Brad Loewen’s work on contact societies began with the Métis bison hunters of the western Plains and led to an exhibit at the Canadian Museum of History. His subsequent work on Basque fisheries and navigation, began while he was at the Underwater Archaeology Service of Parks Canada. Since joining the Anthropology department at Université de Montréal, Loewen has studied land and underwater sites in Québec, and has brought maritime and contact themes into a common framework.