Madisen Hvidberg
Positions
PhD Candidate, Archaeology
Faculty of Graduate Studies
Sessional Instructor
University of Calgary
Contact information
Location
University of Calgary Digital Heritage Lab: Earth SciencesES806
Background
Educational Background
Bachelor of Arts (BA) Archaeology (Honours with Distinction), Simon Fraser University, 2016
Master of Arts (MA) Archaeology, University of Calgary, 2020
Biography
Madisen Hvidberg is a PhD candidate in the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology at the University of Calgary. Madisen’s work explores how digital technologies can be used for the preservation and management of built heritage in Alberta, and her PhD research focuses on how these methods can be used at Indian Residential Schools to support community directed research toward healing and reconciliation.
Projects
Visit at https://irs.preserve.ucalgary.ca/.
This community guided project explores how digital technology can be used to commemorate three former Indian Residential Schools in Alberta: Old Sun Community College formerly the Old Sun Indian Residential School on the Siksika Nation; University nuhelot’ine thaiyots’i nistameyimâkanak Blue Quills, formerly Blue Quills Indian Residential School in St. Paul, AB; Edmonton Indian Residential School Carriage House in St. Albert.
Awards
- Calgary Award in Heritage, City of Calgary. 2022
- Coutts Family Western Canadian Graduate Archaeology Scholarship, Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Calgary. 2024
- Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS Doctoral Scholarship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. 2021
- Izaak Walton Killam Doctoral Scholarship, National Research Council of Canada (NRC). 2021
- Eyes High Doctoral Recruitment Scholarship, University of Calgary. 2020
- Alberta Graduate Student Scholarship, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Calgary. 2019
- J Rod Vickers Plains Research Graduate Scholarship, Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, University of Calgary. 2018
- Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship-Master’s, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council. 2017
- Person's Case Scholarship, Government of Alberta. 2025
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