Dr. April Nowell quoted in an article in Nikkei Asia
Dr. April Nowell quoted in an article in Nikkei Asia
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News and events
Dr. Brian Thom and Canada History Week video
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.
Anthropology of Sound class hosting event at Royal BC Museum
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
Read more: Anthropology of Sound class hosting event at Royal BC Museum
Employment Opportunity
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.
Congratulations - Dr. Rob Hancock has been named a Research Affiliate at the Rupertsland Centre
Congratulations - Dr. Rob Hancock (ANTH/IACE) has been named a Research Affiliate at the Rupertsland Centre for Métis Research
Our PhD student Luke Kernan discusses the topic of Psychosis Narratives in a CFUV Interview
Our PhD student Luke Kernan has discussed the topic of Psychosis Narratives in this "Beyond The Jargon" episode.
Congratulations to Dr. Rob Hancock on being the recipient of Campus Kudos
Congratulations to Dr. Rob Hancock on being the recipient of Campus Kudos!
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Congratulations to Dr. Alexandrine Boudreault-Fournier on being the recipient of Campus Kudos
Congratulations to Dr. Alexandrine Boudreault-Fournier on being the recipient of Campus Kudos!
Qw'an Qw'anakwal - To Come Together
University of Victoria Legacy Art Galleries and two on-campus locations spotlight visual arts for all—including a decade-spanning retrospective of Salish artists who have been visiting artists in the Department of Anthropology.
2021
- Congratulations to our MA student Shane Doddridge
- Dr. Tatiana Degai a featured speaker in Virtual Language Conference
- Congratulations to Dr. Ammie Kalan on her published paper in Ecological Informatics
- Dr. Brian Thom quoted in London School of Economics and Political Science Article
- Congratulations to Dr. Erin McGuire
- Congratulations to Dr. Stephanie Calce for receiving a SSHRC Insight Development grant
- Launching the newly revised website for the UVic Anthropology Ethnographic Mapping Lab
- Congratulations to Dr. Iain McKechnie on a new publication
- Congratulations to our MA student R.C. Costain
- A recent publication that our PhD candidate Robert Gustas and Dr. Iain McKechnie are co-authors on is featured in the Science journal
- Congratulations to our PhD student William Campbell
- Welcome to our new Banting post doctoral scholar Dr. Kristina Barclay
- Congratulations to Dr. Erin McGuire as the recipient of the 2021 Award for Teaching
- Dr. April Nowell's interview on CBC Radio and article in the Victoria News
- Congratulations to our PhD candidate Luke Kernan
- Congratulations to our PhD candidate Robert Gustas on receiving a 2021 President’s Fellowship in Research-Enriched Teaching
- Congratulations to Dr. April Nowell on her newest book
- Congratulations to our students on being recognized as UVic Anthropology’s 2021 Outstanding Graduating Anthropology Student
- MA student Lydia Toorenburgh speaks about her new role as the Tri-Faculty Indigenous Resurgence Coordinator
- CBC interview with Dr. Stephanie Calce
- Congratulations to Dr. Stephanie Calce on a successful online event
- A feature news story highlighting the work of Dr. Brian Thom and the GID Field School
- Congratulations to our Rising Stars
- Congratulations to Dr. Alexandrine Boudreault-Fournier on being awarded a Collaborative Health Grant
- Dr. Iain McKechnie discusses the new domestic dog research in the Hakai magazine
- Dr. Brian Thom mentioned in Times Colonist article
- "The Real Neanderthal", CBC Gem, Nature of Things
- Dr. Andrea Walsh's work with the children’s art at residential schools and day schools mentioned in this article
- Congratulations to Dr. Brian Thom on an invited chapter in the Oxford Handbook of Law and Anthropology
- The Nature of Things, The History of Neanderthals
- Dr. April Nowell in Wired Magazine
- CBA sponsored webinar, Wed, Jan 27, 7-8pm
- Congratulations to Dr. Brian Thom on his new role as Interim Director for Indigenous Nationhood.
- Dr. April Nowell cited in a National Geographic Article
- Congratulations to Dr. Brian Thom on his article in Anthropologica
2020
- Congratulations to our PhD student Luke Kernan
- Congratulations to our PhD candidate student Alisha Gauvreau and Adjunct Faculty Duncan McLaren and Daryl Fedje
- Research of our PhD candidate Tommy Happynook Jr.
