Fallon Hardie

Fallon is an Archaeologist and Junior Field Director for Ember Archaeology. She joined the Ember team during her undergrad in September of 2020, where she immediately took part in large scale oil and gas mitigations. In her Supervisory role, Fallon is responsible for supporting Project, Permit, and Senior Archaeologists by leading and directing crews in-field. During the winter months, Fallon completes laboratory analysis and final reporting tasks. She possesses years of experience in several resource industries, completing Archaeological Impact Assessments (AIA) in the Interior Plateau culture zone of British Columbia, and Heritage Resource Impact Assessments and Mitigations (HRIA/HRIM) the Boreal, Lower Foothills, and Grasslands sub-regions of Alberta. This background affords Fallon the confidence and skills necessary to safely lead crews through the wilderness and complete projects to the highest of standards. In addition, Fallon has recently become the secretary-treasurer for the Alberta Consulting Archaeologists (ACA) administration.

Fallon received her Bachelor of Arts from MacEwan University, majoring in Anthropology and minoring in Earth Sciences. Her primary areas of interest continue to include Geomorphology, Quaternary Environments, and Zooarchaology. During her time at MacEwan, she fulfilled the role of Vice President for the MacEwan Anthropology Student Society (M.A.S.S) and participated in several Archaeological community engagement programs. In 2019, Fallon participated in the University of New Brunswick’s Bioarchaeology field school, where she joined a team of dedicated researchers, students, Parks Canada professionals, and the local Mi’kmaw community to excavate an 18th century (1713-1768) cemetery located on Rochefort Point, at the Fortress of Louisbourg, NS. Over the years, Fallon has participated in numerous projects for community-based research projects and natural resource industries, including Oil & Gas and Forestry, amongst others.

Fallon’s favourite part of Cultural Resource Management is getting to explore various environments via ATV, UTV, Argo, helicopter, and on foot. In her personal time, she can almost always be found adventuring somewhere with her beloved German Shepherd (Gus), and her fiancé. Fallon also enjoys amateur landscape photography, hobbyist bone articulation, drawing, yoga, and kick boxing.