Membership Meeting -
Wednesday Sept 14th 2016
Midland Public Library - 7 PM
Our
special guest speaker for this meeting will be Paul Racher
A Talk
titled
"Holes"
- an examination of the state of archaeology in
the province, the challenges it faces, and how archaeology is going to be
changed as the Settler Society re-negotiates its relationship with the
province's Indigenous communities. Recent
events in Simcoe County will be cited as case studies.
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Paul Racher is Vice-President, Operations of
ARA and teaches Cultural Resource Management at WLU. He has a B.A. in
Prehistoric Archaeology from WLU and an M.A. in anthropology from McMaster
University. He began his career as a heritage
professional in 1986. Over the two and a half decades since, he has
overseen the completion of several hundred archaeological and cultural
heritage contracts. He holds professional licence with the Ministry of
Tourism, Culture, and Sport (MTCS). Paul is an Associate at the Heritage
Resources Centre, a heritage think tank at the University of Waterloo, and
a professional member of the Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals
(CAHP). He also holds memberships in the Association of Professional
Archaeologists (APA), and the current president of the Ontario
Archaeological Association (OAS).
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The meeting will be held
in the assembly room on the lower level of the Midland Public Library
320 King St. Midland, ON.
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