- Congratulations to our ANTH MA student Lydia Toorenburgh
- Article by Duncan McLaren
- Congratulations to our PhD student Jeremy Beller on the successful defense of his dissertation
- Dr. Iain McKechnie mentioned in an article in National Observer
- PhD Defence: Jeremy Beller: November 13, 2020
- Congratulations to Brian Thom (UVic Anth) and Sarah Morales (UVic Law) on their new chapter in a University of Toronto Press book
- Join the free event Bridge divides at the Victoria Forum
- Congratulations to Dr. April Nowell on a chapter in the new edited volume "Rethinking Darkness"
- Congratulations to Dr. Quentin Mackie on 25 years of service at UVic
- Congratulations to Dr. Stephanie Calce to Dr. Ann Stahl on their Awards
- More media coverage on discoveries of ancient wool dog
- Congratulations and Welcome to new Anthropology faculty members
- More news coverage on our MA Student, Dylan Hillis' research
- Volume 17 of PlatForum: Journal of Graduate Students in Anthropology (UVic) is now out
- Nuu-chah-nulth newspaper covers story on extinct breed of wooly dog found in Tseshaht archeological dig
- Congratulations to Dr. Alexandrine Boudreault-Fournier and Kyle Devine
- MA Student Dylan Hillis and Darrell Ross talk on All Points West
- Congratulations to our MA student Dylan Hillis and the other authors on their recent article in the Scientific Reports
- Congratulations to Dr. Karoline Guelke
- Congratulations to Dr. Rob Hancock
- Orange Shirt Day - Sep 30
- ANTH & SOSC Students Co-op Info Session, September 15
- Dr. Alison Murray cited for her work in Discovery magazine
- Congratulations to Dr. Iain McKechnie
- Starting at UVic this Fall?
- Congratulations to Dr. Andrea Walsh on receiving an SSHRC Insight grant
- Dr. April Nowell in New Scientist article
- Congratulations to our MA student Jennifer Argan
- Congratulations to Dr. Ann Stahl and Dr. Stephanie Calce
- Students who volunteer this summer are now eligible for the new Canada Student Service Grant
- Congratulations to our alumnus John Murray on his early view paper
- Congratulations to Dr. Daromir Rudnyckyj
- Congratulations to Dr. Brian Thom
- Dr. Alexandrine Boudreault-Fournier and Sue Frohlick COVID-19 project is now part of the Great Indoors UVic website.
- Congratulations to our alumnus Jacob Earnshaw
- On The Island with Gregor Craigie - an interview with our PhD candidate, Genevieve von Petzinger
- Congratulations to Celeste Macevicius on receiving a Mitacs Award
- Check out updates to Undergrad FAQ
- Congratulations to Dr. Andrea Walsh, 2020 recipient of the BC Achievement Community Award
- Congratulations to Emeritus Professor Lisa Gould
- Congratulations to PhD candidate Ebrahim Karimi
- Congratulations to Dr. Ann Stahl
- Check out the Anthropology Summer Courses
- Patty Hajdu brings anthropology, public health experience to coronavirus fight
- Congratulations to all the 2020 Excellence/Lansdowne Award recipients
- Congratulations to Alumni Callum Abbott, MA
- March 17, 2020 ASBC Lecture - CANCELLED
- Dr. Brian Thom and Ethno Lab in Scout Report
- Check out the Anthropology Summer Courses
- Podcast produced by Anthropology students
- JCURA Research Fair, March 4
- ANTH MA student, Lydia Toorenburgh is giving a talk on Feb 26
- Dr. April Nowell, Article in Scientific American, Feb 19
- Dr. Brian Thom interview on CBC Radio
- January 28: ASBC - New Evidence for Coast-Plateau Basketry Connections
- Anthropology January 2020 Newsletter
