Mike O'Rourke
Mike is an anthropological archaeologist who holds a W. Garfield Weston Postdoctoral Fellowship in Northern Archaeological Research at the Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, in Yellowknife, NT. His research is focused on how people ascribe value to the various tangible and intangible aspects of heritage, and how those notions of value are implicated in lands / heritage management frameworks. He is coordinating with the territorial ‘Cultural Places Program’ on a number of management and climate change planning initiatives, and is working in partnership with the Inuvialuit Regional Corporation to facilitate the ‘Inuvialuit Place Names Project’.