National Indigenous Peoples Day

National Indigenous Peoples Day

Community Engagement, Company Blog
National Indigenous Peoples Day Hôtel-Musée Premières Nations Image Credit: Pierre-Olivier Fortin, Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 3.0 Unported As National Indigenous Peoples Day on June 21 approaches, how the commitments of UNDRIP and the recommendations of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission are reflected in the management of cultural heritage resources is only beginning to be understood in Ontario. Increasingly, Indigenous communities are developing community specific requirements related to identification, evaluation and mitigation of impacts to cultural heritage.  TMHC makes efforts to incorporate Indigenous community input whenever possible.  We also encourage our clients to work with Indigenous communities to build respectful, long term relationships. As consultants, it is the expectation of Indigenous communities that we support their requirements. However, as they are not government requirements, occasionally proponents are reluctant to support meeting…
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Field to Table: Digital Archaeological Forms and Databases

Field to Table: Digital Archaeological Forms and Databases

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[siteorigin_widget class="SiteOrigin_Widget_Hero_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget]Field to Table: Digital Archaeological Forms and Databases Field data collection in archaeology, particularly in cultural resource management (CRM), has remained pretty static since we first started jotting field notes in books and filling out labels for bags of artifacts (e.g., the technology in Rite in the Rain notebooks goes back to the early 20th century). Recently however, with the increasing innovation of mobile technologies such as cellphones and tablets and an increasing competitive commercial marketplace, some archaeologists are looking to shift from analog and go digital, capitalizing on the potential for increased efficiencies. TMHC has been designing and testing our own versions of field forms within an open-sourced platform and want to share some of what we’ve learned about this new form of data collection. What Digital Data…
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The Ward Uncovered Preview

The Ward Uncovered Preview

Community Engagement, Company Blog
[siteorigin_widget class="SiteOrigin_Widget_Hero_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget]The Ward Uncovered - Preview With the June 27th launch fast approaching, those wanting an early look at The Ward Uncovered: The Archaeology of Everyday Life should check out excerpts by Karolyn Smardz Frost and Arlene Chan published in the Toronto Star this past weekend. Uncovering the politics of minstrel shows and examining an early Chinatown pharmacy, the excerpts use the material culture recovered from the Ward as the point of departure for exploring less well known social and cultural narratives from Toronto’s past. With artifacts sown throughout the book, similarly giving rise to diverse narratives, The Ward Uncovered, marries historical and archaeological research into informative vignettes situated in a common space but capturing the breadth of a city’s early history. TMHC is proud of our role in communicating…
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Black History is Canadian History

Black History is Canadian History

Community Engagement
Upcoming Exhibition - Black History is Canadian History TMHC is proud to support the Ontario Black History Society (OBHS) in their efforts to produce their first traveling national exhibit. As they celebrate their 40th anniversary, the OBHS "aims to present aspects of the over 400-year presence of Blacks in Canada." With stops planned for Halifax, Toronto and Vancouver, the exhibit will feature contemporary perspectives on history through interviews, photographs, videos, music and more. You can help support this important initiative by contributing to the OBHS's gofundme page. Stay tuned as details about scheduling and programming emerge. [siteorigin_widget class="SiteOrigin_Widget_Image_Widget"][/siteorigin_widget]
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Upcoming Black History Events

Upcoming Black History Events

Community Engagement
Upcoming Black History in Ontario Events 2018 is shaping up as an exciting year for Black History events in the region. We thought we'd share several upcoming events, a couple of which have some interesting archaeological connections. Niagara Falls Underground Railroad Heritage Center Grand Opening When: May 4 - May 12, 2018 Where: 825 Depot Avenue West, Niagara Falls, New York 14305 On Sunday, May 6, 2018, archaeologist, historian and award-winning author Karolyn Smardz-Frost will be speaking about her recent research on the Cataract Hotel and its connections to the story-line of her new book Steal Away Home, a biography of Cecelia Reynolds. The Cataract Hotel was an important stop on the Underground Railroad and where Cecelia and many other freedom-seekers made their way to Canada. In 2015, Timmins Martelle…
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