Congratulations to Classics alumnus (BA ’03), D. Matthew Buell, for his recent election as President of the Canadian Institute in Greece. Having obtained his Ph.D. from the University of Buffalo, SUNY, Professor Buell is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Classics, Modern Languages and Linguistics at Concordia University. Inspired by his participation as an undergraduate on the Brock Archaeological Practicum in Cyprus where he worked at Kourion with the late Danielle Parks, Buell subsequently served as one of the principal investigators on the Galatas Survey Project, a multidisciplinary regional survey project on Crete and more recently worked with our own Angus Smith at the Bronze Age site of Gournia, where he served as a Field Director and architectural specialist.
The Canadian Institute in Greece (CIG) promotes Canadian research and education in fields relating to Greece’s heritage. The Institute advances knowledge of Greece in all periods by sponsoring and promoting archaeological fieldwork, providing resources for scholarly research, and disseminating results. The Institute is also charged by the Hellenic Ministry of Culture with primary responsibility for all Canadian archaeological fieldwork projects, and seeks to support the investigation, preservation, and presentation of Greece’s cultural heritage.

Matt Buell (BA ’03) gives a tour of Gournia to Brock practicum students