by Bill Finlayson | Nov 1, 2019 | Reflections and My Early Experiences
The first phase in revitalizing Wilfrid Jury’s museum involved changing reporting responsibility for the museum as a non-academic unit of The University of Western Ontario. Under Wilfrid, the museum reported to the Office of the President, since the museum was...
by Bill Finlayson | Oct 11, 2019 | Reflections and My Early Experiences
In my recent blog entitled The 1975 Excavations at the Draper Site: Problem Solved, Opportunity Created, I described my decision to remain at The University of Western Ontario and tackle the challenge of revitalizing Wilfrid Jury’s Museum of Indian Archaeology and...
by Bill Finlayson | Sep 23, 2019 | Reflections and My Early Experiences
In the spring of 1973, I had finished writing my comprehensive examinations for my Ph.D. degree at the University of Toronto and was starting to think about finding a permanent job. I had two tentative offers of employment, one from Don MacLeod working for the Ontario...