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Dr. Robert MacDonald RPA

Senior Archaeologist & Assistant Managing Partner
ASI
Participates in 1 Session
Robert I. MacDonald has been on the staff of Archaeological Services Inc. (ASI) since 1982 and currently holds the positions of Senior Archaeologist and Assistant Managing Partner. He manages the archaeological and built-heritage components of large Individual Environmental Assessment (IEA) and Canadian Environmental Assessment (CEA) projects. He holds a Professional Class Archaeological License for the province of Ontario, and is accredited by the Register of Professional Archaeologists (RPA). Rob received his Honours Bachelor of Science and Master of Arts degrees in Anthropology from Trent University and his doctorate in Anthropology from McGill University. His special areas of expertise include ecological archaeology, archaeological site potential modelling, geographic information system (GIS) applications in archaeology, critical heritage studies, Iroquoian archaeology, and lithic analysis. At the University of Waterloo, Dr. MacDonald holds an appointment as an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology and serves on the Executive of the Heritage Resources Centre. At Trent University, he is an Adjunct Faculty member of the Anthropology Graduate Program and a Research Fellow of the Trent University Archaeological Research Centre. He is the past-president of the Ontario Archaeological Society, a Provincial Heritage Organization.

Sessions in which Dr. Robert MacDonald RPA participates

Monday 6 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
13:30 - 15:00 | 1 hour 30 minutes
Heritage Changes the PoliciesActivists and Experts

Private sector cultural heritage evaluation, protection, and management in Ontario exists at the nexus of academic theory, legislative direction, and land-use planning. Heritage work in this context follows a conservation approach to mitigate the loss of identified resources due to urban and infrastructure development. Ideally, the process balances ‘expert knowledge’ with regular and protracted engagement with government agencies, communities, and individuals to create evaluation criteria,...

Sessions in which Dr. Robert MacDonald RPA attends

Sunday 5 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

Tuesday 7 June, 2016

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
19:00 - 23:00 | 4 hours
Festive Event

The closing dinner of the conference, called “Pawâ” according to a French-Canadian tradition borrowed from the Native American lexicon, will be an opportunity to discover, in the heart of the Old Port of Montreal, an original culinary creation by the caterer Agnus Dei, from the renowned Maison Cartier-Besson in Montreal, leader in its field for its boundless creativity and event expertise. The dinner, in the form of stations, will offer delegates an exploration of Quebecois culinary heritage,...