Jennifer Lewis-Botica

Archaeologist, Principal Kleanza Consulting Ltd.

  • Bowser BC

Pacific northwest archaeologist specializing in cultural resource management. Passionate about community engagement and Indigenous heritage.

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Biography

I am an anthropological archaeologist, co-owner of Kleanza Consulting Ltd. We are a small firm, with five offices and twenty staff located throughout British Columbia.

My specializations lie in community engagement, public education, and capacity building within First Nations' heritage programs. Specifically, I am a heritage management educator at the private, industrial, government, and community levels. I also aid First Nations' develop permitting and policy surrounding heritage and archaeology.

I have been practicing archaeology in Canada, the United States, the Middle East, and Central America for more than fifteen years. I am a Registered Professional Archaeologist and a Professional Member of the BC Association of Professional Archaeologists. As a Heritage Conservation Act permit holder, I have diverse experience completing archaeological assessments for transportation and resource industries, small housing projects, large project management, forestry impact assessments, archaeological overviews, inventories, evaluation and management of heritage resources, mitigation of archaeological deposits, archaeological mapping, and report preparation.

Industry Expertise

Environmental Services
Public Policy
Research

Areas of Expertise

Archaeological Research
Archaeological Survey
archaeological ethics
Heritage
heritage ethics
heritage legislation
heritage policy
heritage politics
Looting
Looters
Access to heritage
permitting
Colonialism
Residential Schools
Indigenous heritage
Indigenous archaeology
Collaboration
public archaeology
Public Education
commercial archaeology

Education

University of British Columbia

Bachelor of Arts

Classical Archaeology and Ancient History / Near Eastern Studies

2001

Universiteit Leiden

Master of Arts

Archaeology

2005

Simon Fraser University

PhD

Archaeology

2017

Affiliations

  • British Columbia Association of Professional Archaeologists
  • Register of Professional Archaeologists
  • Canadian Archaeological Association
  • Society for American Archaeology

Languages

  • English

Media Appearances

Unearthed northern B.C. artifacts, thousands of years old

CBC Radio North  radio

2013-01-21

There's an amazing discovery at an ancient village site along the Skeena River. Daybreak's Betsy Trumpener speaks with archaeologist Jenny Lewis.

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Event Appearances

Best Management Practices for Initiating a Lease Under FNLM: Archaeological Assessments and Heritage Management Studies.

First Nations Land Management Conference  Seabird Island, BC

2014-06-13

Archaeological Overview Assessment in Area H, Regional District of Nanaimo

Community meeting  Bowser, BC

2017-05-02

Introduction to Resource and Environmental Management.

Guest lecturer in the School of Resource and Environmental Management  Royal Roads University, Victoria, BC

2014-01-07

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