News

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,…

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…

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…

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…

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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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,…

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 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 receive celebrated AIA Conservation and Heritage Management award The Archaeological Institute of America (AIA) has selected the City of Toronto’s Heritage Preservation Services…

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…

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…

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…

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 geophysical survey team, Blake Williams and John Dunlop, joined the crew from WAR JUNK at Juno Beach battlefield in France to help locate any…

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 was retained by Concord Adex to undertake archaeological investigations prior to a development at Bathurst and Fort York Blvd. On Monday, our archaeologists discovered…

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 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…

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…

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…

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…

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 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…

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” by Joseph Boyden is now available. This work of historical fiction from Penguin Canada is on the bookshelves with ringing endorsements from many…

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…

The film Curse of the Axe – based on an ASI project and developed by Yap Films – has been nominated for a Canadian Screen…

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 (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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…