2019
- Dr. Quentin Mackie, Dr. Duncan McLaren and Mr. Daryl Fedje: Smithsonian Magazine
- Dr. Brian Thom: Coastal Gaslink pipeline issue
- Congratulations Chris Hebda on your successful MA defense Defence
- Holiday must reads: Anthropology December newsletter
- Dr. Deniz Unsal: Museum Management and Curatorship
- Dr. Iain McKechnie: Great Victoria is an archaeology hotspot
- December 2: Anthropology of the City - Quadra Village Community
- Tonight: RBCM Prof. Marcello Canuto
- AAA-CASCA: Dr. Wickwire's Missing Canadian Anthropologist
- Dr. Nowell and PhD candidate Genevieve von Petzinger: New Scientist
- November 19: Anthropology Co-op student panel
- November 25: PhD candidate Marla Mackinnon
- November 18: Alumnus John Murray
- November 5: Anthropology Field School information session
- November 5: ASBC Lecture with Dr. Andrea Wolter
- What's new: November newsletter
- October 17: Dr. Daromir Rudnyckyj - round-table discussion at CAPI
- October 17: Cuba 2020 Field School information session
- Congratulations: Alumni Emily Thiessen
- Dr. Andrea Walsh: Exhibit at the Museum of Vancouver on the Q-CBC
- Archaeologist Daryl Fedje: Discovers historic Haida Gwaii find
- September 24: Lansdowne Lecture: Dr. Nicole Truesdell
- ASBC: Coast Salish root garden
- Dr. Andrea Walsh and Dr. Celeste Pedri: Island Day School photos and art coming home
- Dr. McKechnie: Smithsonian Magazine
- Job: Assistant or Associate Professor in Anthropology—Indigenous Scholar
- Dr. Thom: Google Earth Voyager project
- Dr. McKechnie: Archaeology Magazine - Evidence of Geoduck in Tseshaht Village
- Dr. Calce: Forensic field Course simulates graves
- July 28: Archaeology Day at Point Ellice House
- Genevieve von Petzinger, PhD student: Denisovan artwork
- Job: Assistant Professor in Bio-Anthropology
- Dr. April Nowell: Molecular techniques and blood residues
- Dr. Andrea Walsh: Globe and Mail
- Dr. Rudnyckyj: Max Planck keynote
- Caitlin Craig: Identifying Esquimalt Harbour's artifacts
- Emily Thiessen: Cover of Anthropology News
- Congratulations Thea Monique Lamoureux on your successful MA defense
- Congratulation Maya Cowan on your successful MA defense
- April 17: ANTH hosts Lets Talk Science
- April 23: Meaghan Efford - ASBC
- Dr. Andrea Walsh: Vancouver Museum exhibition opens
- Congratulations 2019 Currents in Anthropology winners
- April 2019 Newsletter: Hot off the press
- March 28: Professor emeritus Prabhat Patnaik
- April 1: Lucy Bell, RBCM
- This summer take an Anthropology course
- Dr. Deniz Unsal: On line tour of Turkey's newest museum
- Alumna: Alexandra Lloyd published in CAPI
- Dr. McKechnie: Recipient of a CFI grant
- Dr. Daromir Rudnyckyj: CBC interview
- March 19: ASBC New Approaches to Old Data
- Alumna: Nicole Smith - Clam Gardens
- Dr. Rudnyckyj: CBC Beyond Debt: Islamic Experiments in Global Finance
- JCURA 2019: Caitlin Craig, Larissa Dixon and Mikaila Hogan
- Dr. April Nowell: CBC News Paleo Diet
- Dr. Quentin Mackie: Hakai Magazine
- February 25: Meaghan Efford
- Hallie Rounthwaite: Co-op Student of the Year
- Dr. McKechnie and Jacob Earnshaw (MA UVic): American Association for the Advancement of Science
- February 19: ASBC Lecture and Meeting
- February 25: Anureet Lotay - Family Matters
- March 4: Prof. Daromir Rudnyckyj - Book Launch
- Congratulations Anthropology Rising Stars
- Dr. April Nowell: Inverse Science and Ancient Peoples
- Dr. Erin McGuire: Whim rules the Child
