Upcoming Field Schools |
Boyd Archaeological Field School, Toronto and Region Conservation Authority
Dates: August 5-21, 2022
Location: Claremont Nature Centre, Pickering, Ontario
Type of site/field school: 14th century Indigenous site
Length of field school: 2 weeks, 2 days
Type of site: The Sebastien site, 14th century ancestral Wendat site
Outside students accepted: Yes
Website: https://trca.ca/conservation/archaeology/boydfieldschool/
Contact info: Alex Payne, alex.payne@trca.ca
Brock University
Dates: July 11-12, 2022
Location: Shickluna Shipyard, St. Catherine’s, Ontario
Type of site/field school: 19th century Historic Great Lakes Shipyard
Length of field school: 5 Weeks, Monday-Friday, 9-5pm
Outside students accepted: Yes
Website: brocku.ca/humanities/history/programs/archaeology-fieldschool
Contact info: history@brocku.ca
Trent University, 2020 Field School
Dates: 15 August to 2 September 2022 excavation period; September to December, 2022 for laboratory period
Location: Oshawa, Ontario
Type of site/field school: Blended Course
Length of field school: 3 weeks field work followed by a 3-hour laboratory class once a week during the Fall September/December term
Type of site: 19th century homestead
Outside students accepted: Yes
Website: https://www.trentu.ca/anthropology/experience/ontario-archaeology-field-school
Contact Info: Dr. Helen R. Haines, helenhaines@trentu.ca
McMaster University, Nursery Site (AhGx-8), 2020 Field School
Location: Nursery (AhGx-8), Cootes Paradise, Royal Botanical Gardens, Hamilton, Ontario
Type of site/field school: Multicomponent site to be investigated by test pit and test unit excavations
Length of field school: 6 weeks
Type of site: Ontario Iroquoian hamlet(s), Mississauga camp or basecamp
Outside students accepted: Yes
Website: https://anthropology.mcmaster.ca/field-schools
Contact Info: Cristine Cluney, Instructional Assistant, cluneyc@mcmaster.ca
University of Toronto, Mississauga, Archaeological Fieldwork at UTM
Dates: August 15-26, 2022 and weekly four-hour laboratory classes in fall term
Location: UTM campus, Mississauga, Ontario
Type of site/field school: Site on or near the UTM campus
Length of field school: two weeks (80 hours) of field instruction, usually during the last two weeks of August. plus four hour Fall Laboratory classes
Type of site: Historic
If outside students are accepted: No
Website: https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/anthropology/field-schools/archaeological-fieldwork-utm-ant318h5f
Contact info: secretary.utmanthro@utoronto.ca.
Application Due Date: April 1st, 2022