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MA proposal defences (Winter 2026)
The Department will be holding this year's MA proposal defences on Friday 27th March between 12pm-3:40pm at Queen's College.
The first round of proposals will be given between 12pm-1pm (QC-2013) and followed by a poster session in the Great Hall until 2:30pm. A second round of MA proposals will take place between 2:30pm-3:40pm (QC-2013). The thesis proposals are:
- Grégoire Boily: 'French fishing settlements in southwestern Newfoundland: historical and archaeological perspectives.'
- Leah Constantine: 'A contemporary archaeology of graffiti and place-making in St. John's, Newfoundland.'
- Alydia Downs: 'A blooming narrative: examining Norse ironworking at L'Anse aux Meadows.'
- Zophia McGuire: 'Food procurement and climate intersections on the Avalon Peninsula and Ferryland, Newfoundland: 6kya to present.'
- Abraham B. Packard: 'Beetles as microenvironmental disturbance indicators: a pitfall trap survey at L'Anse aux Meadows.'
- Jesse Reid: 'A comparative analysis of microblades from Groswater and Dorset sites in Saint Pierre and Miquelon and Newfoundland.'
- Alyson Tulk: 'Old Town of Gander, Newfoundland: A landscape archaeology of the contemporary past.'
MA proposal defences
The Department will be holding this year's MA proposal defences on Friday 27th March between 12pm-3:40pm at Queen's College.
The first round of proposals will be given between 12pm-1pm (QC-2013) and followed by a poster session in the Great Hall until 2:30pm. A second round of MA proposals will take place between 2:30pm-3:40pm (QC-2013). The thesis proposals are:
- Grégoire Boily: 'French fishing settlements in southwestern Newfoundland: historical and archaeological perspectives.'
- Leah Constantine: 'A contemporary archaeology of graffiti and place-making in St. John's, Newfoundland.'
- Alydia Downs: 'A blooming narrative: examining Norse ironworking at L'Anse aux Meadows.'
- Zophia McGuire: 'Food procurement and climate intersections on the Avalon Peninsula and Ferryland, Newfoundland: 6kya to present.'
- Abraham B. Packard: 'Beetles as microenvironmental disturbance indicators: a pitfall trap survey at L'Anse aux Meadows.'
- Jesse Reid: 'A comparative analysis of microblades from Groswater and Dorset sites in Saint Pierre and Miquelon and Newfoundland.'
- Alyson Tulk: 'Old Town of Gander, Newfoundland: A landscape archaeology of the contemporary past.'
MA proposal defences & Poster session (Winter 2026)
The Department will be holding this year's MA proposal defences on Friday 27th March between 12pm-3:40pm at Queen's College.
The first round of proposals will be given between 12pm-1pm (QC-2013) and followed by a poster session in the Great Hall until 2:30pm. A second round of MA proposals will take place between 2:30pm-3:40pm (QC-2013). The thesis proposals are:
- Grégoire Boily: 'French fishing settlements in southwestern Newfoundland: historical and archaeological perspectives.'
- Leah Constantine: 'A contemporary archaeology of graffiti and place-making in St. John's, Newfoundland.'
- Alydia Downs: 'A blooming narrative: examining Norse ironworking at L'Anse aux Meadows.'
- Zophia McGuire: 'Food procurement and climate intersections on the Avalon Peninsula and Ferryland, Newfoundland: 6kya to present.'
- Abraham B. Packard: 'Beetles as microenvironmental disturbance indicators: a pitfall trap survey at L'Anse aux Meadows.'
- Jesse Reid: 'A comparative analysis of microblades from Groswater and Dorset sites in Saint Pierre and Miquelon and Newfoundland.'
- Alyson Tulk: 'Old Town of Gander, Newfoundland: A landscape archaeology of the contemporary past.'
Alumnus Roger Lewis appointed to the Order of Canada
The department is delighted to congratulate Roger Lewis, a former graduate student, on his appointment to the Order of Canada. A member of the Sɨkɨpne’katik First Nation and Keptin of the Grand Council of Mi'kmaq, Roger previously served as the Curator of Mi'kmaw Cultural Heritage at the Nova Scotia Museum and currently serves as Director of Consultation with the Sɨkɨpne’katik Governance Initiative.
This prestigious honour recognises Roger’s outstanding contributions, dedication, and leadership in the preservation, interpretation, and promotion of Mi'kmaw archaeology and cultural heritage. Congratulations, Roger, on this exceptional achievement.
Memorial Archaeology Students, Jesse Reid & Zoe Helleiner, Win at the 2025 CAA Annual Meeting in St. John's
Congratulations to two Memorial Archaeology students, Jesse Reid and Zoe Helleiner, on winning awards for best student poster during the Poster Session at the 2025 CAA Annual Meeting in St. John's back in May 2025.
Jesse Reid won the Undergraduate Student Prize for their poster titled: Mapping the Little St. Lawrence Whaling Station
Zoe Helleiner won the Graduate Student Prized for their poster titled: Inuvialuit and Birds: A Holistic Look at Change and Continuity in the Archaeological Record
Congratulations Jesse and Zoe!