• 01 Oct 2019
• Economics of heritage
  Archaeology
  Community
• Author: Donovan Rypkema,

Advocates for heritage conservation have traditionally made their case on the basis of architectural character, cultural significance, social relevance, esthetic quality and other values of...

• 17 Feb 2017
• Indigenous heritage
  Archaeology
  MyOntario
• Author: Jean-Luc Pilon,

In the summer of 1982, I was carrying out archaeological research near the shores of Hudson Bay on the Severn River. One of the sites...

• 17 Feb 2017
• Archaeology
  MyOntario
• Author: William R. Fitzgerald,

Suspicion, fear, and intimidation met Jesuit priests Jean de Brébeuf and Pierre-Joseph-Marie Chaumonot during their Mission of the Angels to “la Nation Neutre” between November...

• 17 Feb 2017
• Archaeology
  MyOntario
• Author: Dr. Patrick Julig,

In the 1980s-90s, I excavated at Cummins and Sheguiandah National Historic Site quarry/ workshops in northern Ontario – in addition to many neat places elsewhere...

• 09 Oct 2015
• Archaeology
• Author: Dr. Robert I. MacDonald,

While buildings are among the most visible elements of heritage landscapes, they are frequently like the tip of the proverbial iceberg, associated with vast underground...

• 09 Oct 2015
• Archaeology
• Author: Dr. Neal Ferris, Dr. Rhonda Bathurst, Michael Carter and Namir Ahmed,

Archaeology has a long history of turning to new technologies to advance the pursuit of understanding our ancient past. From measuring the decay of carbon...

• 09 Oct 2015
• Archaeology
• Author: Archaeology Program Unit at the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport,

Archaeology is an important part of the planning and development process in Ontario. Each year, thousands of archaeological assessments are completed by licensed archaeologists to...

• 09 Oct 2015
• Archaeology
• Author: Dr. Alicia Hawkins,

Huronia – the point of land jutting out into the southern end of Georgian Bay – has caught the imagination of historians and archaeologists for...

• 09 Oct 2015
• Archaeology
• Author: Lena Rye,

On a July morning in 2010, an 11-year-old girl arrived at Toronto’s Spadina House. Excited and only slightly scared, she wondered what the next two...

• 09 Oct 2015
• Archaeology
• Author: Martha Latta, Richard Zane Smith and Michel Savard,

Every archaeological artifact tells its own unique story. But what it says can be – and is – interpreted differently, depending on who is examining...

• 09 Oct 2015
• Archaeology
• Author: Ron Williamson,

What is archaeology? This may seem like a straightforward question, but you would be surprised with the answers that Canadians give to this question. In...

• 05 Dec 2014
• Archaeology
  Buildings and architecture
• Author: Dena Doroszenko and Romas Bubelis,

When the Trust conserves a property as complex as Macdonell-Williamson House, we consider a variety of perspectives related to the site as an artifact –...

• 15 Feb 2013
• Archaeology
  Arts and creativity
• Author: Katherine McIntyre,

Reprinted with permission (Windspeaker, Volume 28, Issue 4, 2010) North America’s largest collection of petroglyphs remained undisturbed for centuries. Then in 1954, three geologists out...

• 10 Nov 2011
• Black heritage
  Archaeology
• Author: Dena Doroszenko,

Many have forgotten how influential Harriet Beecher Stowe’s novel Uncle Tom’s Cabin was at the time of its 1852 publication. It was a catalyst for...

• 31 May 2011
• Archaeology
  Tools for conservation
• Author: Dena Doroszenko,

As population growth results in substantial impact to Ontario’s landscapes, efficient and cost-effective methods to locate, map and acquire information from archaeological sites are needed...

• 11 Feb 2010
• Indigenous heritage
  Archaeology
• Author: Robert Pearce,

Southwestern Ontario has an extremely rich and diverse cultural history dating back 11,000 years. We can follow human history and settlement through archaeology in this...

• 10 May 2007
• Archaeology
  Natural heritage
• Author: Dena Doroszenko and Sean Fraser,

Identifying and protecting places in our communities that have cultural heritage value is an important part of managing change. Heritage buildings, archaeological sites and cultural...

• 15 Feb 2007
• Archaeology
  Cultural objects
• Author: Dena Doroszenko,

In a wooded area near Coldwater, an archaeological site known as Thomson-Walker lies beneath the forest floor. The property on which the site is situated...

• 07 Sep 2006
• Archaeology
• Author: Dena Doroszenko,

Built in Perth in 1823, Inge-Va represents one of the finest Neo-Classical Georgian houses in Eastern Ontario. In its refined, park-like setting, the house also...

• 16 Feb 2006
• Archaeology
  Buildings and architecture
  Cultural objects
  Tools for conservation
• Author: Romas Bubelis,

Wallpapers first appeared in Canada as early as the mid-17th century. These oldest papers were block-printed, hand-painted or stenciled. Pattern and colour was applied to...

• 16 Feb 2006
• Archaeology
  Buildings and architecture
• Author: Ontario Heritage Trust,

It was announced on December 21, 2005 that the site of Ontario’s first parliament buildings in Toronto has been saved. The Ontario Government, in partnership...

• 16 Feb 2006
• Archaeology
  Cultural objects
  Tools for conservation
• Author: Dena Doroszenko,

Reesor live on a property near Bass Lake, Ontario that is protected by an Ontario Heritage Trust natural heritage easement. They lovingly care for this...

• 08 Sep 2005
• Archaeology
  Buildings and architecture
• Author: Dena Doroszenko,

Built in 1817, Macdonell-Williamson House in eastern Ontario reflects the ambitions and aspirations of retired fur trader, John Macdonell. His life was fraught with financial...