“Safely” Learning to Clean Grave Markers: An Introduction

by Erin-Lee McGuire | Jul 28, 2023 | Blog

Guest post by Virgil F. For novices, cleaning and tending grave markers seems incredibly intimidating. Mistakes are almost all irreversible, and incredibly easy to make. So, for those trying to contribute to their local community by volunteering their time with a...

Getting Your Hands Dirty: Reflections on Headstone Cleaning

by Erin-Lee McGuire | Jul 24, 2023 | Blog

This post contains my thoughts and feelings after spending a day in the VictoriaJewish Cemetery caring for some of the monuments that lie there. Guest post by Hazel W. On July 20th our Anthropology 367 class began work on cleaning some of the headstones in the Jewish...

The Real People of The Emanu-el Cemetery- alive and departed

by Erin-Lee McGuire | Jul 14, 2023 | Blog

In a data-driven world, we need to honour and remember the people that make field experience possible, both the living and dead. Guest post by Jordyn L. *TW*- mentions of death, funerals, World War 2, please read with your wellbeing in mind. Well, we’ve only had two...

Reflecting on Collaboration, teamwork, and what that means for archaeological work

by Erin-Lee McGuire | Jul 7, 2023 | Blog

Guest post by Anna What does it mean to do archaeological work that respects the community you’re working in? I thought about this a lot leading into the first day of class. The first day of a class always makes me nervous, but I was especially nervous going into...

Preservation of monuments and history in the Jewish Cemetery – By Danielle

by Erin-Lee McGuire | May 15, 2018 | Blog

Guest post, written May 14, 2018. Tomorrow is the day, the first day of Anthropology 367: Heritage and Historical Archaeology field course. I’m excited and nervous all at the same time. For me, it’s the same sort of nervous excitement that occurred when I “graduated”...