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William (Bill) Fox has been active in Great Lakes region archaeology for over 50 years, obtaining an Honours B.A. and M.A. in Archaeology from the University of Toronto, and subsequently working for the Province of Ontario as an archaeologist for 19 years and with Parks Canada, as Chief of Archaeology for the Prairie and Northern Region of Canada for two more. During his Federal career, he worked as Superintendent for National Parks in the Western Arctic, and received various management awards while employed at Pacific Rim National Park Reserve on Vancouver Island. At present, Bill is an Adjunct Professor in the Anthropology Graduate Program at Trent University in Peterborough. Over the years, he has had the honour of working with First Nations communities across Canada and Inuit peoples throughout the Arctic. Upon his return to Ontario, he was presented with a J. Norman Emerson silver medal, the Ontario Archaeological Society’s most prestigious award. Bill has published 36 peer reviewed articles and co-authored 25 more, relating not only to North American archaeology, but also to eight seasons of survey in Cyprus. Current research involves Great Lakes Indigenous history, and geo-archaeology projects across the Northeast and in Mongolia.