- Curl up with the February Newsletter
- February 13: Field School Night
- February 1: Deadline to apply. Employment: 2019-20 Limited Term Appointment in Biological Anthropology
- February 4: Dr. Michael Asch - Book launch
- Dr. Andrea Walsh: Mk'Mip children's art
- January 30: Paleolithic Painting
- Alumna Aurora Skala: Virtual Rock Art Exhibit
- Dr. Daromir Rudnyckyj: Public Books
- Dr. April Nowell: New Scientist
- January 2019 Newsletter
2018
- Times Colonist: Dr. Katherine Cook
- Congratulations Jenny Francoeur
- Congratulations Justin Fritz
- Congratulations Charlene Mohammed
- Congratulations Colton Vogelaar on your MA defense
- November 23: TC interviews ANTH 303 student Lydia Toorenburgh and Dr. Alexandrine Boudreault-Fournier
- Saturday November 16: RBCM - Bridging Victoria
- November 28: Distinguished Women Scholars Lecture - Dr. Sabrina Doyon
- Just published: Dr. April Nowell
- November 14: Yoga for Archaeology
- November 21: ASBC November lecture
- Congratulations Dr. Diedre Ann Cullon
- Have a midterm break: November's Undergraduate Newsletter
- Dr. Daromir Rudnyckj: Religion and the Morality of the Market
- 2018 Archaeological Field School in Barkley Sound, Western Vancouver Island
- Iain McKechnie: Interviewed for the Hakai Magazine
- Andrea Walsh: Member of Canada's Venice Biennale of Architecture
- Find your final exam time
- October 25: UVic Experimental Archaeology Club Meeting
- November 9: Deadline to apply for the 2018 Cuba Field School
- HeARTspace: Marion Selfridge, PhD student talks about the new pop up gallery
- Charlene Mohammed, MA student: Published in SAPIENS
- October 10: Opening of heART space
- October 19: Coffee with Dr. Helen Kurki
- Dr. Andrea Walsh: Times Colonist interview
- September 30 - There is Truth Here: Creativity and Resilience in Children's Art from Indian Residential and Day Schools
- September 26: Archaeological Society of BC - lecture and AGM
- September 27: UVic Experimental Archaeology Meeting
- Iain McKechnie: New video featuring the 2017 Barkley Sound Field School
- Congratulation Dr. Iain McKechnie: Discovery Grant recipient
- September 8-10: Organized Sound Symposium
- Alisha Gauvreau, PhD student: In the News
- Start of your term with the September Newsletter
- Congratulations to our Anthropology students who have defended this summer.
- August 31: Sharonne Specker - MA defence
- Dr. Andrea Walsh: shortlisted for the Professor Sir David Watson Award
- Quentin Mackie, Duncan McLaren and Daryl Fedje: Science Magazine
- Dr. April Nowell: Discovery Magazine
- August 28: Joshua A. Hazelbower - MA defence
- August 11: Julia Meyers, MA defence
- August 14: Jennifer Robinson, PhD defence
- August 2: John Murray MA defence
- Congratulations Ursula Abramczyk on your MA defence
- Congratulations on your MA defences: Kelda Helweg-Larsen and Shereen Kukha-Bryson
- Congratulations Nick Wees on your MA defence
- Ashley Hopper and the first annual Sidney Comic Book Festival
- Congratulations to alumna: Dr. Pedri-Spade
- Last flintknapping session of the term is Wednesday May 3 at 5pm in Cornett B250
- CBC: Residential School Survivor reunited with painting
- April 7: Sonoptica Film Festival 2017
- Alisha Gauvreau, PhD student in the Vancouver Sun: Ancient BC site uncovered
- Dr. Duncan McLaren and Daryl Fedje: Decouvert Radio Canada Television
- Dr. Matwychuk: Times Colonist review on Victoria's affordable housing crunch
- Interested in trying flint knapping?
