Publications

Book Chapters

Pfeiffer S, and Fairgrieve SI (1994) Evidence from Ossuaries: The Effect of Contact on the Health of Iroquoians? In Clark Spenser Larsen and George R. Milner (eds.): In the Wake of Contact: Biological Response to Conquest. New York: Wiley-Liss, pp. 47-61.

Fairgrieve SI, and Molto E (1994) Burning Point: Canadian Case Studies of Intentionally Cremated Human Remains. In A. Herring, and L. Chan (eds.) Strength and Diversity: A Reader in Physical Anthropology. Toronto: Canadian Scholars Press Inc. pp. 385-402.

Fairgrieve SI (1999) Forensic Osteological Analysis: An Introduction. In S.I. Fairgrieve (ed.) Forensic Osteological Analysis: A Book of Case Studies. Springfield: Charles C. Thomas Publishers. pp. 3-9.

Fairgrieve SI (1999) Of Beasts and Humans: A Case of Recognition. In S.I. Fairgrieve (ed.) Forensic Osteological Analysis: A Book of Case Studies. Springfield: Charles C. Thomas Publishers. pp. 10-16.

Dupras TL, Schwarcz HP, and Fairgrieve SI (in press) Dining in the Dakhleh Oasis: Dietary Reconstruction using Stable Isotope Analysis. In M. Weisman (ed.) Proceedings form the Second Biannual Dakhleh Oasis Project Symposium.

Book Reviews

Fairgrieve, S.I. (1996) Review of: Skeleton Keys: An Introduction to Human Skeletal Morphology, Development, and Analysis by Jeffrey H. Schwartz, Oxford University Press, 1995. ISBN 0-19-505638-8. International Journal of Osteoarchaeology. 6(5): 517-519.

Fairgrieve, S.I. (2000) Review of: Dead Reckoning: The Art of Forensic Detection by Jon J. Nordby, CRC Press, 2000. ISBN 0-8493-8122-3. Canadian Society of Forensic Science Journal. 33(2): 92-93.

Books

Fairgrieve SI, Editor (1999) Forensic Osteological Analysis: A Book of Case Studies. Springfield, Illinois: Charles C. Thomas Publisher. ISBN 0-398-06963-8.

Fairgrieve SI and Oost TS (2001) Human Skeletal Anatomy Laboratory Manual and Workbook: Charles C Thomas Publisher, Springfield, Illinois. ISBN 0-398-07202-7.

Fairgrieve SI (n.d.) Forensic Cremation Recovery and Analysis: A Practical Guide. Taylor and Francis, CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL.

2005 Forensic Anthropology Report, Re. Human Skeletal Remains Recovered from Lively, City of Greater Sudbury, Ontario. Greater Sudbury Police Service Incident #SU01015038 for Dr. Raymond Sawkiw, Coroner, Sudbury Ontario. April 25, 2005.

2004 Forensic Anthropology Report, Re. Human Skeletal Remains Recovered from Woodstock, Ontario. Oxford Community Police Incident# OX04013648. Acting for Dr. Elizabeth Urbantke, Coroner, Woodstock, Ontario. September 20, 2004.

2004 Forensic Anthropology Report, Re. Human Remains Recovered from Nipigon Region, Ontario. Ontario Provincial Police Incident #TP04018053. Acting for Dr. David Legge, Regional Supervising Coroner, Northern Ontario. September 7, 2004.

2004 To date there have been 9 other consultations involving faunal remains.

2003 Forensic Anthropology Report, Re. Human Remains Discovered in a Private Residence, Markstay, Ontario. Ontario Provincial Police Incident #NP03070208. Acting for Dr. Peter Clarke, Regional Supervising Coroner, Eastern Ontario. December 2, 2003.

2003 There were 9 other consultations involving faunal remains for this year.

2002 Forensic Anthropology Report, Re. Human Skeletal Remains from Kenogamigg Lake, McKeown Township, Lot 9. Ontario Provincial Police Incident # RM02079906. Acting for Dr. D.G. Huggins, Coroner, Timmins, Ontario. July 30, 2002.

2002 There were 19 other consultations involving faunal remains for this year.

2001 Forensic Anthropology Report, Re. Night Hawk Lake Human Skeletal Remains. Ontario Provincial Police Incident # NP01013893. Acting for Dr. David Legge, Regional Supervising Coroner, Northern Ontario. September 24, 2001.

