Congratulations to the CAA Working Group on Unmarked Graves, chaired by Institute of Prairie and Indigenous Archaeology director and #UAlberta professor of Anthropology Dr. Kisha Supernant Dr. Kisha Supernant, social agitator (she/her)., for receiving a Governor General's Innovation Award! Canadian Innovation Space
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Join us in congratulating the CAA Working Group on Unmarked Graves, Chaired by IPIA Director Dr. Kisha Supernant, for receiving a Governor General's Innovation Award!
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Learn more at the link:

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It is an honour to announce the winners of the 2024 Governor General’s Innovation Awards.

Congratulations to the recipients who have helped push Canada’s culture of innovation forward in inspiring ways #GGIA2024 #CdnInnovation #GGInnovation

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The RHF is proud to serve as the managing partner for the Governor General’s Innovation Awards.

Find out more about the inspiring #GGInnovation laureates: innovation.gg.ca/year/2024/

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Check out this new article in Scientific American, written by IPIA Director Dr. Kisha Supernant!

An Indigenous Archaeologist’s Journey to Find the Lost Children

scientificamerican.com/article/an-ind…

Check out the annual Dreamspeakers International Indigenous Film
Festival!

Visit dreamspeakers.org For tickets, details and full schedule

Kisha Supernant Dr. Kisha Supernant, social agitator (she/her)., director Institute of Prairie and Indigenous Archaeology and a professor in the Department of Anthropology at #UAlberta , speaks to @TaprootEdmonton about the complexities of returning Indigenous artifacts from the Royal Alberta Museum Museum: bit.ly/4armEcQ

Award-winning investigative journalist Connie Walker presents the Truth Before Reconciliation Talk

Apr. 8, 2024 6:00-7:30 PM

Cargill Theatre, Jeanne & Peter Lougheed Performing Arts Centre (Augustana Campus) & Online

To register and find out more: bit.ly/4ciUnqd

The Indigenous Heritage Circle is hiring for a hybrid (Ottawa and online) part-time operations manager. See the details below for information about the position and how to apply:

As ground searches for potential unmarked graves at sites of former residential schools across Canada continue, #UAlberta 's Kisha Supernant Dr. Kisha Supernant, social agitator (she/her). tells CTV News that there is a growing voice trying to disclaim the unmarked burials. bit.ly/3PmvWhD

Featuring IPIA Director Dr. Kisha Supernant! Registration is in the quote below!

“The question of the survivors is a really central one…(and) we recognize the importance of this work being survivor-centred and survivor-led.' IPIA Director Dr. Kisha Supernant was interviewed about last week's National Knowledge Sharing Event
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Don't miss out this Spring! NS 115: Indigenous Peoples and Technoscience
This online, undergraduate course is available for both U of A and non-U of A (visiting) students!

Apply by March 1st via Open Studies: ualberta.ca/native-studies…

The application for these internships has been extended to January 30!

Thursday J18th from 2-5 the IGSA and Indigenous Students' Union (ISU) invite you to join us in supporting Truth&Reconciliation. Sean Carleton will be giving a talk on Identifying and Confronting Residential School Denialism. Thank you to our partners and allies across campus and in University of Alberta Faculty of Arts!

On January 18 2-5 pm (MT), the Indigenous Graduate Students Association is hosting a talk on campus with Dr. Sean Carleton on identifying and confronting residential school denialism. The talk is free to attend and refreshments are provided!

The IPIA has summer 2024 internship opportunities for Indigenous undergrad students, on two projects overseen by our director Dr. Kisha Supernant. For more information and applications (closing Jan 26), visit the I-STEAM Pathways website:
isteam-pathways.ualberta.ca

IPIA Scholar Solène Mallet Gauthier was recently interviewed about her research on CBC Radio-Canada! You can listen to Solène talk about Mètis foodways and archaeology here (interview is in French):

ici.radio-canada.ca/ohdio/premiere…

Happening now! Beyond Ground Penetrating Radar, live streamed on Youtube: youtube.com/live/bEY2W-Y3R…

Liam Wadsworth has another open access article out now, in the same special issue of Archaeological Prospection! On trends and traits in using GPR to identify burials, check it out at the link!

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