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Kleanza Consulting Ltd. @kleanzaconsulting.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Congratulations to Gary for presenting @can-arch.bsky.social conference, #CAA2026! He explored the origins of pseudo-science relating to archaeology & discussed possible solutions to illuminate the facts & filter out the fiction for public consumption. We hear you rocked this, Gary! Woohoo! 🙌😍💚🔥

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Kleanza Consulting Ltd. @kleanzaconsulting.bsky.social · 11/05/2026

Kudos to Curt for his presentation @can-arch.bsky.social conference, #CAA2026! His paper was titled “The Good, The Bad and the Ugly of Archaeology YouTube”. Review: “Interesting, funny & informative” Woohoo Curt!

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CAA / ACA @can-arch.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

#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 🏺

A group of people standing around a room with standees making rows. There are academic posters on each standee

Another angle of the same room, with multiple people of various ages standing around looking at tall grey standees, each with an academic poster on it. There is a pink waterbottle on the floor in the foreground.

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CAA / ACA @can-arch.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

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

A cream and terracotta poster, reading 'Welcome to the CAA-ACA / ASA 2026' conference. Canmore, May 6-10. There is an Indigenous drawing of a man holding a circle with a dot in the middle.

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Institute of Prairie and Indigenous Archaeology, UAlberta @uofa-ipia.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

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! 🏺

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CAA / ACA @can-arch.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

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...

Poster advertising the call for paper and poster abstracts for the upcoming CAA conference. Abstracts are due on march 31st, 2026.

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CAA / ACA @can-arch.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

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...

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Search | Heritage GuideHeritage Guide

Search thousands of Canadian heritage sites.

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CAA / ACA @can-arch.bsky.social · 03/02/2026

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...

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Canadian Register of Historic Places | Heritage Sask

Heritage Saskatchewan, A Voice for Living Heritage. Activities must exhibit sensitivity to: The indigenous natural environment; The impact of the interaction between human activity and natural environ...

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Julien Riel-Salvatore @julienrs.bsky.social · 18/01/2026

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!

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CAA / ACA @can-arch.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

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...

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CAA / ACA @can-arch.bsky.social · 13/01/2026

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! 🎉🎉

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CAA / ACA @can-arch.bsky.social · 08/01/2026

🎉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 🏺

A pinkish blob in a pale pink background. Text in grey reads 'Conference registration is Open'. Below that, it reads 'early registration ends March 31st', and then 'caa 2026, Canmore, Alberta' in smaller grey letters before the rest. There is a reddish figure to the left with its arms in the air.

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CAA / ACA @can-arch.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

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

A white poster with blue text, read ing 'CAA student committee, virtual social. Academic Posters for Archaeology: workshop and discussion' The workshop is on January 29th, at 6:30pm EST, and if people want more information, they can email caa.student (at) gmail.

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CAA / ACA @can-arch.bsky.social · 25/12/2025

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

Four archaeologists working on shaker screens, with graphics of christmas hats imposed onto the photos. The landscape behind them is rocky and expansive. The ocean extends to the distance with clouds above. There is text in the sky in purple reading: 'Happy Holidays / Joyeuses fetes, from the CAA/ACA'

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Bumblebike @bumblebike.bsky.social · 19/11/2025

@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?

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CAA / ACA @can-arch.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

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

A colourful graphic! Yellow speckled background with a large green 'HAPPY' at the top, followed by 'International Archaeology Day' in hot pink, and 'From the CAA/ACA'in navy blue. There is a green sunburst on the left and green squiggles on the right, with a mustard yellow cloud shape'

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UNB Research @unbresearch.bsky.social · 09/10/2025

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...

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Steph Halmhofer @cultarchaeo.bsky.social · 10/10/2025

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 🤔 🏺

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CAA / ACA @can-arch.bsky.social · 08/10/2025

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

A graphic advertising the CAA 2p26 Canmore, Alberta. There is an image of a human figure holding a disc or circle, slightly abstract, in red and grey. Ti the figure's left, it says 'Call for Sessions is Open! Deadline: January 15, 2026'

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CAA / ACA @can-arch.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

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 🏺

An obituary image for Andre Bergeron and Blandine Daux, 1955-2025, and 1970-2025. Andre is a balding white man with some white hair on the sides of his head, rectangular glasses, and a friendly smile with white stubble. Blandine is a white woman with cropped brown hair and side swept bangs. She is smiling and had sunglasses on top of her head. Both photos are in white circles on a green background.