2001 Forensic Anthropology Report, Re. Human Cranium Found on Manitoulin Island. Report to the Ministry of Citizenship, Culture and Recreation. June 28, 2001.

2001 Forensic Anthropology Report, Re. Sault Ste. Marie Police Service. Faunal Remains Found Adjacent to Algoma University College.

2001 Forensic Anthropology Report, Re. OPP Case #316431-7 Faunal Remains Found in Kirkland Lake Region.

2001 Forensic Anthropology Report, Re. Greater Sudbury Police Service # 6482806. Human Remains Found in Nickel Offset Road Area, Chelmsford, ON. Acting for Dr. Peter Clarke, Regional Coroner, Northeastern Ontario. May 15, 2001. (Author: S. Fairgrieve)

2000 Forensic Anthropology Final Report, Re. OPP Case #210676-1: St. Joseph’s Island, Ontario. Acting for Dr. Barry McLellan, Regional Coroner, Northeastern Ontario. (Authors: S. Fairgrieve and T. Oost)

2000 Forensic Anthropology Report, Re. West Nipissing Police Service Case #412095: Human Skeletal Remains Discovered in Sturgeon Falls, Ontario. Acting for Dr. Jean Anawati, Coroner, Sturgeon Falls, Ontario.

2000 Forensic Anthropology Report, Re. O.P.P. Case #283346-5: Human Skeletal Remains Discovered in Chapleau Region, Ontario. Acting for Dr. Frank Broomhead, Coroner, Chapleau, Ontario.

2000 Forensic Anthropology Report, Re. O.P.P. Case #1214-93-00715: Human Skeletal Remains Discovered in Kirkland Lake Region, Ontario. Acting for Dr. Mark Spiller, Coroner, Kirkland Lake Region.

2000 Forensic Anthropology Report, Re. O.P.P. Case #258657-1: Human Skeletal Remains Recovered from Georgian Bay at the French River, Ontario. (Authors: S. Fairgrieve and T. Oost). Acting for Dr. Barry McLellan, Regional Coroner, Northeastern Ontario.

2000 Forensic Anthropology Report, Re. O.P.P. Case #246285-5: Additional Human Cranium and Skeletal Elements Recovered in Burk’s Falls, Ontario. Acting for Dr. Barry McLellan, Regional Coroner, Northeastern Ontario.

2000 Forensic Anthropology Report, Re. O.P.P. Case #246285-5: Human Cranium Recovered in Burk’s Falls, Ontario. Acting for Dr. Barry McLellan, Regional Coroner, Northeastern Ontario.

2000 Forensic Anthropology Report, Re. O.P.P. Case #236645-4: Human Skeletal Remains, Havilland Bay, Ontario, Plane Crash, June 3, 1969. Acting for Dr. Barry McLellan, Regional Coroner, Northeastern Ontario.

2000 Forensic Anthropology Report Re, O.P.P. Case #246285-5: Additional Human Cranium and Skeletal Elements Recovered in Burk’s Falls, Ontario. Acting for Dr. Barry McLellan, Regional Coroner, Northeastern Ontario.

2000 Forensic Anthropology Report, Re. OPP Case #246285-5: Found Human Cranium, Burk's Falls, Ontario. Acting for Dr. Barry McLellan, Regional Coroner, Northeastern Ontario.

2000 Forensic Anthropology Report, Re. OPP Case #237785-0: Found Human Skeleltal Remains, Parry Sound, Ontario. Acting for Dr. Barry McLellan, Regional Coroner, Northeastern Ontario.


2000 Forensic Anthropology Analysis, Re. OPP Case #210676-1: St. Joseph’s Island, Ontario. Acting for Dr. Barry McLellan, Regional Coroner, Northeastern Ontario. (Status: Ongoing).

1999 Forensic Osteological Recovery, Re. OPP Case #210676-1: St. Joseph’s Island, Ontario. Acting for Dr. Barry McLellan, Regional Coroner, Northeastern Ontario.

1999 Forensic Anthropology Report, Re.: Anishinabek Police Service, Garden River Detachment #99-6788 Found Human Remains. Acting for Dr. Barry McLellan, Regional Coroner, Northeastern Ontario.

