Brian started working with Lifeways of Canada in 1981 and has over 30 years of experience in the field of archaeology, having participated in archaeological projects throughout southern Alberta and the Canadian Rocky Mountains in addition to projects further afield in places such as the Canadian High Arctic, the interior of British Columbia, Montana, Wyoming, New Mexico, California, New York, and Ghana. Brian’s specific fields of expertise include high altitude adaptations in the Rocky Mountains, cultural change in southern Alberta, as well as the emergence of the Asante Kingdom in Ghana, West Africa. Currently Brian is in charge of most projects in the Calgary Region and in British Columbia, but also works throughout Alberta and beyond. He is currently Past-President of the Archaeological Society of Alberta, and from 1999 to 2008 and 2010 to 2016 he served as President of the Calgary Centre of Archaeological Society of Alberta. Brian remains active in providing public lectures and guided tours of Precontact and Historic sites in the Calgary Region for the Archaeological Society and Lifeways of Canada.

Academic Degrees: Ph.D. candidate (Archaeology), SUNY Binghamton; M.A. (Archaeology), University of Calgary, 1992; B.A. (Archaeology/Anthropology), Simon Fraser University, 1981

Memberships in Professional Associations: Archaeological Society of Alberta, Association of Consulting Archaeologists, Canadian Archaeological Association, Rocky Mountain Anthropological Association