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David Bennett
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Supervisor: TBA
B.A.

Research interests: Coming Soon
Master's Thesis: David is studying stuff.
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Nathalie Cahill
Email: Nathalie's email
Supervisor: Dr. David Meyer
B.A. with Honours in Anthropology,
University of Manitoba

Research interests: Precontact and historical archaeology
Master's Thesis: Nathalie is studying the archaeological assemblage from the Camp Rayner site in Saskatchewan.
New Olympic Sport: Tractor Pulls

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Christine Chang
Email: Christine's email
Supervisor: Dr. Pam Downe
BSc with High Honours in Physiology,
University of Saskatchewan

Research interests: HIV/AIDS transmission and health-related behaviours; injection drug use; harm reduction models
Master's Thesis: Christine is studying the impact of peer-run needle exchange programs on relations among peers in injection drug use settings.
New Olympic Sport: Three-legged synchronized badminton - on ice.

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Allison Carlson
Email: Allison's email
Supervisor: Dr. Pam Downe
B.A. Honours in Anthropology,
Mount Allison University, Sackville, NB

Research interests: Natural birth practices, traditional healing, plant medicines
Master's Thesis: Allison is studying natural birth among urban immigrant women in Ontario .
Favourite Quote: "If my answers frighten you, Vincent, then you should cease asking scary questions" -Jules, Pulp Fiction

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Verna Gallen
Email: Verna's email
Supervisor: Dr. Margaret Kennedy
MA in English,
University of Saskatchewan
BA with High Honours in English,
University of Saskatchewan
BA with High Honours in Archaeology,
University of Saskatchewan

Research interests: Ceramics – Pre-Contact and Historical, Cemetery Archaeology, Homestead Archaeology, Public Archaeology, Saskatchewan Archaeological Society
Master's Thesis: Verna is studying the historical archaeology of Finnish immigrant cemeteries in Saskatchewan.
New Olympic Sport: Book-packing

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Derek Hardy
Email: Derek's email
Supervisor: Dr. Ernie Walker
BA in Archaeology,
University of Saskatchewan

Research interests: Bison Procurement, Paleoenvironment
Master's Thesis: Derek is studying the newly discovered archaeological site, FdNu-25.
Favourite Quote: "I love deadlines, and the whooshing sound they make when they go by." Douglas Adams

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Phillip Innes
Email: Phillip's email
Supervisor: Dr. Ernest Walker
B.A.
University of

Research interests: TBA
Master's Thesis:Phillip is studying stuff.
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Brent Kevinsen
Email: Brent's email
Supervisor: Dr. Ernie Walker
BSc in Archaeology,
University of Saskatchewan

Research interests: Lithics, Zooarchaeology, Plains and Boreal Precontact Archaeology, Beer, and Unicorns
Master's Thesis: Brent is studying the transitional phase in projectile points between the Late Middle and the Early Late Precontact Periods.
Non-archaeological research interests? Stuff and things, but I prefer things, although stuff is pretty cool too, I guess it depends on the day.

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Kota Kimura
Email: Kota's email
Supervisor: TBD
B.A. ,
University of

Research interests: TBA
Master's Thesis: Kota is studying stuff.
Favourite Quotation: Coming Soon

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Candice Koblun
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Supervisor: Dr. Margaret Kennedy
B.A. ,
University of


Research interests: TBA
Master's Thesis: Candice is studying stuff
Favourite Book: Coming Soon

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Ian Larsen
Email: Ian's email
Supervisor: Dr. Ernest Walker
B.Sc. in Archaeology and Geography,
University of Lethbridge

Research interests: Excavation, spatial modelling, archaeoastronomy, experimental archaeology, geoarchaeology
Master's Thesis: Ian is conducting a spatial analysis of the Big Muddy drainage.
Favourite Quote: "A computer once beat me at chess, but it was no match for me at kickboxing." -- Emo Phillips

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Brianna Mack
Email: Brianna's email
Supervisor: Dr. Angela Lieverse
B.A. Honours in Archaeology,
University of Saskatchewan

Research interests: Human remains, osteoarthritis, palaeopathology and ... archaeological theory.
Master's Thesis: Brianna is studying degenerative joint disease and activity reconstruction in Middle Holocene Hunter-Gatherers of Cis-Baikal, Siberia.
New Olympic Sport: Running in winter boots and a snowsuit on a sheet of ice.

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Maria Mampe
Email: Maria's email
Supervisor: Dr. Ernest Walker
B.A. with High Honours in Archaeology
and Anthropology
University of Saskatchewan

Research interests: Plains and precontact archaeology
Master's Thesis: Maria is studying the Wolf Willow site at Wanuskewin.
Favourite Quote: You're not a wave, you're part of the ocean. -- Morrie Schmartz

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Michelle Manchur
Email: Michelle's email
Supervisor: Dr. Ernest Walker
B.Sc. with Honours in Archaeology,
Minor in GIS
University of Saskatchewan

Research interests: GIS, paleopathology, osteology, geophysical survey techniques
Master's Thesis: Michelle is studying magnetometry and geophysical modelling on the Northern Plains.
Favourite Book: I am America and So Can You! (Stephen Colbert)

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Julie Martindale
Email: Julie's email
Supervisor: Dr. Elizabeth Robertson
B.A. in Archaeology, Minor in Greek and Roman Studies,
University of Calgary

Research interests: Trade and exchange, Plains and Boreal forest precontact archaeology, and lithic technology.
Master's Thesis: Julie is studying an analysis of the distribution of Beaver River Silicified Sandstone and the exchange and mobility of it in Precontact Northeastern Alberta and Northwestern Saskatchewan.
Favourite Quote: "Life is a storm. One minute you could be basking in the sun, the next washed up against the rocks. It's what you do in those situations that makes you who you are."

