Curriculum Vitae

Education 

Grade 13   Glendale Secondary School, Hamilton  1966
Hon. B.A. (Anthropology) University of Toronto, University College  1970     (Dean’s Honour Roll 1968)
M.A. (Anthropology)  University of Toronto, School of Graduate Studies 1971
Ph.D.(Archaeology)   McGill University, Residency completed  1991     (Incomplete)   

Employment in Archaeology 

University of Toronto, Summer archaeology projects    1968-71
Regional Archaeologist for Northwestern Ontario   Thunder Bay 1972-74
Regional Archaeologist for North Central Ontario   Thunder Bay 1974-76
Regional Archaeologist for Southwestern Ontario   London 1976-86
Senior Archaeologist - Ministry of Culture and Communications Toronto 1986-88
Supervisor, Develop. Plans Review, Heritage Policy Br.- MCC Toronto 1989-92
Chief, Archaeological Services - Parks Canada   Winnipeg 1992-94
Instructor, Paleolithic Archaeology – Trent University  Peterborough 2012
Instructor, Landscape & Settlement Archaeology –Trent University Peterborough 2012
Instructor, Paleolithic Archaeology – Trent University  Peterborough 2014
Instructor, Archaeology of N.E. North America – Trent University Peterborough 2015
Instructor, Great Lakes Archaeology- Trent University  Peterborough 2016
Instructor, Lithics and Bone Lab – Trent University   Peterborough 2016
Principal, William Fox Archaeological Services   Peterborough 2012-16   

Committee Participation in Support of Archaeology

Technical Guidelines for Archaeological Assessment Study (OAS) 1985-88 Archaeology from the Ground Up series working group (TVO) 1986-89 Heritage Easement Review Committee (OHF) 1986-89 Canadian Association of Provincial and Territorial Archaeologists 1988-94 Crown Land Cottaging Study (MNR) 1988-89 Timber Management/Heritage Resources Conservation Guidelines Study (MNR) 1988-91 Rouge Valley Study (MNR) 1988 Crown Land as a Development Tool (Province of Ontario) 1988-89 Heritage Assessment/ Mitigation Guidelines Development (OEB) 1988 Kingston Archaeological Master Plan Conference working group (CARF) 1988 Environmental Assessment Act Inter-Ministerial Liaison Committee (MoE) 1989-90 Land Use/Water Use/Municipal Issues ADM Committee (Province of Ontario) 1989-91 Streamlining Inter-Agency Task Force (MMA) 1989-90 Archaeological Mitigation Guidelines Development (CAHC) 1989 Education Committee, Canadian Archaeological Association 1989-94 Niagara Escarpment Plan Inter-Ministerial Liaison Committee (MoE) 1990-91 Seaton Planning Principles Inter-Ministerial Steering Committee (MoH) 1990-91 Forks Public Archaeology Association, Winnipeg 1992 Archaeology and Native Heritage Committee, Manitoba Heritage Council 1992-94 Canadian Archaeological Association Newsletter - Ontario Fieldwork Report 1999-2000  

Executive Positions with Archaeological Organizations

Ontario Archaeological Society Vice President 1978, President 1979 Ontario Archaeological Society Peterborough Chapter Vice-President 2012-16 Eastern States Archaeological Federation Research Chairman 1980  

Community Program Initiatives in Support of Archaeology

Ontario Archaeological Society London Chapter establishment 1977 Newsletter (KEWA) Editor 1977-1986 J.N. Emerson medal creation 1979 Passport to the Past volunteer program 1987 Peterborough Chapter establishment 2010 Director, Avocational Services 2012-2016 Ministry of Culture and Recreation Archaeological Conservation Program 1977-1986 Regional Municipality of Waterloo Subdivision development review 1982  

Avocational Research

La Grotte de Lazaret, Nice (France) 1970 Canadian Palaepaphos Survey Project (Cyprus) 1980 -1987 Fathom Five Underwater Research Program participant 1989-2005 Research Associate, Canadian Museum of Civilization/History 2002-2016 Research Associate, Museum of Ontario Archaeology 2010-2016 Sustainable Archaeology Advisory Committee, Western University 2014-2016 Research Associate, Royal Ontario Museum 2011-2016 Avocational Licence from Ontario Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport 2013-2016  

Awards/Honours 

J. Norman Emerson Silver Medal (Ontario Archaeological Society) 2010 Adjunct Faculty, Anthropology Graduate Program, Trent University 2011-2016 Fellow, Trent University Archaeological Research Centre 2012 -2016  

Current Research 

Historic Neutral Legacy Collections Southeastern Ontario Indigenous Ceramic Traditions (AMS dating program) Geo-chemical Sourcing of Ontario Indigenous Hematite and Graphite Pigments Iroquoian Ethnogenesis in the Lower Great Lakes/St. Lawrence Region A Biface Typology for Ontario