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Martin Cooper has been involved in archaeology in Ontario for almost thirty years.
He received his Honours BA in Anthropology at the University of Western Ontario and his
MA at the University of Toronto, where he is currently completing his PhD. He is a
Partner and Senior Archaeologist with the firm. Martin has served as Project Director on
hundreds of single and multi-phased assessments: directed many of ASI's archaeological
assessments in northern Ontario, directed extensive archaeological
survey and excavation of seventeenth century Neutral Iroquoian sites in the Niagara
Peninsula, and directed the LaVase Portage Archaeological Project, a component of
Heritage North for the City of North Bay.
Martin has also directed several studies related to the development of models of
traditional native use and pre-contact archaeological site potential including the Master
Plan of Heritage Resources for the Temagami Planning District and for the Kawartha
Highlands Signature Site for the Ministry of Natural Resources.
Martin also served as Field Director of Archaeological Master Plans for the Town of
Richmond Hill and the Town of East Gwillimbury, Regional Municipality of York and he also
has considerable experience and expertise with Historic Euro-Canadian Sites. He was
Project Archaeologist for the oral history and archaeological survey components of the
Master Plan of Heritage Resources for Howland Township, Sheguiandah First Nation and the
Ojibways of Sucker Creek on Manitoulin Island.
Martin is the Executive Director of the Foundation for Public Archaeology and a former
Director of the Association of Professional Heritage Consultants. For the past ten years
he has been a member of the Board of Directors of Pele Mountain Resources Inc., a mineral
exploration company. He is currently the Director of Lands and Traditional
Use for Pele.
Mr. Cooper is an accomplished wilderness guide and student of traditional travel, having
journeyed by canoe and snowshoe throughout much of northern Ontario.
When Martin is not up north on business he can be found commuting to the office by
bicycle, birding, playing goal for Abbott of England in the Toronto Hockey Shticks Senior
Hockey League, or convening and coaching in the City of Vaughan Hockey Association.
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