- Congratulations Dr. Andrea Walsh: 2017 Provost's Engaged Scholar recipient
- Congratulations JCURA winners: Michael Graeme, Melanie Heizer and Dalton Pagani
- Congratulations: Cynthia Korpan, INTD PhD student, Winner of the Educational Developer Leadership Award
- Dr. Andrea Walsh: Times Colonist interview on the dark echoes of residential schools
- March 11: 7th Latin America Research Group Workshop
- Join us Saturday March 11: Currents in Anthropology Conference
- Congratulations John Murray, MA Candidate: 2016 Andy Farquharson Award recipient
- March 9: Dr. Monika Winarnita, 2017 UVic Author Celebration
- Dr. Duncan McLaren and Dr. Darcy Mathews (alumnus) winners of the Ecological Society of America's William Skinner Cooper Award
- Deadline March 1: Get your applications in for the Barkley Sound Archaeology Field School
- March 8: Lansdowne Lecture: Dr. Robert Hogg
- March 6: Visual storytelling: A glimpse into world-changing research
- March 7: Reconciliation and resurgence: How Indigenous artists are re-imagining the story of Canada
- March 7: On being here to stay, together
- Brian Thom: Spoke with the Gazette on Douglas Treaties
- February 15: Deadline Social Sciences Field Course Student Support Fund
- March 11: Currents in Anthropology 2017 - your research - your passion
- February 2: Improve your flintknapping skills
- Research Assistant Job: Ethnographic Mapping Lab
- February 9: Discover your major passion
- February 1: Barkley Sound Archaeology Field School Information Session
- January 23: Mapping The Jewish Cemetery in Victoria
- January 23: Community Mapping Showcased - Ethnographic Mapping Lab
- Site name
- Accepting applications soon: 2017 Barkley Sound Archaeological Field School
2017
- Times Colonist: Dr. Katherine Cook
- Congratulations Jenny Francoeur
- Congratulations Justin Fritz
- Congratulations Charlene Mohammed
- Congratulations Colton Vogelaar on your MA defense
- November 23: TC interviews ANTH 303 student Lydia Toorenburgh and Dr. Alexandrine Boudreault-Fournier
- Saturday November 16: RBCM - Bridging Victoria
- November 28: Distinguished Women Scholars Lecture - Dr. Sabrina Doyon
- Just published: Dr. April Nowell
- November 14: Yoga for Archaeology
- November 21: ASBC November lecture
- Congratulations Dr. Diedre Ann Cullon
- Have a midterm break: November's Undergraduate Newsletter
- Dr. Daromir Rudnyckj: Religion and the Morality of the Market
- 2018 Archaeological Field School in Barkley Sound, Western Vancouver Island
- Iain McKechnie: Interviewed for the Hakai Magazine
- Andrea Walsh: Member of Canada's Venice Biennale of Architecture
- Find your final exam time
- October 25: UVic Experimental Archaeology Club Meeting
- November 9: Deadline to apply for the 2018 Cuba Field School
- HeARTspace: Marion Selfridge, PhD student talks about the new pop up gallery
- Charlene Mohammed, MA student: Published in SAPIENS
- October 10: Opening of heART space
- October 19: Coffee with Dr. Helen Kurki
- Dr. Andrea Walsh: Times Colonist interview
- September 30 - There is Truth Here: Creativity and Resilience in Children's Art from Indian Residential and Day Schools
- September 26: Archaeological Society of BC - lecture and AGM
- September 27: UVic Experimental Archaeology Meeting
- Iain McKechnie: New video featuring the 2017 Barkley Sound Field School
- Congratulation Dr. Iain McKechnie: Discovery Grant recipient
- September 8-10: Organized Sound Symposium
- Alisha Gauvreau, PhD student: In the News
- Start of your term with the September Newsletter
- Congratulations to our Anthropology students who have defended this summer.
- August 31: Sharonne Specker - MA defence
- Dr. Andrea Walsh: shortlisted for the Professor Sir David Watson Award
- Quentin Mackie, Duncan McLaren and Daryl Fedje: Science Magazine
- Dr. April Nowell: Discovery Magazine
- August 28: Joshua A. Hazelbower - MA defence
- August 11: Julia Meyers, MA defence
- August 14: Jennifer Robinson, PhD defence
- August 2: John Murray MA defence
- Congratulations Ursula Abramczyk on your MA defence
- Congratulations on your MA defences: Kelda Helweg-Larsen and Shereen Kukha-Bryson
- Congratulations Nick Wees on your MA defence
- Ashley Hopper and the first annual Sidney Comic Book Festival
- Congratulations to alumna: Dr. Pedri-Spade
- Last flintknapping session of the term is Wednesday May 3 at 5pm in Cornett B250
- CBC: Residential School Survivor reunited with painting
- April 7: Sonoptica Film Festival 2017
- Alisha Gauvreau, PhD student in the Vancouver Sun: Ancient BC site uncovered
- Dr. Duncan McLaren and Daryl Fedje: Decouvert Radio Canada Television
- Dr. Matwychuk: Times Colonist review on Victoria's affordable housing crunch
- Interested in trying flint knapping?
