Lieutenant-Governor’s Heritage Award for Lifetime Achievement | Brian Narhi

ASI’s Project Historian, Brian Narhi, received the Lieutenant-Governor’s Heritage Award for Lifetime Achievement for his many years as a “champion of heritage issues,” according to the Ontario Heritage Trust. Brian has spent four decades perserving heritage in Ontario, for both ASI and for the town of St Catherines.

TAC-ATC | Environmental Achievement Award

The Transportation Association of Canada’s Environmental Achievement Award recognizes an exemplary contribution by a TAC member in the environmental area with respect to providing transportation services. The award was presented to the City of Hamilton for the The Red Hill Valley Project: “More Than a Road.” ASI was the retained by the City of Hamilton to undertake […]

Heritage Toronto | Award of Merit

Heritage Toronto presented an Award of Merit to Ronald F. Williamson (editor) and James Lorimer & Company Ltd (publisher) for the publication “Toronto: A Short Illustrated History of Its First 12,000 years.” From the final retreat of the Laurentide Ice Sheet to its emergence as a Canada’s leading city, the book explores the evolution of […]

CAHP | Award of Merit: Heritage Communications

The Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals presented Dr. Ronald F Williamson (editor) and Chrisopher Andreae (Author, Chapter 4) with a Heritage Communications Award of Merit for the publication “Toronto: An Illustrated History of Its First 12,000 Years.” From the final retreat of the Laurentide Ice Sheet to its emergence as a Canada’s leading city, the book […]

Toronto Urban Design | Award of Excellence

The Toronto Urban Design Awards presented an Award of Excellence: Large Places or Neighbourhood Designs to the project team for the Evergreen Brick Works redesign project. ASI was retained to conduct the excavations of the Don Valley Brickworks in advance of the redevelopment of the complex as a natural and cultural heritage facility.

CSLA | Regional Citation Award

The Canadian Society for Landscape Architecture presented ASI, North-South Environmental Inc., Lura Consulting and Unterman McPhail Associates Inc. with a Regional Citation Award for the Seaton Natural Heritage System Management Plan and Master Trails project. ASI was retained to conduct the archaeological and cultural heritage assessments in preparation.

AIA Conservation and Heritage Management Award | Toronto Management Plan

The Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) has selected the City of Toronto’s Heritage Preservation Services team and ASI as the 2016 recipients of the AIA’s Conservation and Heritage Management Award for the Toronto Archaeological Management Plan project. According to the official AIA recipient letter, the award is given in recognition of “outstanding contributions to the field […]

CSLA | Award of Excellence

The Canadian Society for Landscape Architects (CSLA) awarded Landplan Collaborative Ltd. with a National Award of Excellence in the Research and Communication category for the City of Kitchener Cultural Heritage Landscapes project. Jonas Fernandez, one of ASI’s Geomatics Specialists, provided his GIS and database expertise to organize, design and create the final report.

CAA Smith-Wintemberg Award | Dr. Ronald Williamson

ASI’s Dr. Ronald Williamson was received the 2016 Smith-Wintemberg award at the annual Canadian Archaeological Association conference in Whitehorse, Yukon. The award is presented annually to “professional members of the Canadian archaeological community who have made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of the discipline of archaeology and our knowledge of the archaeological past of Canada.”

Heritage Toronto’s Special Achievement Award

ASI’s founder Dr. Ronald Williamson was honoured to receive the prestigious Special Achievement Award at the 2019 Heritage Toronto Awards. The award is presented by the Heritage Toronto Board of Directors, and celebrates exceptional contributions by individuals or organizations to Toronto’s heritage. From Heritage Toronto: “Archaeologist and advocate, Ron Williamson has been a force within the […]