#CAA2026 Day 3 is underway! We have some amazing posters on display, don't forget to check them out, ask questions, and vote for your favourite for the people's choice award! #conference #CanArch 🏺

Some reporting on the recent SMU field school work at the Old Burying Ground: www.saltwire.com/nova-scotia/...

And we're off! Welcome to the 2026 CAA-ACA conference, co-hosted with the Alberta Society of #Archaeology Our first tours are off, board meetings are underway, and attendees are arriving! Get excited for our opening reception tonight, we're so excited to see you! 🏔 🏺 #CAA2026

It's finally time 🎉 The @can-arch.bsky.social conference starts tomorrow (May 6), and you'll be able to find several of our lovely IPIA scholars all over the place! If you're at the conference, come check out our sessions and presentations and say hi! 🏺

Don't forget, our call for paper and poster abstracts is open for submissions! Head over to the conference page on the CAA website to submit your abstracts before March 31st! 🎉 #archaeology #conference canadianarchaeology.com/caa/annual-m...

Postdoc and PhD positions at Ghent University: Ecological Entanglements and Biodiversity in Late Medieval Northern Europe, 1400-1600 niche-canada.org/2026/01/31/p... #envhist #medieval #envhum

Fantastic news! It appears that an individual has used a program to download the data from the historic places register and created a new site with it! If all the data is accurate, this will become a valuable site for researchers across the country. 🏺 #heritage heritageguide.ca/search?q=New...

Heritage Saskatchewan is working hard to try & save Canada's Historic Places Database, which ParksCanada is slated to take offline in spring 2026. It is a vital resource for #heritage in Canada. Please consider checking out what you can do below! 🏺 #archaeology heritagesask.ca/canadian-reg...

This is going to be a really fun and stimulating session on pseudoarchaeology and communicating archaeology at the upcoming meeting of the @can-arch.bsky.social in beautiful Canmore, AB, May 6-10!

Season 2 of the Parks Canada podcast, ReCollections, is now available! Learn more here: niche-canada.org/2026/01/20/s... #envhist #parkhistory #cdnhist #parkscanada

Exciting new job opportunity with the Nunavut Government! There is an opening for a Project Assessment Archaeologist is accepting applications now! Check out the link below for more information! 🏺 #archaeology #nunavut #jobs www.gov.nu.ca/en/jobs/proj...

Our friends at Bodo out here to remind everyone that if you're an ASA or Bodo arch society member, we have special conference rates for you! 🎉🎉

CFP posted on the blog - Memories of Erasure: The Lost Villages of Eastern Canada 16th-21th Century For more information:

🎉Conference Registration is Open!!🎉 Are you getting excited about the CAA/ACA 2026 conference?? We sure are! Conference registration is now open now on our website! Early 🐦 registration closes on March 31st, and online registration closes on May 1st! #CAA #Conference #CanArch #archaeology 🏺

The CAA Student Committee is running a virtual workshop on January 29th, titled 'Academic Posters for Archaeology'. If you are looking for tips on creating an effective and engaging academic poster for a conference in 2026, this workshop is for you! 🏺 Please share! #CanArch #archaeology

Happy Holidays and Joyeuses fêtes from everyone at the CAA/ACA! We hope you are all cozy and warm with friends and/or family, with visions of next field season dancing in your heads! 🎄 Photo by Tim Rast, Backdirt screening on Baffin Island. #CAA #CanArch #archaeology #fieldwork #holidays

@uofa-ipia.bsky.social @can-arch.bsky.social are there any more generous souls among you who could spare a little time for student groups?

Happy International Archaeology Day 2025!! We hope you are all out there, chatting about archaeology, learning about heritage in your area, and spreading joy and knowledge! Don't forget, our Call for Sessions for the 2026 CAA/ACA conference is live on our website. Link in Bio! #archaeology #CanArch

Research celebration moments: Check out Dr. Gabriel Hrynick's New Brunswick Archaeology Podcast, co-hosted with Dr. Kenneth Holyoke (University of Lethbridge)! The podcast recently received a Public Communications Award from the @can-arch.bsky.social. Find the podcast at rss.com/podcasts/nba...

Maybe this is a time to have a roundtable or panel discussion about threats to archaeology/gists in Canada, drawing folks accross Canada from Parks, CRM, academia, etc. to talk about identifying different types of threats and suggestions on how best to document and address them 🤔 🏺

It's TIME! Our call for session proposals is open! We're preparing for the 58th Annual General Meeting of the CAA / ACA, in Canmore, Alberta, & we want you to join us! We are accepting Session Proposals until January 15, 2026, so head to the link in our bio! 🏺 #CanArch #archaeology #conference

André Bergeron (1955-2025) and Blandine Daux (1970-2025). André Bergeron and Blandine Daux, archaeological conservators working for the Centre de conservation du Québec (CCQ), passed away tragically in Lisbon, Portugal, on September 3, 2025. Please visit our FB for the full Obituary. #CanArch 🏺

This beautiful Hawaiian quilt depicts traditional crescent fans called pe'ahi, made of intricately woven coconut fibre, human hair & plaited pandanus leaf, intermingled with pandanus fronds. The Museum has 3 pe'ahi in the collections but elsewhere very few have survived intact. bit.ly/46UZ738

Hi friends! Now that the field season is (mostly) behind us, we'd love to see your fieldwork photos & feature them on our socials! Did you have a beautiful testpit that you're able to share? A funny pic from the season with your crew? DM us, or email the photo with your name & a brief caption! 🏺❤️

Exciting job opportunity with Nunatsiavut, as an archaeologist based in Nain, Lab! The position closes on Wed, so hurry over to the careers page below if interested. Please Share! 🏺 #archaeology #archaeologist careers.nunatsiavut.com/job-listings...

