Snake Hill Lecture at the War Museum in Ottawa
On Tuesday, November 25th at 7:30 pm, Dr. Ron Williamson from Archaeological Services Inc. will be speaking at the War Museum in Ottawa about the Snake Hill Cemetery project in Fort Erie, Ontario that involved the discovery, exhumation, and repatriation of 28 American soldiers from the War of 1812. The Snake Hill site is a […]
Charles Garrad’s Toronto Book Launch
On Tuesday, May 27, 2014, the Ontario Archaeological Society, in partnership with ASI, hosted a book launch reception for Charles Garrad’s newest publication Petun to Wyandot: The Ontario Petun from the Sixteenth Century at UofT’s Massey College. Over 100 OAS members and friends showed up to celebrate the volume that is comprised of a lifetime […]
“Before Ontario” panel discussion with special guest moderator Shawn Micallef
On Wednesday, April 2, Heritage Toronto hosted a panel event aimed at discussing the latest archaeological insights into the lives of Indigenous people in Southern Ontario prior to contact with Europeans. The public gathered at the Toronto Reference Library to hear the editors and some of the contributors of the book Before Ontario: The Archaeology […]
January 26, 2014: Royal Canadian Institute Lecture
Dr. Ron Williamson was asked to speak for the Royal Canadian Institute’s Winter Lecture Series and over 200 people showed up to hear about 12,000 years of Toronto’s history. A great turnout for a cold and snowy Sunday! Thank you to the RCI for the opportunity to speak to their interested members and the general […]
Huron-Wendat Repatriation Discussions at UofT
On Friday, September 13, 2013, ASI joined representatives from the University of Toronto, the Ontario Heritage Trust and other regional centres of learning for an all-day discussion at the Hart House at the University of Toronto regarding past, present and future repatriation issues, including reburials. The event was organized after the successful repatriation of 1760 […]
Camp Ooch Archaeology Day ’13
On Thursday July 4th 2013, campers from Camp Oochigeas came to site to hang out with us and learn how to dig! Camp Ooch is a camp organization for children living with cancer and ASI has had the privilege of working with them closely over the years. We had a great time and we hope […]
Huron-Wendat Day with Heritage Toronto
Heritage Toronto, The City of Toronto, Cycle Toronto, BIXI Toronto and ASI came together on Saturday June 15th to honour the Huron-Wendat’s ancestral presence in the region of Toronto by unveiling a series of plaques dedicated to sharing that presence. The plaques are found along the “Huron-Wendat Trail” (or the Finch Hydro Corridor) and Dr. […]
Doors Open Toronto
ASI opened its doors for the City of Toronto’s annual Doors Open weekend on May 25 & 26, 2013. We had hundreds of visitors over the two days and great questions for our staff about Ontario archaeology. ASI invited visitors to learn about the famous Mantle Site, which is a Huron-Wendat village dating to the […]
Sporting Life 10K Run for Camp Oochigeas
Many of our staff members at ASI signed up to run the Sporting Life 10K in support of Camp Oochigeas on Sunday, May 12th. We raised over $5,310 for Camp Oooch, which is an organization that is very close to our hearts. To learn more about what they do (and to see a great video […]
Mantle Site Book Launch at University of Toronto
Please join us for the launch of the newly published “Mantle Site: An Archaeological History of an Ancestral Wendat Community”, written by Dr. Jennifer Birch and Dr. Ron Williamson. Dr. Williamson will lecture about the famous Mantle Site – an almost completely excavated, early sixteenth-century, ancestral Wendat community discovered in what is now the township […]
