Heritage Dinner: Friday, May 13, 2011

About our speaker:
Joe Martin is Director of Canadian Business History at the Rotman School of Management, University of Toronto and author of Relentless Change: A Casebook for the Study of Canadian Business History. He has also contributed four of the days in the forthcoming book 100 Days That Changed Canada.
Joe is a generous and active supporter of many historical organizations – and a much sought-after fund-raiser. He is President Emeritus of Canada’s History Society, publisher of Canada’ History, formerly the Beaver, a former member of the Executive of the Ontario Historical Society and a Past President of the Manitoba Historical Society. He is currently the historian for Toronto’s prestigious Albany Club.
In 1995 he joined the faculty of the Rotman School of Management of the University of Toronto.
Joe Martin is often seen as a panelist on PBS, BNN and TVO, and quoted in the print media such as The Financial Post, The Economist, The Financial Times (of London), The Toronto Star, The National Post, The Winnipeg Free Press … and even The Midland Free Press. He lectures on cruise-ships and regularly participates in business and history symposiums.

This event takes place on Friday, May 13, 2011 at 5:00 pm at the North Simcoe Sports And Recreation Centre in Midland, Ontario.

Tickets are $75 with a $40 tax receipt.

For tickets contact:Huronia Museum 705.526.2844,

Rene Hackstetter 705.529.8818 or

Miles Blackhurst 705.526.6844

Plants and Archaeology in Ontario – April 14, 2011

The Huronia Chapter of the Ontario Archaeological Society will be hosting a presentation about plants and archaeology in Ontario by plant specialist Rudy Fecteau:

As a plant specialist I aid the archaeologist in understanding past lifeways by examining carbonized seed and wood remains left behind in heaths or middens by former occupants in the area.

This presentation will illustrate how we, as archaeobotanists, go about collecting, recovering, and interpreting plant remains from archaeology sites.

Archaeobotanical material from Archaic sites through to Late Woodland sites is discussed.

Results of analysis of pre-contact and Euro-Canadian sites in southern Ontario sites are illustrated.

This special presentation will be on Thursday, April 14, 2010 at 7:00 PM a the Huronia Museum.