One full week completed at Fort St-Louis with steady progress on a variety of units, plus visits from archaeological and museum colleagues. #canarch #archaeology #fieldwork @novascotiamuseum.bsky.social @somag.bsky.social @can-arch.bsky.social

🌞Happy Friday everyone!🌞 We thought we'd collect a few tips for the field season, to get everyone outside safely! Have any other tips to share with young archaeologists? Pop them in the comments and lets start a discussion! 🧵 . #CAA #ACA #CanArch #fieldwork #archaeology #heritage #Canada

June is Pride Month - a time for all of us to stand together and support and celebrate our 2SLGBTQIA+ communities. Pride Month is the start of the Pride Season in Canada which runs from June to September. Find an event near you and join in the celebrations!

New in IA69: Bohling, S. Online dissemination of 3D bioarchaeological data: An exploration of ethics, user preferences, and contextualisation in an official digital repository setting doi.org/10.11141/ia.... @ads-update.bsky.social

Birgitta Linderoth Wallace Ferguson. 1 May, 1934 - 20 May 2025 This past week, the Canadian archaeology community lost a remarkable colleague, supporter and friend. 🧵 #CAA #CanArch

We're excited to announce our inaugural seminar. @lornarichardson.bsky.social presents a thematic analysis of the BNP’s 'Identity' magazine, interpreting the far-right misuse of archaeological science and narratives of indigeneity. Details and registration at archaeologistsrfa.wordpress.com/events/.

As part of May is Museum Month, OMA Executive Director Alison Drummond visited Norwich and District Museum and Archives, one of many vital #OntarioMuseums that enrich our communities. #ONMuseumMonth #MuseesOntario

Congratulations to Dr. Ernest G. Walker, the 2025 recipient of the Smith-Wintemberg Award! Here is his grad student Katie Willie accepting on his behalf, with CAA/ACA president Katie Cottreau-Robins. #CAA2025 #CanArch 🏺

Was giving a presentation on some of my recent and ongoing archaeological work at a conference today and unexpectedly came across this promotional poster for my forthcoming book ‘Once Upon This Land: Archaeology in British Columbia and the Stories it Tells’.

That's a wrap on the paper sessions! Thank you to all of our amazing presenters & attendees! We'll see you tonight at the Banquet for awards! 🎉 (Bonus pic of #archaeologists lining up for coffee) #caa2025

Extremely satisfied with the environmental archaeology session I hosted at the #CAA2025 ! Beautiful range of papers about charcoal, seeds, soils, animal bones & DNA. Especially happy with the fact that many presenters were graduate students or ECRs @can-arch.bsky.social

The student poster session is running all afternoon in the Great Hall! Grab a coffee & immerse yourself in new research 😍 #caa2025

If you're at the BC Studies conference today, you can catch IPIA PhD student Steph Halmhofer talking about some of her research at 10:30!

Had a good session at @can-arch.bsky.social this morning, but had to rush home to help with a broken bathroom pipe. The other presentations on Beothuk archaeology, fires and evidence for prostitution in St. John's, and an accidentally cemetery disturbance were all amazing. Great work being done.

The 2025 conference is off to a great start! We started the day with speakers & a performance by Inuit performance group Kilautiup Songuninga, who performed throat singing and Inuit drumming to open the event! Truely amazing! 🏺 #CAA2025

Enjoying the unexpected nice weather! Post-lunch, pre-conference walk around town ☀️ @can-arch.bsky.social

The book room is open at the CAA / ACA 2025 Conference @can-arch.bsky.social! Drop by and visit us in Queen’s College! Thursday: 10:00-4:00 Friday: 9:00-4:00 Saturday: 9:00-12:00 #CAA2025 #conference #archaeology

We made it!! Welcome everyone, to St. John's, Newfoundland & Labrador! The sun is shining, our day trip was off this morning to Ferryland & Cupids, & the board met this morning before the conference kicks off! 🏺 #CAA2025 #CanArch #archaeology #heritage #conference #yyt #nfld

A message of support from the Canadian Archaeological Association. 🏺 canadianarchaeology.com/caa/news-ann...

Only 1 more day until the CAA / ACA 2025 Conference starts!! Kicking things off with our Ferryland & Cupid's Day Trip & the opening reception at Bannerman Brewing at 5:30pm, tomorrow April 30th!✨️🏺 #archaeology #CAA2025 #CanArch #YYT

The countdown begins! ✍️🗓 Mark you calendars friends, the CAA/ACA Conference starts in just 3 days, with our welcome reception on Wed night, April 30th! Talks run from May 1st-3rd, program at link in bio! #CAA2025 #Archaeology #CanArch #Heritage 🏺

✨️Conference News!✨️ Please join us on Friday, May 2nd @therooms_nl for a reception! This event is free of charge to attend for those registered for the CAA/ACA 2025 conference, and there will be light refreshments and a cash bar! We can't wait to see you there! 🏺 #CAA2025 #archaeology #CanArch

Our conference Day Trip to Ferryland & Cupids is now full! Thank you to everyone who has signed up, we know you're going to have a wonderful adventure! We stil lhave 10 tickets for the Banquet night at Yellowbelly though... 👀 #CAA2025 #archaeology #CanArch

Are you registered for the conference next month? Have you seen our program? Well, what are you waiting for! #archaeology 🏺 #CanArch canadianarchaeology.com/caa/annual-m...

Excited to announce that the 2025 CAA/ACA program is now live on our website! Head on over via the link in our bio to download the pdf today from the 'Program' tab and pour over all the amazing sessions and activities we have planned for the upcoming conference 🏺 #CAA2025 #conference #archaeology