Heritage Hour: Implications of legislative and procedural changes on CRM archaeology in Ontario

Joshua (Josh) Dent is the Division Manager of Cultural Heritage and Community Engagement at TMHC Inc. and an Affiliated Person at Western University, both in London, Ontario. He is a professionally licensed archaeologist in Ontario and a Professional Member of the CAHP. His MA and Ph.D., both from Western University, as well as subsequent publications studied federal/provincial/territorial heritage policy and Indigenous engagement in archaeology across Canada. In his current role, Josh regularly advises Indigenous Nations, provincial ministries and agencies, municipalities, corporate clients, and planning students and professionals on heritage and consultation policy development and compliance.

Hugh Daechsel is a Principal with LHC Heritage Planning and Archeaology Inc. He holds a Bachelors of Science in Anthropology Geography from Trent University and a Masters of Anthropology from McMaster University. Hugh has been actively involved in archaeological investigations for over 50 years, including 40 years in Cultural Resource Management. He served as Staff Archaeologist and Executive Director with the Cataraqui Archaeological Research Foundation from 1987 to 1993 and as President and Senior Archaeologist with Heritage Quest Inc. from 1992 to 2007 and as an Associate and Principal with Golder Associates (WSP) from 2007 to 2019.

Paul Racher (BA, MA, CAHP, RPA) is the Managing Principal at ARA. He began his career as a heritage professional in 1986. Over the 4 decades since, he has overseen the completion of thousands of archaeological and cultural heritage contracts. He is a former lecturer in Cultural Resource Management at Wilfrid Laurier University and a Past President of the Ontario Archaeological Society. He has written extensively on matters related to archaeology and Indigenous rights and has been published in the Toronto Star, the Globe and Mail, the National Post, and the papers of the Metroland chain.