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Pitt Rivers Museum @pittriversmuseum.bsky.social · 06/10/2025

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

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CAA / ACA @can-arch.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

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! 🏺❤️

A graphic with two photos in the top left (a graveyard with a sign reading Enter at own risk), and bottom right (a group of people listening to a speaker in a large hall), and two drawings of a trowel and a suitcase. In a curving shape through the middle it says 'We want your summer fieldwork photos!', and at the bottom left: 'email: socialmedia@canadianarchaeology.com'

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CAA / ACA @can-arch.bsky.social · 24/06/2025

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...

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ARCHAEOLOGIST I - NG Recruitment

CLOSING: June 25, 2025

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NSM Archaeology @nsmarchaeology.bsky.social · 22/06/2025

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

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CAA / ACA @can-arch.bsky.social · 06/06/2025

🌞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

A teal background with a darker teal swirl, and a purple starburt in the left top corner reads "The CAA/ACA presents: Tips for the 2025 field season!". Below the rext are little graphics of a water bottle, sunscreen, a sun hat, and a trowel.

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Nova Scotia Museum @novascotiamuseum.bsky.social · 02/06/2025

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!

A vertical collage of six panels to create a rainbow. From left to right: A red building with a waterwheel, Balmoral Grist Mill. An orange glass ornament with white and blue patterns. A yellow abstract image with radiating lines, the Sambro Lighthouse Lens. A close-up of green, rough-textured leaves reptile's skin. A blue sky over Shelburne Harbour with a small, distant dory. A dark wall with woven purple Mi’kmaq basket.

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CAA / ACA @can-arch.bsky.social · 28/05/2025

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

A woman with blonde cropped hair stands in a grassy field near a stone cairn monument, wearing a black overcoat. There are pine trees in the background and a blue sky.

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Archaeologists Resisting Far-Right Appropriation @a-rfa.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

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/.

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Ontario Museum Association @museumsontario.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

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

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CAA / ACA @can-arch.bsky.social · 04/05/2025

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 🏺

Two women, both namer Katie, are standing beside a podium. The older woman on the right has long grey hair and is wearing a black dress. The younger woman on the right has long blonde hair, a black long sleeved top, and burgundy pants, and is holding a plaque. They are in a brick and stone room with a wood floor.

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Bob Muckle @bobmuckle.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

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’.

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CAA / ACA @can-arch.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

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

A long line of people facing away from the camera, waiting for coffee on our morning coffee break. Everyone is standing in the great hall, a room with extremely high ceilings!

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Solène MG @somag.bsky.social · 03/05/2025

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

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CAA / ACA @can-arch.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

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

A group of people standing around in a large room, filled with rolling display boards. The boards have research posters on them, and the room is lit with warm lighting.

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Institute of Prairie and Indigenous Archaeology, UAlberta @uofa-ipia.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

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!

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Dr. Lisa M. Daly, PhD @planecrashgirl.bsky.social · 02/05/2025

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.

A picture of a power point cover slide. The background is dark green with a light green band on the right. The title, in light yellow reads Harbour Buffett and the US Navy Hudson Bomber, The Impact of an Aicraft Crash on a Community (I really tried to avoid a pun, but couldn't figure out a better word). By Lisa M. Daly and Neil Burgess. Next to the names, to the left, is a picture of a piece of metal underwater mostly covered by silt.

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CAA / ACA @can-arch.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

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

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Solène MG @somag.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

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

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Memorial University Press @memorialup.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

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

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CAA / ACA @can-arch.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

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 picture of downtown st. John's, Newfoundland, from the top of Signal Hill, with a wood boardwalk and fence in the foreground , under a blue sky. It reads '0 days til the 2025 CAA/ACA Conference. Welcome to St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador'

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CAA / ACA @can-arch.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

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

A picture overlooking a small nfld harbour with hills in the distance and an orange and blue sunset. There are houses in the distance. Text on the sky says 1 More Day til the CAA! in blue and green, and on the road in the foreground in pink, text says 'We can't wait to welcome you. YYT'

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CAA / ACA @can-arch.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

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 🏺

A photo overlooking downtown St. John's, Nfld, with fog rolling in over the harbour and Signal Hill. A large 3 on a flip down counter is beside text reading: 'Days left until the CAA/ACA 2025 Conference! Join us in dramatic St. Johm's, NL!'.

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CAA / ACA @can-arch.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

✨️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

A pale green poster with two pale yellow stars at the top. It says 'Join us Friday, May 2nd for The Rooms Reception. Starts at 6:30pm, Light refreshments & cash bar!! The Rooms, 9 Bonaventure Ave, St. John's'

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CAA / ACA @can-arch.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

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

A sunny photo overlooking the excavation of the Colony of Avalon at Ferryland, Newfoundland. It reads 'The Ferryland and Cupids Day Trip is now Full! Thank you for your interest!' And below the image it says 'we still have a few spots left for out Banquet, Sat May 3rd at Yellowbelly'

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