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Founder Dr. Ron Williamson Receives The Thomas Symons Award
February 22, 2024
Congratulations to Dr. Ron Williamson on being honoured with the Thomas Symons Award! The Lieutenant Governor’s Ontario Heritage Awards, administered by the Ontario Heritage Trust,…
Rob MacDonald Interview on the Overlooked Indigenous Heritage in Waterloo Region
July 6, 2022
For Indigenous Heritage Month, the Wilmot-Tavistock Gazette interviewed our Managing Partner Rob MacDonald on local Indigenous history that deserves to be more widely known by…
ASI’s Commitment to the TRC Calls to Action Regarding Unmarked Residential School Burials
June 8, 2021
On May 26th, the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation in British Columbia announced preliminary results of a ground-penetrating radar investigation which suggested the possible discovery…
Yändata’: The Huron-Wendat begin a new partnership with ASI
July 3, 2020
From Grand Chief Konrad Sioui of the Huron-Wendat Nation: The Huron-Wendat Nation is proud to announce the incorporation of a strategic partnership with Archaeological Services…
ASI Response to Covid-19
March 23, 2020
As the world continues to respond and adapt to the challenges presented by the spread of the novel coronavirus, COVID-19, ASI has been working with…
Dr Ron Williamson Receives Heritage Toronto’s Special Achievement Award
October 28, 2019
This Monday, ASI’s founder Dr. Ronald Williamson was honoured to receive the prestigious Special Achievement Award at the annual Heritage Toronto Awards, held at the historic…
ASI’s Cultural Heritage team wins Award of Merit from the Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals
October 18, 2019
Congratulations to our Cultural Heritage Team for their Award of Merit from the Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals! The Documentation and Planning Award was given…
ASI collaborates with U of T’s Dr Gary Crawford to identify domesticated 3,000-year-old quinoa seeds in Ontario
January 16, 2019
ASI staff Jessica Lytle, Robert Wojtowicz, and ASI Founder Dr. Ron Williamson co-authored a paper with Dr. Gary Crawford of University of Toronto analyzing over 140,000 charred…
New Huron-Wendat Exhibit Opens in Quebec City
May 3, 2018
A new exhibition has just opened in Quebec City that highlights the culture and history of the Huron-Wendat people and their relationships with St. Lawrence…
The King Spadina Neighbourhood Becomes a Heritage Conservation District
October 11, 2017
After many years of hard work, the King Spadina Neighbourhood was designated a Heritage Conservation District at the October 2 meeting of Toronto City Council! We have…
CBC Radio Looks Back On Our Excavation of Canada’s First Parliament
July 4, 2017
Brent Bambury and CBC’s Day 6 recorded an entertaining interview for Canada Day with our founder Ron Williamson and Rollo Myers, the former manager of…
ASI to Create Archaeological Plan for Township of Caledon
February 15, 2017
We are very pleased to announce that ASI has been chosen to develop the Town of Caledon’s Archaeological Management Plan. We have significant experience in…
Unearthing Toronto’s Oldest Marketplace: Exhibit Now Open!
November 29, 2016
The City of Toronto’s Market Gallery has opened a new exhibition:”Unearthing Toronto’s Oldest Marketplace: The Archaeology of the North St. Lawrence Market.” The display showcases the history…
Dr. Williamson receives celebrated Smith-Wintemberg award
May 9, 2016
This past weekend, ASI’s founder Dr. Ronald Williamson was honoured to receive the celebrated Smith-Wintemberg award at the annual Canadian Archaeological Association conference in Whitehorse,…
Changes are coming to ASI!
