Based at Kleanza's Vancouver Island (Bowser) office, Jenny is co-owner of Kleanza, oversees quality assurance, quality control, senior review, and stakeholder engagement for all projects. She is a Permit Holder and Field Director for coastal and interior BC. Jenny directs Kleanza's education, training, communication, and heritage permitting and policy initiatives, and is a RISC Instructor. She is also Faculty in the Department of Social Sciences at North Island College.
Experience
Years: 19
Regions: coastal BC; interior BC; Yukon; Northwest Territories; Arizona; Jordan; Belize
Specializations: education and training; permitting and policy; heritage sovereignty; public archaeology; anthropological archaeology; applied archaeology; wet sites; field skills; ethics; "looting"/collecting; site formation processes
Education
Provincial Instructor Diploma Program (2020), Vancouver Community College
PhD Archaeology (2017), Simon Fraser University
MA Archaeology (2005), Universiteit Leiden, NL
BA Classical and Near Eastern Archaeology (2004), University of British Columbia
Professional affiliations
BC Association of Professional Archaeologists (RPCA — Registered Professional Consulting Archaeologist)
Register of Professional Archaeologists
Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals (Board of Directors)
Archaeological Society of BC
Society for American Archaeology
Society for Applied Anthropology
Corrie is Kleanza's Administrator and is based out of our Bowser office. Her focus will be on the communication and operational systems of the company, with an aim to help support the continued growth of Kleanza. Her background is in a variety of sectors, including government and non-profit. Corrie maintains a human-focused approach to administration, which has been beneficial in her supporting role to the Kleanza team.
Experience
Years: 14
Regions: Across BC, Scotland
Education
Project Management Certification; Robert Gordon University
Bachelor of Arts, Psychology/Criminology; Simon Fraser University
Gary is a Project Manager and Field Director based on Vancouver Island (Sooke). He has experience on the south coast, interior plateau and the northeast/subarctic, where he is a Field Director.
Experience
Years: 40
Regions: coastal, interior/plateau, and boreal forest/subarctic BC; interior/plateau Idaho; Plains of Alberta, Saskatchewan and Wyoming; eastern Ontario; southeast United States (South Carolina and Louisiana)
Specializations: Cultural Resource Management; Geographic Information Systems; Predictive Modelling; Wet site archaeology; Artificial Inundation (reservoir archaeology); Historic (Post Contact) Archaeology; Lithic analysis; Data Management and Analysis, Education
Education
Master of Education; Gonzaga University
Master of Arts, Public Service Archaeology; University of South Carolina
Bachelor of Arts, Archaeology; University of Calgary
Based out of Kleanza’s Bowser, Vancouver Island office, Curt is an archaeologist gaining experience in BC Coastal and Interior archaeology. He is currently enrolled in the BA (Honours) Anthropology program through Vancouver Island University.
Experience
Years: 1.5
Regions: Coastal BC
Interests: Landscape archaeology; archaeology of food and foodways; provisioning and subsistence strategies; lithics; CMTs; community archaeology.
Education
BA (Hons) Anthropology, Vancouver Island University (Spring 2024 expected).
Professional affiliations
BC Association of Professional Archaeologists (Student)
Society for American Archaeology (Student)
Canadian Archaeological Association (Student)
Suzy is a supervisor, based in our Terrace office, supervising crews in the field, laboratory and office. Suzy has experience working in the coastal, interior, and subarctic-boreal regions of BC.
Experience
Years: 9
Regions: coastal BC; interior BC; Sub-boreal BC and the South Pacific
Specializations: Large and small-scale infrastructure, commercial, and residential, and industrial projects with special interests in analysis and data management; museology/repository/inventory; public education and training; wet site archaeology; traditional use studies; historical and ethnographic studies.
Education
BSc Environmental Science, Archaeology, Anthropology (2015), Simon Fraser University
Certificate Cultural Resource Management (2015), Simon Fraser University
In the capacity of Administration Assistant at the Bowser Office, Sheryl is driven to ensure the seamless and efficient execution of day-to-day operations as she has 16 years of experience managing her own successful business. She comes to Kleanza with a long history of finance and office administration experience with a passion for jumping in and assisting wherever possible.
Experience
Years: 20
Mortgage Broker 16 years
Volunteer RCM-SAR Deep Bay 5 years
Regions: Vancouver Island
Education
UBC Sauder School of Business Diploma 2007
Based at Kleanza's Prince Rupert office as a Field Director (interior, northwest coast and coastal regions), Permit Holder and Project Manager, Kevin is responsible for managing field crews, liaising with clients and First Nations, and reporting and analysis. He has undertaken fieldwork in coastal, sub-boreal (northeastern), and interior BC.
