU Gibson Art Museum, partnering with the SFU Museum of Archaeology and Ethnology. The piece explores how we organize, and create meaning from the belongings we care for. Check out Sameer’s work: www.sameerfarooq.com

Thrilled to see the new Marianne and Edward Gibson Art Museum, and its forthcoming and ongoing collaborations with our own Museum of Archaeology and Ethnography, featured in the Art Newspaper:

Great story in Victoria Times-Colonist of Dana Lepofsky's project on Xwe'etay/Lasqueti Island. Mural unveiling after years of archaeological work and collaboration between local First Nations and current residents of Xwe'etay. VTC article: linktr.ee/SFUarchaeology (Images Michael John Lo, VTC).

This past Spring Dana Lepofsky, in collaboration with local First Nations and the current inhabitants of Lasqueti Island, BC, unveiled a mural and display that is the culmination of the Xwe’etay/Lasqueti Archaeology Project (XLAP).

SFU students Diego Barrios-Stewart, Citlalli Gonzalez, and Nick Parker as well as SFU alums Sarah Grenier and Madison Poole visiting the site of Stobi in North Macedonia with Dr. Sabrina Higgins. They were working this summer on excavations at Golemo Gradiste, a late antique site in North Macedonia.

A contractor and company owner were sentenced for disturbing 77 shíshálh graves—BC’s first Provincial Court held in the shíshálh longhouse. It’s a slow process, but change is happening. Link in our bio to learn more about this historic ruling.

Learn more about the Native Youth Program a MOA in this interview from the Ubyssey with NYP Director, Damara Jacobs-Peterson, NYP Manager Jacqueline Morrisseau-Addison and NYP Alumni and MOA Cultural Interpreter, Amai Campbell-Kamangirira. Read now: https://f.mtr.cool/wcryhrpeuv

George Nicholas discusses his career evolution as an archaeologist concerned with Indigenous heritage protection and social justice. Nicholas will share his experiences working with and for the Nibutani Ainu community in Japan. (online/in person June 26). www.eventbrite.ca/e/an-archaeo...

Examples of wood fishweirs from the Cowichan River and Comox Estuary on the shores of #Vancouver Island, in #BritishColumbia, #Canada. Made and fished by #IndigenousPeoples of BC like the Quwʼutsun people, also known as the Cowichan Tribes and the Comox. 1/2

Congratulations to Dr. Dana Lepofsky for her election to the National Academy of Sciences in recognition of her distinguished and continued achievements in original research. Read more about the National Academy of Sciences elections: buff.ly/240nB02

Come celebrate International Museums Day with us:

Congratulations Birute!

✨ Upcoming deadline! ✨ Are you, or do you know an Indigenous high school student, age 15 to 18? Apply for the 2025 Native Youth Program, a summer job opportunity that provides training and work experience in arts + culture. Deadline: Friday, May 2, 2025. https://f.mtr.cool/vthwslgrgv

SFU Archaeology's Dr. Laurie Nixon-Darcus is the recipient of a King Charles III Coronation Medal from the Canadian Cancer Society. She has spent many summers volunteering her time at Camp Goodtimes, helping kids with cancer just be kids.

SFU Archaeology faculty member, Dr. Sabrina Higgins, has a new edited volume out with Routledge. "Ancient Pasts for Modern Audiences: Public Scholarship and the Mediterranean World" 1/2

Please join us on Thurs Apr. 3rd 3:30- 5:00 PM (PDT) for an IN PERSON talk in SWH 9152 at our Burnaby campus. Our final seminar of the semester: Dr. Cara Tremain (SFU) “What in the (virtual) world? Issues with the digitization of cultural heritage” Also on Zoom at the link: buff.ly/4JWqYJ5

Congratulations, Yuxin! Archaeology MA student Yuxin Cao presented her thesis “Ancient DNA Analysis of Caribou and Muskox Remains from Banks Island, NWT” at FENV’s 3 Minute Thesis competition. She won the first place and will be representing the FENV at the SFU final on April 10th!

Please join us TODAY at 3:30 (PDT) for an IN PERSON seminar in SWH 9152: Dr. Farid Rahemtulla (UNBC) “Mid Holocene Indigenous Cultural Seascapes on the Central Coast of British Columbia” The talk will also be on Zoom at the following link: buff.ly/1vEvNYf

Join us Thurs Mar 20th 3:30- 5:00 PM (PDT) an IN PERSON talk in SWH 9152: Dr. Laura McAtackney ( @lauramca.bsky.social ) “Ways of Knowing Difficult and Contested Pasts: Researching the ‘Troubles' and Peace Process in the North of Ireland” with the Dept of History, SFU. Also on Zoom: buff.ly/F2xUzHC