March 29, 2016
Friends and colleagues, I would like to take this opportunity to let you know of exciting developments happening at ASI over the coming year. Since our…
ASI and associates to review, update City of London’s Archaeological Master Plan
January 19, 2016
ASI is excited to announce that we have been awarded the contract for the review and update of the City of London’s Archaeological Master Plan…
City of Toronto, ASI honoured with award from AIA
December 10, 2015
City of Toronto, ASI receive celebrated AIA Conservation and Heritage Management award The Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) has selected the City of Toronto’s Heritage Preservation Services…
ASI’s Dr. Ron Williamson selected for province’s Culture Strategy Advisory Group
October 27, 2015
The provincial government has formed a Culture Strategy Advisory Group to work with them as they produce a new Culture Strategy for the province. ASI’s…
Walrus Magazine publishes feature on ASI project
September 1, 2015
In July, Walrus Magazine Editorial Fellow, Alex Tesar, accompanied Dr. Williamson on a site visit to one of ASI’s projects in Brant County. What came…
Government of Ontario and First Nations sign “milestone” political accord
August 25, 2015
Yesterday the Chiefs of Ontario and the Government of Ontario signed a historic political accord that will help guide the relationship between province and the…
ASI’s Bell Site dog burial subject of new publication
August 24, 2015
A new article, written by Eric Tourigny et al., features some interesting findings regarding human-animal relationships in the 19th-century, based on scientific analyses of a dog burial from…
ASI’s geopyhsical survey team helps uncover German bunker at Juno Beach
July 23, 2015
ASI’s geophysical survey team, Blake Williams and John Dunlop, joined the crew from WAR JUNK at Juno Beach battlefield in France to help locate any…
Concord Adex moves 19th-century schooner to Fort York
June 9, 2015
The schooner discovered by ASI during Concord Adex development work at Bathurst and Fort York Boulevard downtown Toronto was successfully relocated to Fort York National…
ASI discovers early 19th-century schooner in downtown Toronto
May 9, 2015
ASI was retained by Concord Adex to undertake archaeological investigations prior to a development at Bathurst and Fort York Blvd. On Monday, our archaeologists discovered…
A piece of Toronto history unearthed
May 9, 2015
Recent media coverage surrounding the development work at Bathurst Street and Fort York Boulevard in Toronto: ASI has been on site documenting this portion of…
ASI locates burials under Toronto church parking lot
May 9, 2015
ASI was been retained by the Archdiocese of Toronto to investigate a reportedly closed and relocated cemetery behind St John the Evangelist the church in Weston…
New installation featuring ASI artifacts unveiled in Toronto
April 21, 2015
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…
ASI’s Brian Narhi receives provincial heritage award
April 21, 2015
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…
“Before Ontario” book now available
April 21, 2015
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…
“Strata” entrance installed at Cinema Tower
April 21, 2015
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…
ASI at the 2013 OAS Symposium
April 21, 2015
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…
“Curse of the Axe” wins 2013 Heritage Toronto award
April 21, 2015
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…
“The Orenda” now available in bookstores
April 21, 2015
“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…
Stouffville residents keep digging Mantle Site history
April 21, 2015
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…
Curse of the Axe nominated for a Canadian Screen Award
April 21, 2015
The film Curse of the Axe – based on an ASI project and developed by Yap Films – has been nominated for a Canadian Screen…
Getting paid to dig up the past
April 21, 2015
ASI and Dr. Ron Williamson were featured in The Globe and Mail’s ‘Report on Business’ section on December 24th, 2012: “Most archeology in Canada is…
The Mantle Site available for pre-order
April 21, 2015
The Mantle Site (written by Jennifer Birch and Ron Williamson) is now available for pre-order. The book features a detailed analysis of the sixteenth-century Huron-Wendat…
Camp Oochigeas receives donation from ASI
April 21, 2015
In the spirit of Christ,as, we visited Camp Oochigeas this morning to offer a donation to this incredible organization. Camp Oochigeas is a year-round program…
New hotel at CNE to tell story of early Toronto
April 21, 2015
An ASI project featured in The Globe & Mail on November 26, 2012: “A new hotel to be built on the grounds of the Canadian National…
Developer asks town to swap land for Petun site
April 21, 2015
Russell Higgins of MacPherson Builders, brought a deal to council at its regular meeting Monday, November 19, to say the town can have the deed…
ASI granted award by Ontario Archaeological Society
April 21, 2015
Congratulations to ASI for receiving the 2012 Excellence in Cultural Resource Management award and thank you to the Ontario Archaeological Society for the honour. The award recognizes…
ASI trip to Huronia
April 21, 2015
On Saturday, September 29, a group of approximately thirty ASI staff visited Huronia, the historic homeland of the Huron/Wendat nation in Ontario. It was a…
Huron Wendat: University of Toronto Memo of Understanding
April 21, 2015
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…
Smudging ceremony to begin work on Huron-Wendat sites within Seaton Lands and Highway 407
April 21, 2015
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…
“Toronto’s archeological treasures still buried (in bankers’ boxes, garages, basements and lockers)”
January 1, 1970
https://www.thestar.com/news/insight/2018/06/16/torontos-archeological-treasures-still-buried-in-bankers-boxes-garages-basements-and-lockers.html
Hamilton’s heritage committee designates oldest house in Ancaster
January 1, 1970
https://www.hamiltonnews.com/news-story/7532974-hamilton-s-heritage-committee-designates-oldest-house-in-ancaster/