Experience
Years: 12
Regions: interior BC; sub-boreal (northeastern) BC; coastal BC; Saskatchewan; Alberta
Specializations: large and small scale infrastructure, commercial, residential, and industrial projects; wetsites; artifact analysis
Education
Additional archaeology coursework (ongoing)
BA Anthropology (2011), University of Alberta
Professional affiliations
BC Association of Professional Archaeologists (Associate)
Based out of our Vancouver Island office, as a Field Director and Project Manager, Sheriff is responsible for proposal preparation, obtaining HCA and First Nations permits, managing field crews, liaising with clients and First Nations, as well as reporting and analysis. He's undertaken fieldwork across BC, as well as the Northwest Territories, and Ontario. Sheriff has Field Director status for two of BC's archaeological regions (Northwest Coast and Interior Plateau).
Experience
Years: 13
Regions: coastal, interior and northeastern BC; Northwest Territories, Ontario
Specializations: large- and small-scale infrastructure, commercial, residential, and industrial projects, with a special interest in the use of GIS in archaeology, and for data collection and management
Education
BA Archaeology and Anthropology (2008), Simon Fraser University
Diploma, Computer Analyst and Programmer (2000), CDI College
Based in Kleanza’s Vancouver office, Kay oversees quality assurance, quality control, senior review, client and First Nations liaison, reporting, analysis, budgets and timelines. She is a Permit Holder and Field Director for northwestern BC (subarctic/boreal forest), Nunavut, Northwest Territories, and Saskatchewan. Kay is an approved RISC Instructor.
Experience
Years: 20+
Regions: Northwestern British Columbia (subarctic/boreal), Northwest Territories, Nunavut, Canadian Prairies
Specializations: Large and small scale infrastructure, mineral exploration, mine-site developments, linear developments, working with stakeholders (Aboriginal communities, public, developers, and government), Environmental Assessment applications, permitting and policy, ethics, education and training, field skills, alpine archaeology, obsidian lithics, prairie archaeology, ethnobotany, CMTs, archival research, museum curation.
Education
MA Archaeology (2016), University of Saskatchewan
BA Archaeology (2001), Simon Fraser University
Professional Affiliations
BC Association of Professional Archaeologists (RPCA – Registered Professional Consulting Archaeologist)
Based out of Kleanza's Vancouver Office, Joey is a Field Supervisor with experience in coastal and subarctic/boreal, BC. His duties include fieldwork, laboratory analysis, and reporting. He is working towards field director status in coastal BC.
Experience: 3 year
Regions: Coastal BC, Northwestern BC (subarctic/boreal)
Interests: specialization, including: large and small scale residential and industrial projects; artifact analysis; historical and ethnographic research.
Education: BA in Anthropology UBC (2016), UVic/BMSC Archaeological Field School (2017)
Based at Kleanza's Terrace office, Amanda is co-owner and founder of Kleanza, oversees quality assurance, quality control, senior review, and stakeholder engagement for all projects. She is a Permit Holder and Field Director for coastal, interior, and sub-boreal (northeastern) BC. Amanda directs Kleanza's contracts, heritage permitting and policy initiatives, and is a RISC Instructor.
Experience
Years: 22
Regions: coastal BC; interior BC; sub-boreal (northeastern) BC; Yukon
Specializations: education and training; permitting and policy; dendrochronology; CMTs
Education
Dendrochronology (2010), University of Arizona
MA Archaeology (2002), Simon Fraser University
BA Archaeology (1998), University of Northern BC
Professional affiliations
BC Association of Professional Archaeologists (RPCA — Registered Professional Consulting Archaeologist)
Archaeological Society of BC
Society for American Archaeology
Regional District of Kitimat-Stikine Heritage Advisory Committee
Based in Kleanza's Terrace office, Brady is developing field experience in coastal BC.
Experience
Years: 1
Regions: Coastal BC
Interests: CMTs; Indigenous archaeology; intertidal archaeology; late-pleistocene archaeology; lithics; mapping, palaeontology
Education
Undergraduate Student Research Award, NSERC (2022) University of Victoria
AA Archaeology and Cultural Resource Management (2020 - present) Coast Mountain College
Certificate, Cultural and Natural Resource Assessment (2019) Royal Roads University
Working out of Kleanza's Vancouver Island (Bowser) office, Mirjana supports all staff and company operations with the Operations Manager in her role as Project Coordinator, and supports all field projects as Archaeologist. Previously, she worked at the Archaeology Branch, and has experience managing archaeological data, reports, logistics.
