Dr. Andrea Walsh joins CBC Radio's "Q" to speak about a new exhibit There is Truth Here: Creativity and Resilience in Children's Art from Indian Residential and Day Schools. The exhibition is now on display at the Museum of Vancouver.
Read more: Dr. Andrea Walsh: Exhibit at the Museum of Vancouver on the Q-CBC
Archaeologist Daryl Fedje discovers proof of habitation in the Haida Gawaii 13,000 years ago.
Read more: Archaeologist Daryl Fedje: Discovers historic Haida Gwaii find
The Department of Anthropology in the Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Victoria invites applications from Indigenous scholars in Anthropology or related disciplines. The appointment, effective July 1, 2020, will be made at the rank of Assistant or Associate Professor, with eligibility for tenure. Doctoral candidates within 12 months of degree completion are also invited to apply. If the successful applicant is a doctoral candidate, the appointment will be made at the rank of Lecturer. We are committed to active engagement in teaching and research of all our faculty members and encourage a diversity of approaches and perspectives.
Read more: Job: Assistant or Associate Professor in Anthropology—Indigenous Scholar
This is the International Year of Indigenous Languages. And today—the same day as the UN’s International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples—the global release of a new Google project is highlighting an initiative led by UVic anthropologist Brian Thom and Indigenous languages teacher yutustanaat Mandy Jones (Snuneymuxw First Nation).
An initiative led by anthropologist Brian Thom and Indigenous languages teacher yutustanaat Mandy Jones (Snuneymuxw First Nation) is a highlight of a new Google project featuring 55 Indigenous languages in 27 countries and was launched on the UN’s International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples.
A rare discovery during a field school in Greece set Jacob Engstrom on his path of self-discovery, “It’s an incredible feeling to hold something in your hand that hasn’t been seen in thousands of years,” explains Engstrom.
As part of the Ye'yumnuts project initiated by Cowichan Tribes in 2017, UVic anthropologist Brian Thom and his graduate students were invited to partner with Elders, school district staff and others to commemorate an ancient ancestral site in the Cowichan Valley and to develop interpretive materials and school curriculum resources.
Three of 10 prestigious 3M National Student Fellowships have been awarded to students in UVic's Faculty of Social Sciences. Cara Samuel (psychology), Maxwell Nicholson (economics) and Michael Graeme (anthropology and environmental studies) join seven others to become Canada's 3M fellowship recipients for 2018.
This May, the second annual REACH Awards will celebrate UVic scientists, scholars and artists for their extraordinary contributions in research and teaching—from a field school in Cuba to a performance atop a glacier in BC's interior.
UVic's "bone lady" retires after more than 30 years of student and community engagement. For more than 30 years, Becky Wigen has built one of the largest and most extensive collections of animal skeletons in the Pacific Northwest.
