Draft:David Morrison (archaeologist)

Born in Edmonton, Alberta, Morrison completed a doctorate in arctic archeology at the University of Toronto in 1982. Until his retirement in 2016, he was a curator at Canadian Museum of History, and was director of the museum's divisions of archaeology and history. During this time, he led the museum's efforts to repatriate artefacts of indigenous provenance to indigenous communities, and was cited by Canadian Geographic as setting a new standard in repatriation efforts. In 2017, he was awarded the Massey Medal of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society for his role as co-lead curator of the museum's Canadian History Hall.{{cite web |last1=Walker |first1=Nick |title=Canadian Museum of History's Dr. David Morrison awarded the RCGS Massey Medal |url=https://canadiangeographic.ca/articles/canadian-museum-of-historys-dr-david-morrison-awarded-the-rcgs-massey-medal/ |website=Canadian Geographic |access-date=19 May 2025}}

Morrison has published scholarship on the archeological legacies of indigenous peoples of the Western Arctic, particularly the Inuvialuit. His works for the public include Across time and tundra : the Inuvialuit of the western Arctic (with Ishmael Alunik and Eddie D. Kolausok.{{cite book |last=Morrison |first=David |title=Across time and tundra : the Inuvialuit of the Western Arctic |date=2003 |publisher=Canadian Museum of Civilization |location=Vancouver, Canada |isbn=1-55192-645-8 |page=1 |edition=1 |url=https://publications.gc.ca/site/eng/252793/publication.html |access-date=18 May 2025 |ref=N/A}} With Georges-Hébert Germain, he is the author of Inuit: Glimpses of an Arctic Past.{{cite book |last=Morrison |first=David |title=Inuit, glimpses of an Arctic past |date=1995 |publisher=Canadian Museum of Civilization |location=Hull, Canada |isbn=0660140381 |page=1 |edition=1 |url=https://catalogue.nla.gov.au/catalog/2908857 |access-date=18 May 2025 |ref=N/A}}

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