- Congratulations Dr. Andrea Walsh: 2017 Provost's Engaged Scholar recipient
- Congratulations JCURA winners: Michael Graeme, Melanie Heizer and Dalton Pagani
- Congratulations: Cynthia Korpan, INTD PhD student, Winner of the Educational Developer Leadership Award
- Dr. Andrea Walsh: Times Colonist interview on the dark echoes of residential schools
- March 11: 7th Latin America Research Group Workshop
- Join us Saturday March 11: Currents in Anthropology Conference
- Congratulations John Murray, MA Candidate: 2016 Andy Farquharson Award recipient
- March 9: Dr. Monika Winarnita, 2017 UVic Author Celebration
- Dr. Duncan McLaren and Dr. Darcy Mathews (alumnus) winners of the Ecological Society of America's William Skinner Cooper Award
- Deadline March 1: Get your applications in for the Barkley Sound Archaeology Field School
- March 8: Lansdowne Lecture: Dr. Robert Hogg
- March 6: Visual storytelling: A glimpse into world-changing research
- March 7: Reconciliation and resurgence: How Indigenous artists are re-imagining the story of Canada
- March 7: On being here to stay, together
- Brian Thom: Spoke with the Gazette on Douglas Treaties
- February 15: Deadline Social Sciences Field Course Student Support Fund
- March 11: Currents in Anthropology 2017 - your research - your passion
- February 2: Improve your flintknapping skills
- Research Assistant Job: Ethnographic Mapping Lab
- February 9: Discover your major passion
- February 1: Barkley Sound Archaeology Field School Information Session
- January 23: Mapping The Jewish Cemetery in Victoria
- January 23: Community Mapping Showcased - Ethnographic Mapping Lab
- Site name
- Accepting applications soon: 2017 Barkley Sound Archaeological Field School
2016
- February 9: Dr. Iain McKechnie talks about ancient fish and fishing in BC
- Studies in shallow graves: The Ring
- Dr. Lisa Gould warns lemur's survival threatened
- Dr. Helen Kurki: The real reasons why childbirth is so painful and dangerous
- Dr. Gould: Is the ring-tailed lemur going the way of the dodo?
- Congratulations VÉRONIQUE PLANTE on your successful MA defence.
- Alumnus Nic Healey: Honours paper published
- Congratulations: MA student, Charli Mohammed, winner of the 2016 Student Research Fellowship
- Study break? December 2016 Undergraduate Newsletter
- December 1: De-stress before exams by smashing rocks!
- Dr. April Nowell: Stone Age Kitchenware
- Genevieve von Petzinger PhD candidate: In UVic News
- Mark McIntyre, MA student: Auto Rewind
- Dr. Ann Stahl: Archaeology Magazine
- Dr. April Nowell: Archaeology Magazine
- November 8: ASBC presents Cameron Robertson
- Dr. Andrea Walsh: Outstanding Achievement by the BC Museums Association award nomination
- Final Exam Timetable
- October 27: Coffee with Dr. Quentin Mackie
- Dr. Andrea Walsh: Out of the Frame - Salish Printmaking at Legacy Downtown
- Dr. April Nowell: Rhino blood and Rex the Party Pig - CBC As it happens
- Congratulations Brandy Kosiancic and Hailey McLeod: Film chosen for a film festival in Poland
- Archaeology field school digs deep in Nuu-chah-nulth territories
- September 20: Archaeological Society of BC Lecture - Morley Eldridge
- Dr. Duncan McLaren and Dr. Darcy Mathews: Indigenous Peoples enhanced environment
- Congratulaitions Celeste Pedri on your successful - Final Oral Examination for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy
- Congratulations on your successful MA defence: Raviv Litman
- Congratulations Nicholas Smith on your successful MA defence
- Congratulations on your successful MA defence Katharine Neale
- Congratulations on your successful MA defence: Janelle Kuntz
- Congratulations Dr. April Nowell and team for your discovery of 250, 000 year old butchering tools.
- Congratulations Katrina Kosyk on your successful MA defence
- Read Meaghan Efford, ANTH BA honours paper - Arbutus Review
- Dr. Lisa Gould: Back story of cute baby lemur
- Congratulations Elizabeth Hagestedt: 2016 Andy Farquharson Award for Excellence in Graduate Student Teaching
- Congratulations Dr. Erin McGuire: Winner of the 2016 Excellence in Teaching for Experiential Learning award
- Congratulations Charlie Mohammed: Award winner of the CAPI Crossing Borders Scholarship
- 2016 National Geographic Emerging Explorer: Genevieve von Petzinger, PhD candidate.
