The Initiative Team
Andrea Richardson is the Climate Change Adaptation Coordinator for Nova Scotia’s Archaeology Sector. She is employed by the Cape Sable Historical Society under a two-year grant from the Climate Plan of the Nova Scotia Department of Environment and Climate Change.
After completing a Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology and Geography at Saint Mary’s University, she went west to do a Master of Arts in Archaeology at the University of Calgary. Andrea has more than 25 years of experience as an archaeologist in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Nova Scotia, and a research interest in the impacts of climate change on archaeological sites. She started her current position in 2023.
Implementation Team:
The implementation team is a small group of archaeologists from a range of backgrounds who are volunteering their time and skills towards our common goal of taking action to help identify and protect archaeological sites endangered by climate change. The team meets regularly to plan and create events and materials, gather data, and to reach out to the rest of the archaeology community and interested local communities in Nova Scotia with an aim to consult, document, and discuss potential management strategies to mitigate the effects of our changing climate.
Laura de Boer (Davis MacIntyre & Associates)
Darryl Kelman (Kelman Heritage)
William McGrath (Memorial University)
Matt Meuse-Dallien (Nova Scotia Museums – GIS)
Liz Michels (CRM Group)
Emily Pudden (KMKNO – ARD)
Vanessa Smith (Nova Scotia Museums – Archaeology)
Wesley Weatherbee (Saint Mary’s University; Northeast Consulting)
Governance Team:
Katie Cottreau-Robins (Program Co-Ambassador, NS Department of Communities, Culture, Tourism and Heritage)
Stephanie Smith (Program Co-Ambassador, NS Department of Communities, Culture, Tourism and Heritage)
Mary-Jo MacKay (Director of Strategic Initiatives, NS Department of Communities, Culture, Tourism and Heritage)
Rebecca Dunham (Parks Canada)
Jonathan Fowler (Saint Mary’s University)
Danika van Proosdij (Saint Mary’s University; TransCoastal Adaptations)
Graham Nickerson (Black Loyalist Heritage Society; Community Inclusion Liaison, City of Fredericton)
Samantha Crowell (Executive Director, Barrington Museum Complex, Cape Sable Historical Society)
Jennifer Graham (Director of Climate Adaptation, NS Department of Environment and Climate Change)
Aleen Stanton (Point contact for Archaeology, Climate Adaptation Team, NS Department of Environment and Climate Change)
Renata Mageste da Silva (Manager, Climate Change Adaptation, Coordination, and Training, NS Department of Environment and Climate Change)
This work was made possible thanks to participation in Nova Scotia Environment and Climate Change (ECC)’s Climate
Adaptation Leadership Program (CALP).