1999 Forensic Anthropology Report, Re.: Ontario Provincial Police, Project Gold Ribbon. Prepared for Detective Inspector W.J. (Jim) Wilson, Criminal Investigation Bureau, Ontario Provincial Police, General Headquarters.

1999 Forensic Anthropology Report, Re.: Toronto Police Service, Exhumation of Buried remains at LaSalle Cemetery, Sudbury, Ontario. Acting for Dr. Barry McLellan, Regional Coroner, Northeastern Ontario.

1999 Forensic Anthropology Report, Re.: Ontario Provincial Police, Sudbury Region, Incident #192599-2. Human Mandible found in Lake Wanapitei, Ontario. Acting for Dr. Barry McLellan, Regional Coroner, Northeastern Ontario.

1999 Forensic Anthropology Report, Re.: Ontario Provincial Police, Timiskaming Region, Incident #185464-4. Human Skeletal Remains found on “Pumpernickel Island”, Watabeag Lake, Ontario. Acting for Dr. Barry McLellan, Regional Coroner, Northeastern Ontario.

1999 Forensic Anthropology Report, Re.: West Nipissing Police Service, Incident #347700 acting for Dr. Barry McLellan, Regional Coroner, Northeastern Ontario.

1998 Forensic Anthropology Report, Re.: Recovery of Decomposed Remains, for Elliot Lake Police Service, Incident #67376-7. (Authors: S. Fairgrieve,
and T. Oost)

1995 Forensic Anthropological Assessment of Individual Skeletal Element for Sudbury Regional Police Service, Incident # 3422594.

1995 Forensic Anthropological Assessment of Skeletal Elements, for Ontario Provincial Police, Incident # 1313951270-0.

1994 Forensic Anthropology Report On: Maxillary Fragment from 85 Front Street, Sudbury. SRPS Incident # 3031298.

1992 Forensic Anthropology Final Report: The Charred Human Skeletal Remains Found at 1394 Sunnyside Road, Sudbury, Ontario; Sudbury Regional Police Incident Number 1933296.

1992 Forensic Anthropology Preliminary Report: The Charred Human Skeletal Remains Found at 1394 Sunnyside Road, Sudbury, Ontario; Sudbury Regional Police Incident Number 1933296.

1991 Fragmentary Human Skeletal Remains Found at the Lasalle Street Roman Catholic Cemetery. A Report for the Sudbury Regional Police Criminal Investigation Unit. August 21, 1991.

1991 The Spruce River Road Skeletal Remains, A Forensic Report on Human Skeletal Remains Discovered North of Thunder Bay, Ontario, April 25, 1991. Prepared for the Thunder Bay Police Department, with Dr. JE Molto, Department of Anthropology, Lakehead University.

1990 “OSTEOSCIENCE” Forensic Report on Found Skull, Case No. 09-C1-214-90, Ontario Provincial Police, Belleville, Ontario. (Authors: Fairgrieve, Gruspier, and Melbye).

1990 The Human Remains of the Saunaktuk Site. In: CD Arnold (ed.): Archaeological Investigations at Saunaktuk. (Authors: Melbye and Fairgrieve).

June 18-19, 2001.
Subpoena to testify at the trial of Mr. Richard Armstrong charged with one count of first degree murder and one count of second degree murder of Sean Barrett and Melody Lopez on St. Joseph Island, Ontario.

June 19, 2000.
Preliminary hearing subpoena concerning the matter of Richard Armstrong, charged with one count of first degree murder and one count of second degree murder of Sean Barrett and Melody Lopez on St. Joseph Island, Ontario.

January 12, 1993.
Evidence given for the prosecution at the Preliminary Hearing of Steven Lynn charged with the second degree murder of James Moffat of Sudbury.

May 27, 1993.
Evidence given for the prosecution at the Trial of Steven Lynn, charged with the second degree murder of James Moffat of Sudbury.

2005 Fire and Death: Forensic Analysis of Fire Victims. Scott I. Fairgrieve. Invited Presentation as part of the Explore Science Series, Science North, Sudbury, Ontario. February 16, 2005.

2005 Forensic Analysis of Cremated Remains: Scene Recovery Considerations and Analysis. Scott I. Fairgrieve and Jim Goodwin. Invited Paper presented at the 14th Annual Meeting of the Ontario Association of Fire Chiefs, Toronto, ON. April 29, 2005.