- Congratulations Jude Isabella (2009 ANTH/Writing) on your National Magazine nomination
- May 3: Myriam Gerber, MA Final Oral Examination
- 7 Films: Stimulate-Reflect-Surprize
- April 27: Jacob Earnshaw, MA Final Oral Examination
- Holly Cecil: The Bare Bones - Zooarchaeology at the University of Victoria
- April 19: ASBC lecturer - Alex Lausanne
- April 21: Emma Blinkhorn, Final Oral Examination, MA
- Dr. Erin McGuire: Winner of the Excellence in Teaching for Experiential Learning award
- April 18: Stephanie Calce, Final Oral Examination PhD
- April 17: Book Launch - More Than One Street
- April 7: Dr. Iain McKechnie and Dr. Chris Neufeld
- Marion Selfridge: Cellphones a lifeline for street youth
- April: Anthropology Newsletter
- April 7: Marion Selfridge, MSW, PhD student
- April 5-6: Sonoptica Media Festival
- April 6: Anthropology Honours Student Conference
- March 30: Medieval Archaeology Research Fair
- Tatiana Degai: Exlporing the lives of the Indigenous people of Russia's Pacific Coast
- Congratulations: Winners from the 2016 Currents in Anthropology Conference
- Dr. Lisa Gould: National Geographic article on lemurs
- In Memorium: Professor Emeritus Donald H. Mitchell
- March 15: Jacob Earnshaw MA student
- March 9: Anthropology students at JCURA
- Dr. Erin McGuire: Making knowledge stick
- March 14: Grad School Information Night
- March 4: Currents in Anthropology - 2nd Annual Student Research Conference
- May 31: Deadline for Honours Program 2016-2017 applications
- March 2016 Undergraduate Newsletter
- March 8: Andrea Walsh - Getting Personal
- Thursday, February 25: Anthropology Field School Information Night
- 2016 ASBC Events
- March 1: Deadline for Barkley Sound Archaeological Field School
- February 17: Karoline Guelke, PhD candidate and Tourism in Peru
- Available now: Preliminary exam timetable
- Times Colonist Opinion Editorial: Dr. Daromir Rudnyckyj
- Dr. Erin McGuire'a blog on teaching and anthropology for the UofT press
- February 6: "Ice Age Art & the Origins of Graphic Representation"
- March 21: Summer Session registration starts
- February 4: Tea with Dr. Daromir Rudnyckyj
- Interview with Dr. Tara Clarke, Alumna
- February 2: Archaeological field school info session: Barkley Sound 2016
- January 28: Katrina C. Kosyk lectures on Ancient Costa Rican Musical Instruments and Shamanistic Practices
- Summer 2016 Anthropology courses
- Summer 2016: Dynamic learning in the field
- January 21: Dr. Monika Winarnita, Post Doc. Dancing the Feminine
- Alumnus Dr. Darcy L. Mathews' talk: FROM CAMAS TO CLAMS: COAST SALISH AND HEILTSUK ETHNOECOLOGY AT THE MONUMENTAL SCALE
- ASBC January 19 behind the RBCM scenes tour for members. Join now and sign up.
