TRUE NORTH ARCHAEOLOGICAL SERVICES
True North Archaeological Services is an Ottawa based consulting firm with extensive experience providing legislative compliant assessments and solutions for private, public and government clients throughout Ontario. Our approach is to develop project specific strategies to address cultural heritage resources and compliance with federal and provincial policies to guide our clients through the development process. The company principals have a combined 40 years of industry experience and have contributed to over 700 terrestrial and marine archaeological assessments. Whether your project is in a rural or urban area, or even underwater, our team is dedicated to providing cost effective solutions with high quality results.
MEET THE TEAM
Bradley Drouin, MA
Principal and Senior Archaeologist
Bradley Drouin is a Principal and Senior Archaeologist with 24 years of archaeological consulting experience. Brad has served as the Professionally Licensed Archaeologist on over 330 Stage 1 to Stage 4 assignments in Ontario as well as taken part in an additional 200 archaeological projects throughout the Province. In addition to providing guidance to small scale clients and landowners, over the last ten years, Brad has been managing the archaeology and cultural components for a number of large scale power projects throughout Ontario, where engagement and participation of Indigenous community members has been key to the success of the project.
Brad received his undergraduate degree in Archaeology from Memorial University of Newfoundland and his Master of Arts with a focus on Mortuary Archaeology from the University of Alberta, in Edmonton.
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Contact Brad at brad@truenortharchaeology.com
Aaron Mior, M.MA
Principal and Senior Archaeologist
Aaron Mior is a Principal and Senior Archaeologist with 16 years experience in Ontario archaeological consulting. He received a Bachelor of Arts Honours degree from the University of Toronto and a Master of Maritime Archaeology from Flinders University in Adelaide, Australia. Aaron is a Professionally Licensed Archaeologist and has held marine archaeological permits issued by the Ministry of Citizenship and Multiculturalism and Parks Canada Agency.
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Aaron has provided archaeological consulting services in Ontario for a variety of private and government clients, with experience excavating and recording pre-contact Indigenous land use and historical period sites on land and underwater. Through these projects he has developed a strong understanding of legislative requirements for the mitigation and protection of cultural heritage resources and implemented project specific strategies for many complex projects.
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Contact Aaron at aaron@truenortharchaeology.com
Erin Wilson Rangecroft, MA
Senior Archaeologist and Osteoarchaeologist
Erin Wilson Rangecroft is a Senior Archaeologist and osteoarchaeological specialist with 17 years of archaeological consulting experience. Erin has led an extensive portfolio of archaeological projects as project manager and field director in Ontario, Quebec, England, Egypt and Cyprus. She has developed a strong methodological background in faunal analysis and mortuary archaeological field techniques, in addition to experience in pre-contact and historical period archaeological excavations and site recording in urban and rural environments.
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Erin received her undergraduate degree in archaeology from Brock University and completed her MA degree in Osteoarchaeology at the University of Southampton (UK) where her research focused on osteoarchaeological approaches to palaeotrauma analysis.
Gabryell Kurtzrock Belyea, MA
Project Archaeologist
Gabryell Kurtzrock Belyea is a Project Archaeologist with 9 years experience as a consultant archaeologist in Ontario. She currently holds a Research License and has led field investigations for many pre-contact and historical period archaeological excavations with a focus on coordination with Indigenous Communities. Her experience as a field archaeologist for both governmental agencies and consulting firms spans across southern, eastern and northern Ontario, as well as Quebec, Nova Scotia and Newfoundland.
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Gabryell received her undergraduate degree in archaeology from Wilfred Laurier University, and completed her MA studies at the University of Western Ontario, specializing in Applied Archaeology. Her academic research focused on lithic analysis and resource procurement, laying the foundation for her methodological expertise in pre-contact lithic and ceramic analysis.
Randy Hahn, PhD
Project Archaeologist
As a professionally licensed archaeologist, Randy has worked as a Consultant Archaeologist in Ontario for over 9 years. An experienced field director and project manager, Randy has led both large and small projects through Stage 1 to Stage 4 for a wide range of projects in urban, rural and northern boreal forest contexts. He has also led several large complex overview assessments, including archaeological management plans for municipal clients in Ontario and a variety of projects on federal lands for national clients within the Province.
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Randy completed his BA degree at the University of Lethbridge majoring in Archaeology and Geography, and received his MA and PhD degrees in Anthropology from McGill University. In addition to his extensive experience in Ontario, Randy has participated in archaeological investigations in Alberta, British Columbia and Manitoba, as well as internationally in Israel and Peru.