ArchaeoCafé - Episode 21 - Cultural Resource Management in Canada: A round table discussion (Part 1)

In this episode, I am joined by archaeologists from across Canada to talk about cultural resource management (CRM) in Canada. In the first part of our discussion we consider the following questions.

• What skills and training are needed to work in CRM, and how are post-secondary schools addressing this?
• What is the job market like for recent graduates hoping to start a career in CRM?
• How does CRM vary between provinces and is there much opportunity for mobility between provinces or regions for field technicians?
• At present, how well does the system protect archaeological sites?
• In practice, what role do Indigenous communities usually play in CRM projects?

Episode notes are available on the ArchaeoCafé website.
http://archaeocafe.kvasirpublishing.com/archaeocafe-podcast-ep-21-crm-canada

Guest speakers:

Aaron Osicki
Aaron is an archaeologist at Parks Canada, responsible for archaeological sites and resource management in Canada's national parks and nation historic sites. He has previously worked in CRM throughout western Canada.

Chris Kerns
Chris is currently a CRM report writer in Ontario. Over the past 15 years he has worked in CRM as a technician, field director, and assistant project manager all across the USA and in the U.K.

Cristina Caria-McCoy
Cristina is an R license holding CRM archaeologist in Ontario, currently writing her master's thesis on the commodification of archaeology and the political economies of southern Ontario CRM.

Joseph Cull
Since 2011, Joseph has worked as a field technician, crew chief, supervisor, and field director. Currently, he is the archaeology sector representative for an international labour union.

Kaitlyn McMullen
Kaitlyn is a lab technician for a CRM company in Ontario. She graduated from an archaeology and conservation-collections management programme.

Kathryn Huzyk
Kathryn is currently a field director in British Columbia and previously did field work in Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Ontario.

Margarita de Guzman
Margarita is the owner of a CRM company in western Canada. She has worked mainly in British Columbia and Alberta but also done work throughout western Canada as well as in the U.K.

Stuart Karrow
Stuart has been working in CRM in Ontario for 7 years. For the last 3 years he has been a P licence field director.

Tommy Ng
For about 25 years Tommy has worked as a field technician and project manager in the Northwest Territories, British Columbia, Alberta, and Saskatchewan, as well as in the U.S.A. He is currently a partner and owner of a CRM company in Calgary.

William “Bill” Lucas
Bill is a First Nation archaeologist in Ontario. He has been doing CRM archaeology for 8 years and is now an R licence holder.

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