Hi, I’m Sherri and they call me the Sherriff… Archaeology has been my passion since a young age. My first foray into archaeology was volunteering at the Museum of Ontario Archaeology. From there, I started working as a field tech and then eventually a field director and here I am still, some 20+ years later and now managing projects at TMHC. I am fortunate to have been mentored by and work with many amazing and inspiring women archaeologists, and still do to this day. In fact, it was woman that inspired me to get into archaeology, albeit in a round about way – Wonder Woman! In reading the comics as a child, I developed an interest in Greek and Roman cultures, which eventually lead to an interest in archaeology. Combined with the fact that I like to play in the dirt, archaeology seemed like a perfect career choice!
Sherri and the rest of TMHC share our space with the Museum of Ontario Archaeology, another organization filled with women we are privileged to work alongside
Over the years I have worked on some truly amazing sites. My two favourites are the Pipeline site (AiGx-12), a roughly 500-year-old Woodland village site, and the Victoria Park site (AfHh-244), a former British military barracks located in the heart of London, Ontario. It is not too often in a CRM context that one gets to work on the same site more than once; in the case of both the Pipeline and Victoria Park sites, I’ve been conducting excavations at these sites on and off throughout my career and I consider them my home away from home.