Congratulations to Dr. Erin McGuire
Congratulations to Dr. Erin McGuire - one of the recipients of the 2023 West Coast Teaching Excellence Awards: https://bctlc.ca/announcing-the-recipients-of-the-2023-west-coast-teaching-excellence-awards/
Congratulations to Dr. Erin McGuire - one of the recipients of the 2023 West Coast Teaching Excellence Awards: https://bctlc.ca/announcing-the-recipients-of-the-2023-west-coast-teaching-excellence-awards/
Paper co-authored by hiininaasim Tommy Happynook, an Indigenous scholar, ḥawił (hereditary leader) from Huu-ay-aht First Nations, and our assistant professor on how indigennous principles can improve biodiversity science and management.
Congratulation to our faculty hiininaasim Tommy Happynook and Iain McKechnie and our PhD student Dylan Hillis on co-authoring a paper on "Disrupting and diversifying the values, voices and governance principles that shape biodiversity science and management".
Congratulations to Dr. April Nowell, whose book "Up in the Ice Age: Archaeological and Fossil Evidence for the Lived Lives of Plio-Pleistocene Children" has been shortlisted for the European Archaeological Association book prize.
Congratulations to Dr. Daromir Rudnyckyj and his team of volunteers for putting on a successful 2023 Biennial conference of the Society for the Anthropology of Religion.
Our PhD student Mavis Underwood and Dr. Brian Thom were interviewed on CBC Radio this morning about the significance of the upcoming UVic - Tsawout 2023 archaeology field school.
Read more: CBC Radio interview with Mavis Underwood and Dr. Thom
New story on our upcoming fieldschool.
Read more: ȾEL ̧IȽĆE: Dig into the past to shape the future
Port Alberni Valley Museum exhibit: GEORGE CLUTESI: ḥašaḥʔap / ʔaapḥii / ʕac̓ik / ḥaaʔaksuqƛ / ʔiiḥmisʔap A stunning and powerful new exhibit exploring the legacy of George Clutesi through his art, scholarly work & human rights activism.
Congratulations to Dr. Nowell on receiving the Distinguished Lansdowne Fellow award.
Read more: Dr. Nowell - Distinguished Lansdowne Fellow award
Dr. Brian Thom was interviewed by Vancouver Sun on the issue of birth certificates with traditional names.
Read more: Indigenous parents express hope as B.C. issues birth certificate with traditional name
Our MA student Shane Doddridge received the "The Best Masters Paper Award 2023" at the annual conference of the Canadian Association of Geographers.
First Nation and UVic researchers to uncover ancient Indigenous village in Cordova Bay
Congratulations to Dr. April Nowell on the interview with NPR
Read more: Congratulations to Dr. April Nowell on the interview with NPR
Congratulations to Dr. April Nowell on an essay she wrote for Aeon.
Read more: Congratulations to Dr. April Nowell on an essay she wrote for Aeon
Congratulations to Dr. Ann Stahl on her new book "Why it matters: Archaeology"
The SAR (Society for the Anthropology of Religion) Biennial Conference will be hosted by UVic’s Department of Anthropology May 12-14, 2023
Read more: SAR Biennial Conference will be hosted by the ANTH Department in May
Dr. April Nowell commented on a story in the journal Science on her support for a new study from Germany on the complexity of hunting strategies and social organization among Neandertals.
Read more: Dr. April Nowell commented in the journal Science
Dr. April Nowell provided some expert perspective on this cave art study for Science News article.
Live Science interview with Dr. April Nowell.
Dr. Helen Kurki joined CBC's national science program "Quirks & Quarks" to discuss mammalian gestation periods.