2005 Forensic Science and the Real CSI. Scott I. Fairgrieve. Invited paper presented to the 15th Annual Meeting of Ontario Crime Stoppers Association, Sudbury, ON. May 23, 2005.

2003 Identification of the Unknown Child from the Titanic: Dental Evidence.B. R. Pynn1, K.C. Titley1, R Chernecky1, J. T. Mayhall1, E. Molto2, C. Matheson22, R. Parr2, A. Ruffman3. Faculty of Dentistry, University of Toronto1, ON; Lakehead University Genesis Genomics Inc., Thunder Bay, ON2; Geomarine Associates Ltd., Halifax, NS3. Paper presented at the 50th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Forensic Science. Vancouver, B.C. March 25-29.

2003 Forensic Recovery of Skeletal Remains. (Author: S.I. Fairgrieve) Invited Workshop Presentation to the 17th Annual Toronto Police Service Forensic Identification Seminar.

2002 Working towards genetic analysis of an “unknown child” from the 1912 RMS Titianic Disaster (Authors: Parr, R., Ruffman, A., Molto, E., Junnila, A., Lahti, A. Hildebrandt, C., Praymak, R., Vernon, K., Greenblatt, C., Maki, J., Fairgrieve, S., Oost, T., Lindfelt, O., Vaughn, M., Labrum, M.J., Pynn, B., and Matheson, C.D.) Poster presentation at the 6th International Conference on DNA and Associated Biomolecules, Tel Aviv, Israel, July 21-25, 2002.

2002 Forensic Recovery of Skeletal Remains. (Author: S.I. Fairgrieve) Invited Workshop Presentation to the 16th Annual Toronto Police Service Forensic Identification Seminar.

2001 Canadian Police College Senior Forensic Identification Course - Workshop presentation on Forensic Anthropology. Canadian Police College, Ottawa, ON.

2001 Forensic Recovery of Skeletal Remains. (Author: S.I. Fairgrieve) Invited Workshop Presentation to the 15th Annual Toronto Police Service Forensic Identification Seminar.

2000 Timeless Tomb: Stable Carbon Isotope Evidence for Tomb Reuse in the Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt. (Authors: T.L. Dupras, S.I. Fairgrieve, and H.P.
Schwarcz) Paper to be presented at the 69th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists.

2000 Forensic Cremation Recovery and Analysis. (Author: S.I. Fairgrieve) Invited presentation to the 14th Annual Toronto Police Service Forensic Identification Seminar. Toronto, Ontario, April 4, 2000.

2000 Workshop in recovery consideration of cremated human remains.
(Presenters: S.I. Fairgrieve and T.S. Oost) Invited workshop for the Toronto Police Service Forensic Identification Seminar. Toronto, Ontario, April 4, 2000.

1999 Infant feeding practices in Roman Egypt: Evidence frm the Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt. (Authors: T.L. Dupras, H.P. Schwarcz, and S.I. Fairgrieve).
Paper presented at the 68th Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists. Columbus, Ohio, May 1, 1999.

1998 Forensic Cremation Analysis. Invited Paper presented to the Michigan -- Ontario Identification Association. Sudbury, Ontario, September 25, 1988.

1997 Cribra orbitalia: Diachronic patterns and interpretations from the ‘Ein
Tirghi and Kellis Cemeteries. (Authors: S.I. Fairgrieve and E. Molto, Lakehead). Presented at the Second Dakhleh Oasis Project Research Seminar, Toronto, June 16-20.

1996 Mass Disasters: An Integrated Approach. Invited paper presented to the 25th Annual meeting of the Emergency Nurses Association of Ontario.Sudbury, Ontario.

1996 Applications of Fractal Analysis to Forensic Science. (Authors: S.I. Fairgrieve, and B.H. Kaye). Paper presented at the 48th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences.Nashville, Tennessee.

1995 Fractal Characterization of Cortical Bone Histology and Age at Death.(Authors: S.I. Fairgrieve, and B.H. Kaye). Paper presented at the 42nd Annual Meeting of the Canadian Society of Forensic Science. Toronto, Ontario.

1995 Characterizing the Structure of Porous Bodies by Various Techniques.(Authors: B.H. Kaye, S.I. Fairgrieve, and G. Clark). Paper presented at the 26th Annual Meeting of the Fine Particle Society. Chicago, Illinois.