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Heather Milsom
Email: Heather's email
Supervisor: Dr. Ernest Walker
B.Sc. with Honours in Archaeology,
University of Saskatchewan

Research interests: human osteology, forensic anthropology
Master's Thesis: Heather is studying paleopathology.
Superpower: Ability to clear a room when I sing

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Julia Scharbach
Email: Julia's email
Supervisor: TBA
B.A. y,
University of

Research interests: TBA
Master's Thesis: Julia is studying stuff.
Favourite Quotation: Coming Soon

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Jennifer Schmidt
Email: Jennifer's email
Supervisor: Dr. Margaret Kennedy
B.A. with Honours Archaeology
B.Sc Kinesiology, Minor in Spanish
University of Saskatchewan

Research interests: Fur trade, Metis, consumer choice
Master's Thesis: Jennifer is studying the shifting trade networks of the Hudson's Bay Company during the early settlement era. She is concentrating on how the HBC adapted from the fur post era to early frontier town settlement and how this is reflected in store inventories.
Takes Her Coffee: Ocean. Danny Ocean.

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Nadia Smith
Email: Nadia's email
Supervisor: Dr. Ernest Walker
B.A. High Honours Archaeology
University of Saskatchewan

Research interests: Zooarchaeology, hunter-gatherer studies, Plains precontact archaeology
Master's Thesis: Nadia is studying the analysis and interpretation of the materials from the Cut Arm Site.
New Olympic Sport: Polar Bear swim

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Rachael Smith
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Supervisor: TBD
B.A. ,
University of

Research interests: TBA
Master's Thesis: Rachael is studying stuff
People Like Me Because: Coming Soon

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Adam Splawinski
Email: Adam's email
Supervisor: Dr. David Meyer
B.Sc. Honours Archaeology
University of Saskatchewan

Research interests: Early Period, Plains archaeology, Lithics.
Master's Thesis: Adam is studying the spatial and cultural characteristics of the Cody Complex in Saskatchewan.
People Like Me Because: I love horses.

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Lauren Stead
Email: Lauren's email
Supervisor: Dr. Elizabeth Robertson
B.A. with Honours in Archaeology
and Anthropology
University of Saskatchewan

Research interests: Stuff
Master's Thesis: Lauren is studying geoarchaeology at the Redtail Site, Wanuskewin Heritage Park.
Favourite Quote: Remember, today is the tomorrow you worried about yesterday -- Dale Carnegie

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Karin Steuber
Email: Karin's email
Supervisor: Dr. David Meyer
M.A. in Archaeology, University of Saskatchewan
B.A. in Anthropology, Minor in Classics
University of Alberta

Research interests: Lithics, geoarchaeology, plains archaeology, everything else
Ph.D. Dissertation: Karin is analysing lithic materials and long-distance trade networks across the northern plains to distinguish any local brown chalcedonies that have been misidentified as Knife River Flint.
Hobbies: Geocaching and Sharkwrestling.

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Lindsay Stokalko
Email: Lindsay's email
Supervisor: Dr. Margaret Kennedy
BA with Honours in Archaeology
University of Saskatchewan

Research interests: Architecture
Master's Thesis: Lindsay is studying lime kilns.
New Olympic Sport: Swearing

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Devon Stumborg
Email: Devon's email
Supervisor: Dr. Ernest Walker
B.A. ,
University of Saskatchewan

Research interests: TBA
Master's Thesis: Devon is studying stuff at Wanuskewin.
People Like Me Because: Coming Soon.

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Dan Ward
Email: Dan's email
Supervisor: Dr. Jim Waldram
BA in History
and BSc with Honours in Anthropology
Lakehead University
Thunder Bay, ON

Research interests: How social inequalities influence health outcomes in Canadian health care.
Master's Thesis: Dan is studying cultural competency training in Canadian Health Services.
Favourite Quote: "The only thing constant is change"

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Pamela Warren
Email: Pam's email
Supervisor: Dr. Christopher Foley
B.A. in Archaeology,
B.A. in Greek and Roman Studies
University of Calgary

Research interests: Trade networks, pottery
Master's Thesis: Pam is studying Iron Age pottery and trade in the Levant.
Favourite Book: Pride and Prejudice (Jane Austin)

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Loni Williams
Email: Loni's email
Supervisor: Dr. Ernie Walker
BA with High Honours in Archaeology
University of Saskatchewan

Research interests: Post-Altithermal occupations of the Plains; Gender theory in archaeology.
Master's Thesis: Loni is studying the post-McKean occupation levels at the Redtail site in Wanuskewin Heritage Park.
New Olympic Sport: Human hamster ball races.

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Erin Wolfson
Email: Erin's email
Supervisor: TBD

Research interests: Stuff
Master's Thesis: Erin is studying stuff.
Favourite Quote: ???

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