News and events

Congratulations to Dr. Daromir Rudnyckyj on a recent publication of a Turkish edition of his book - Beyond Debt.

CBC article on our alumna Letitia Pokiak

In case you missed Dr. Nowell's talk on "Growing Up in the Ice Age: Were children drivers of human cultural evolution?" here is a recording of it.

Congratulations to Dr. Ammie Kalan on her published article in Conservation Letters.

Dr. April Nowell is giving a talk on her book as part of the U of Liverpool's series on Evolutionary Anthropology on Jan 13, 2022 (9 am Pacific, 5 pm UK).

Congratulations to our alumna Letitia Pokiak (MA '20) who was awarded the 2021-2022 Western Association of Graduate Schools (WAGS) and ProQuest WAGS/ProQuest Distinguished Master's Award in Humanities, Social Sciences, Education, and Business winner

Our alumna, Maya Cowan is doing her PhD at Binghamton University, looking at how cultural values shape the financial world.

Congratulations to Dr. Alison Murray on her new paper in Early View

The Department of Anthropology at UVic is hiring! We invite applications from scholars who self-identify as Black for a tenure-track appointment in the area of Sociocultural Anthropology in the field of critical health, inequality and wellness. New deadline: January 24, 2022

Archaeologists Have Unearthed Exciting Secrets on Haida Gwaii. New research published in Hakai Magazine, features Dr. Quentin Mackie and Dr. Daryl Fedje.

Dr. April Nowell quoted in an article in Nikkei Asia

Our faculty member Prof Brian Thom was part of the team that made this new Canada History Week video on the 1906 trip of Chief Joe Capilano (Squamish), Chief Charley Tsulpi’multw (Cowichan), Chief Basil David (Shuswap), and Simon Pierre (Katzie) to petition the King of England.

Our Anthropology of Sound class will be hosting The After Hours event: 'Listen Up' at the Royal BC Museum on Thursday evening, November 25, 7:00 to 8:30pm