Experience
Years: 5
Regions: Coastal BC
Interests: environmental science; sedimentology and stratigraphy; museums; biological anthropology
Education
BSc Geoscience (2019), Vancouver Island University
Advanced Diploma in GIS (2021), Vancouver Island University
Professional affiliations
Engineers and Geoscientists of BC (student)
Based in Vancouver, BC, Farha processes and monitors the accounting for the Kleanza Team. Her background experience includes administration, customer service, payroll and financial report writing.
Experience
Years: 6
Regions: Fiji; Vancouver, BC
Education
Diploma in Payroll Education, (2022) Sprott Shaw College
BA, Accounting and Economics, (2016) University of the South Pacific, Fiji
Based at Kleanza's Terrace office, Manda has field experience in coastal and interior BC. She currently assists with proposals, reporting, administrative tasks, field work and lab work.
Experience
Years: 10
Regions: coastal BC; interior BC
Specializations: lithics; household archaeology; CMTs, community archaeology
Education
MA, Anthropology (2007), University of Toronto
BA, Archaeology (2006), Simon Fraser University
Based at Kleanza’s Vancouver Island (Bowser) office, Chris is responsible for nurturing Kleanza’s amazing culture and ownerships vision, continually improving internal communication systems, management practices, workflow efficiencies and growing revenue. His job satisfaction comes from helping the team maximize their time for Archaeology by minimizing their time spent on business tasks.
EXPERIENCE
Years: 20
A unique mix of corporate accomplishments growing iconic brands as well as entrepreneurial experience managing his own consulting agency, launching new to world products, and mentoring small business startups.
Business Intelligence and analysis
Insights/Research; Market, Consumer, Branding, Organoleptic, Quantitative and Qualitative
Finance and Compliance
B2B sales management
Regions: Canada and the United States
EDUCATION
Canadian Professional Mgmt. Services, Certificate of Professional Mgmt., 2011, Vancouver, BC
GILD, Senior Leadership Development Institute, Transformed Leadership abilities, 2009, San Diego, CA
Schulich School of Business, York University, New Product Development, 2002, Toronto, ON
N.A.I.T., Honours Diploma, Business Administration, Finance, 1991–1993, Edmonton, AB
Wendy is a GIS Technician at Magellan Digital Mapping, based in Terrace. She supplies map drafting and GIS modelling for Kleanza, including modelling for archaeological potential and creating detailed site maps. GIS and modelling can vary depending on the type and scope of a specific project. Wendy is adept in the usage of ArcGIS to create complex, multi-component predictive models from vector and raster data sets, including LiDAR DEMs.
Experience
Years: 20
Regions: BC
Specializations: silviculture; GIS; modelling, predictive models; LiDAR
Education
ArcInfo GIS Certificate, Okanagan University
Fish, Wildlife, and Recreation Land Management Diploma, BCIT
Kelly is the Creative Director of our Stories & Outreach Division and her focus will be on documenting stories of truth and reconciliation, language reclamation and sovereignty in the areas of conservation, environment, heritage and culture. For over 25 years, Kelly has produced documentary films and developed social media impact campaigns to tackle issues of social injustice, food security, access to medicine, youth mental health, environmental protection, conservation and human rights.
Experience
Years: 28
Regions: Across Canada
Professional Affiliations:
Documentary Organization of Canada
International Documentary Association
WIFT (Women in Film and Television)
The Film Production Network
Cause Marketing Professionals
Doc Society
Gwen is based out of the Vancouver office, and, as Field Supervisor, is responsible for overseeing crews in the field, laboratory and office. With a BA in Anthropology and minor in Anthropological Archaeology from UBC, she has worked in CRM Archaeology throughout BC, including the Interior, Subarctic and Coastal regions - and also internationally, in Bulgaria.
Experience
Years: 3
Regions: Interior, Subarctic and Coastal BC
Specializations: Geographic Information Systems (GIS), lithic and wet site basketry analysis, Culturally Modified Trees (CMTs), archival and ethnographic research
Education
BA Anthropology, minor in Anthropological Archaeology, University of British Columbia (2022)
Professional Affiliations:
BC Association of Professional Archaeologists
Based in Kleanza's Terrace office, Tannis is developing field experience in coastal BC.
Experience
Years: 4
Regions: Coastal BC Interests: ethnobotany; community archaeology, and wet sites, especially working with fish weirs and finding test holes.
Education
Certificate, Cultural and Natural Resource Assessment (2019, 2021) Royal Roads University
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