New installation featuring ASI artifacts unveiled in Toronto
Last month, ASI’s Alexis and Claire attended the official unveiling of Peter Powning’s latest installation, entitled “Spire Stelae: Impressions of a Community,” at Cranbrooke Village condominiums at Bathurst Street and Saranac Boulevard in North Toronto. Peter is known for his bronze reliefs and he often casts objects brought to him from members of the community […]
Huron Wendat: University of Toronto Memo of Understanding
The University of Toronto has signed a Memorandum of Understanding allowing for the repatriation of remains and artifacts to the Huron Wendat Nation. This MoU was signed at a ceremony in Wendake, near Quebec City on November 29th, 2011. The University of Toronto sits on land that was the home of the Huron Wendat until the late 17th century. […]
ASI’s Brian Narhi receives provincial heritage award
We are excited to announce that our very own Mr. Brian Narhi, ASI’s long-time Project Historian, is the recipient of the Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Award for Lifetime Achievement! Always humble, Mr. Narhi says: “While it’s nice to get the accolades, I have always done my heritage work strictly for the love of it.” We […]
Smudging ceremony to begin work on Huron-Wendat sites within Seaton Lands and Highway 407
Indigenous people are the keepers of nature. ASI has been involved in an Indigenous engagement program for a series of EA projects within the Seaton lands in the City of Pickering. As part of this process, the Huron-Wendat First Nation were invited to conduct a “purification” (smudging) ceremony at the Sebastien site (AlGs-341), an ancestral […]
“Strata” entrance installed at Cinema Tower
New Brunswick artist Peter Powning recently completed a large sculpture installation, commissioned by the Daniels Corporation, for the entranceway to the Cinema Tower condominium at 21 Widmer St (King St and John St, downtown Toronto). The Cinema Tower is closely associated with the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) Lightbox building, which is located directly beside […]
“Before Ontario” book now available
From the publisher, McGill-Queen’s University Press: Before Ontario there was ice. As the last ice age came to an end, land began to emerge from the melting glaciers. With time, plants and animals moved into the new landscape and people followed. For almost 15,000 years, the land that is now Ontario has provided a home […]
ASI at the 2013 OAS Symposium
ASI was present at this year’s Ontario Archaeological Society Symposium, held at the Crowne Plaza Fallsview Hotel in Niagara Falls. ASI was the head sponsor for the book launch and opening reception on the evening of Friday, October 25th for the new book Before Ontario: The Archaeology of a Province. [line] Many ASI staff […]
“Curse of the Axe” wins 2013 Heritage Toronto award
Heritage Toronto held their annual awards night and William Kilbourn Memorial Lecture on Tuesday, October 15th, 2013 and granted Yap Films with a Merit Award for their film Curse of the Axe. The documentary film followed ASI as they excavated the Mantle Site in Stouffville, ON. Congratulations to Elliot Halpern and Robin Bicknell of Yap Films […]
“The Orenda” now available in bookstores
“The Orenda” by Joseph Boyden is now available. This work of historical fiction from Penguin Canada is on the bookshelves with ringing endorsements from many reviewers, including the National Post, The Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star and even ASI’s Chief Archaeologist Dr. Ron Williamson. Dr. Williamson says of the book: “I have spent almost […]
Stouffville residents keep digging Mantle Site history
On Monday March 11th, Dr. Ron Williamson and ASI archaeologist Andrea Carnevale headed to the the Whitchurch-Stouffville Museum to sign copies of the book The Mantle Site, written by Dr. Williamson and Dr. Jennifer Birch. About 100 people filled the museum’s community hall to hear about the Mantle Site, which was excavated near the museum.