1995 Applications of Fractal Image Analysis to Forensic Anthropology. Paper presented to the 47th Annual Meeting of the American Academy of Forensic Sciences, Seattle, WA. February 13-18.

1994 Problems with the Analysis of Cremated Dental Remains: Determining Positive Identification. Paper presented at the First Annual Midwest Bioarchaeology Conference, Sept. 30- Oct. 2, Madison, Wisconsin.

1993 Amino Acid Analysis of Cribra Orbitalia in a Sample from the Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt. Paper presented at an invited symposium entitled, “Life After Death on the Nile: Reconstructing Human Evolution and Adaptation in Ancient Egypt and Nubia.” Twenty-first Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology, St. John’s, Newfoundland.

1993 Enigmatic Lesions of the Facial Skeleton Associated with Cribra Orbitalia.(Author: Fairgrieve) Poster Presentation at the Twentieth Annual Meeting of the Paleopathology Association. April 13-14, 1993, Toronto, Ontario.

1992 Etiological Considerations for Cribra Orbitalia in the Dakhleh Oasis, Egypt. Paper presented at an invited symposium entitled, “Life After Death on the Nile: Reconstructing Human Evolution and Adaptation in Ancient Egypt and Nubia.” Twenty-first Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology, St. John’s, Newfoundland.

1992 Evidence from Ossuaries: Did Contact Affect the Health Status of Iroquoians? (Authors: Pfeiffer and Fairgrieve) Invited paper , The Frontiers of Biocultural Adaptation: A Columbian Quincentenary Symposium to be held at the 61st Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists, 1-4 April, 1992, Las Vegas, Nevada. Clark Spenser Larsen and George R. Milner, Organizers.

1991 Paleopathology Association: “Ecological Aspects of Porotic Hyperostosis from Egypt’s Western Desert.” (Author: Fairgrieve and Molto).

1987 Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology. Paper: “The Pasamyo Crania of the Hutchinson Collection: A Pathological and Nutritional Assessment.” (Author: Fairgrieve).

1986 Canadian Archaeological Association. Paper: “The Evidence for Violence at the Saunaktuk Site.” (Authors: Melbye and Fairgrieve).

1986 Paleopathology Association.Paper: “Mutilation and Cannibalism in the Canadian Arctic.” (Authors: Melbye and Fairgrieve).

1985 Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology. Paper: "Trauma in an Inuit Sample from Saunaktuk." (Authors: Melbye and Fairgrieve).

Invited Public Lectures

1988 Toronto Academy of Medicine, Toronto, Ontario. “Nutritional Pathology in a Peruvian Population.”

1988 Montclair Senior School, Oakville, Ontario. “Archaeology of Ontario.”

1989 Oakville Trafalgar Secondary School, Oakville, Ontario. “Physical Anthropology: The Story that Bones Tell.”

1991 Westwood Secondary School, Mississauga, Ontario. “Forensic Anthropology: Applications in Southern Ontario.”

1993 Public Forum on Forensic Science. Science North, Sudbury, Ontario.

1993 Toronto Academy of Medicine, Toronto, Ontario. “Great Expectations:Pitfalls of Forensic Cremation Analysis.”

1994 Oakville Trafalgar Secondary School, Oakville, Ontario. “Forensic Anthropological Investigation.”

1999 April 13, 1999. Invited lecture to the Ontario Dental Nurses and Assistants Association, Sudbury and District Affiliate. “The Dental Evidence from the James Moffatt Homicide” (Co-presenters: S. Fairgrieve and S/Sgt. Dave Linney of Sudbury Regional Police Service).

1999 October 26, 1999. Invited to give two lectures to ANT 3811/3815 Introduction to Forensic Science. Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario. “Lec. #1 Case Studies in Canadian Forensic Anthropology; Lec. #2 Fingerprint Analysis in the Forensic Sciences.”

2000 February 8, 2000. Invited lecture to the Department of Anthropology, Binghamton University, Binghamton, N.Y. “Forensic Anthropology: The Casework - Research Connection.”

2000 March 9, 2000. Invited lecture to FSY 239Y Introduction to Forensic Sciences. Erindale College, University of Toronto at Mississauga. “Forensic Cremation Analysis.”

2000 Laurentian University Public Lecture Series: Chilled to the Bone: Forensic Anthropology Cases from Northern Ontario. Invited lecture given at Science North Cavern, Sudbury, Ontario