world premiere of 阿根廷vs墨西哥竞猜 professor's vimy ridge project airs on history television
upon request from the canadian department of national defence, matheson headed a multidisciplinary team comprising university colleagues tal fisher and david ratz, geneticists, forensic archaeologists, genealogists, and historians on an excursion to identify the soldiers' remains.
"this piece shows the process involved in determining the identities of the soldiers and telling their stories," says fisher, bio-archaeology laboratory technician with lakehead's department of anthropology. "we worked closely with the company while the piece was being developed, which made the experience that much more moving for everybody involved."
ratz, sessional history lecturer, recalls how the investigation team worked with an amazing collection of evidence. "we walked the 1917 battlefield in such close proximity to vimy ridge; we analyzed the remains, the associated artefacts, and the historical records." team members also traced family histories, contacted living kin, and examined dna evidence.
history television will air the documentary at 8:00 p.m. on monday, november 5.
click here to learn more about the piece.
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media: tal fisher and david ratz are available for media interview, but are only able to speak about their personal experiences with the project. please contact heather scott to arrange interview times. for additional information about this media release, please contact: heather scott, communications officer, 807-343-8177, commun@lakeheadu.ca; or eleanor abaya, director of communications, 807-373-8372, eabaya@lakeheadu.ca.
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