Archaeology Without Borders: Contact-Era Archaeology in Maine My role as Curator of Eastern Archaeology at the Canadian Museum of History is to enhance the understanding of Canadian... Museum Research Number of likes: 0 Number of views: 739
“Desserts” is “Stressed” Backwards: COVID-19 and Pandemic Foodways in ... When her children were sent home in March 2020 due to the first COVID-19 lockdown, Saskatchewan mom Dawna Doell decided that... Museum Research Number of likes: 21 Number of views: 1145
Signs of the COVID-19 Era: Collecting Pandemic History The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has forced significant adaptation and innovation, while exposing long-standing inequities in Canada... Museum Research Number of likes: 10 Number of views: 2183
Allan MacEachen, the “Celtic Sphinx” (1921–2017) Politician Allan MacEachen would have turned 100 years old in 2021. Although he had a number of nicknames over the course of... Museum Research Number of likes: 10 Number of views: 1453
Vaccine Mandates in Historical Context As Canadians face another winter of COVID-19, vaccine mandates — the proof often required to work, shop or participate in... Museum Research Number of likes: 12 Number of views: 28933
Freshly Pressed: Place-Making in the Pretty Harbour! Besides a freshly pressed orange, is there anything that smells better than a fresh off the press archaeological... Museum Research Number of likes: 72 Number of views: 2911
Daniel Weetaluktuk: A Community Archaeology Pioneer International Inuit Day (November 7), proclaimed by the Inuit Circumpolar Council, provides an opportunity to celebrate the... Museum Research Number of likes: 28 Number of views: 2767
An archaeology wonder moment As archaeologists, we are often asked about the best object we ever found. For me, what is most important is how we found it,... Museum Research Number of likes: 32 Number of views: 3099
Public help survey endangered archaeological sites One of the fundamental parts of an archaeologist’s job is to find archaeological sites. There are many ways to do this, from... Museum Research Number of likes: 6 Number of views: 6559
Repatriation Project Reveals Remarkable Story – Part 2: Telling ... In our previous post, we introduced you to an Inuit man who lived eight centuries ago. During the process of repatriating his... Canadian History Hall Number of likes: 11 Number of views: 2727
Repatriation Project Reveals Remarkable Story Part 1: The Story One of the guiding principles of the new Canadian History Hall is to present this country’s history from... Canadian History Hall Number of likes: 11 Number of views: 3428
A collection of nearly 75,000 artifacts tells the story of Fort Fronte... Breaking ground on a condominium project doesn’t always involve an international war. In the case of the Frontenac Village... Museum Research Number of likes: 5 Number of views: 3200
Solving a northern mystery In 1954 at Native Point, Southampton Island, in what is now Nunavut, a Smithsonian archeologist excavated a partially exposed... Museum Research Number of likes: 5 Number of views: 2679
When modern science connects with the past In 1912, and again in 1915, William J. Wintemberg, an archaeologist with the National Museum of Canada (today the Canadian Museum... Canadian History Hall Number of likes: 9 Number of views: 4510
Nearing the end of the E’se’get Archaeological Project When the public thinks of archaeology, they often think of a stereotypical dig site: an archaeologist with a large crew,... Museum Research Number of likes: 48 Number of views: 3545
New Severn Post Archaeological Project: Excavations at the Old Fort This is the fifth post in a series by Dr. Jean-Luc Pilon on the work he is conducting as part of the New Severn Post... Museum Research Number of likes: 6 Number of views: 3158
New Severn Post Archaeological Project: The Excavations Begin This is the fourth post in a series by Dr. Jean-Luc Pilon about the work he is conducting as part of the New Severn Post... Museum Research Number of likes: 6 Number of views: 3793
Objectives of the New Severn Post Archaeological Project This is the third post in a series by Dr. Jean-Luc Pilon about the work he is conducting as part of the New Severn Post... Museum Research Number of likes: 5 Number of views: 2746
The Community of Fort Severn, Ontario As part of the archaeological research project I’m conducting this summer in Fort Severn, I thought it might be useful to share... Museum Research Number of likes: 5 Number of views: 5819
Introduction to the New Severn Post Archaeological Project Between 1981 and 1984, I undertook archaeological research along the lower Severn River in a remote area of northwestern Ontario.... Museum Research Number of likes: 5 Number of views: 3524