- Congratulations Julia Lacy on your successful MA Oral Examination
- Congratulations Betsy Hagestedt: Recipient of the 2015 Andy Farquharson Teaching Excellence Award for Graduate Students
- Happy Anthropologists read New Year's Newsletter
2015
- Dr. Nowell presents Paleo Porn for TEDx
- Bradshaw Foundation showcases Alumna Aurora Skala
- Why did the chicken cross the street? Read the December newsletter
- Congratulations Nicholas Healey: 2015 SUNTA Undergraduate Paper winner
- Ruth Benedict Prize for Best Edited Book: Dr. Leslie Butt and Dr. Monika Winarnita
- Wanted: An Anthropology MA Student to work on Digital Media in Cuba
- Genevieve von Petzinger: TED Talk goes live
- November 17: ASBC presents CANYON WAR
- Dr. Andrea Walsh: Healing through connection
- November 16: Dr. Matwychuk - International Education Week
- November 2015: UG Newsletter - Be in the know
- November 2: Cuba Field School applications due
- Final Exam Timetable
- 2015 Archaeology Field School on Calvert Island
- November 5: Double premiere: Fabrik Funk and The Eagle
- Read all about it: October 2015 Newsletter
- October 20: ASBC Lecture and Meeting
- November 5: Anthropology Honours Program - Information Session
- cancelled - October 20:Dr. Peter Stephenson teaches course: Stress and Sudden Unexplained Death
- October 13: Field Schools Information Session
- October 13: Cuba Field School 2016 information session
- October 6-9: Digital Drawing Tablets Workshops - Free
- October 1: An Anthropology of Religious Persecution: Trigger, Stereotype, and Special Procedure
- September 29 at 7:00pm: ASBC AGM and Film Screening of “Impact of the Frolic”
- Student Research Assistant Wanted: Graphic Icon Designer
- Fishing for the first Americans: Quentin Mackie, Daryl Fedje and Duncan McLaren
- Leslie Butt talks with the RING about children without states
- Apply before September 10: co-op position with Parks Canada this Fall term
- New to Anthropology? Come meet your department on September 21
- Dr. Lisa Gould is quoted in Scientific American about threats to the ring-tailed lemur
- Genevieve von Petzinger, PhD candidate asks, Did early humans communicate with cave signs?
- New Courses in Anthropology for 2015-2016
- Have faculty members Duncan McLaren and Daryl Fedje found North America's oldest human footprint?
- Aurora Skala, MA candidate exposes early rock art in BC
- Dr. Leslie Butt talks with CBC about the impact of migration on children in southeast Asia
- Globe and Mail reports on Dr. Andrea Walsh's work with Port Alberni Residential School Survivors and theTRC
- Stephanie Calce, PhD candidate talks with CHEK news about the search for a clandestine grave
- Hakai: The Archaeology Story
- Joyce Underwood (February 16, 1948 - May 18, 2015)
- CBC The National: PhD candidate Genevieve von Petzinger and Dr April Nowell
- NEW Summer Course: Forensic Anthropology
- Nancy Turner, Hakai Chair in Ethnoecology: Clam gardens call into question First Nations hunter-gather past
- Dr. Lisa Gould appointed to AJPA editorial board
- Congratulations to Alumna Dr. Danielle Macdonald (MA Anthropology Uvic 2007) on her tenure track position!
- Good week for Alumna Jude Isabella: The Tyee and The New York Times!
- CBC interviews Duncan McLaren about the Sea Level Hinge and Persistent Places
- May 15 deadline: Apply for 2015-2016 JCURA
- New UVIC Libraries Student Scholarship: Deadline May 31
- Call for volunteers: Forensic Anthropology Day
- June 11-13 Migration Conference at UVIC
- Congratulations to Dr. Tara Clarke (Ph.D. Anthropology Uvic 2015)
- National Georgraphic turns to Dr. April Nowell
- CBC show cases Genevieve von Petzinger, PhD candidate's Eureka Moment!
- Congratulations to the Award Winners at Currents in Anthropology
- Congratulations to Tara Clarke on her Final Oral Exam, PhD
- PhD candidate Tara Clarke's interview on CBC
- CHEK News visits Anthropology
- Tara Clarke: Final Oral Exam for PhD
- March 13: You're invited to the Currents in Anthropology Conference
- Dr. April Nowell talks with the TC about Anthropology's IdeaFest on Saturday March 7
- Dr. Brian Thom responds to Facebook's challenges of some Native names legitimacy
- Saturday, March 14, 12 noon: Dr. Josiah Heyman, Experiences at the U.S. - Mexico Border
- Today March 4: Jamie Cassels Undergraduate Research Awards, Congratulations Anthropology Winners!
- March 6: Eric Peterson, Tula Foundation and Hakai Institute
- March 5: Melanie Callas, MA student competes in the finals for the- 3 Minute Thesis
- Stella Wenstob's Final Oral Examination for MA: Friday February 27
- Celebrate National Anthropology Day: February 19th
- March 7: Try it ! Hands on Anthropology
- Undergraduate Newsletter welcomes 2015
- Top 14 essays downloaded in 2014: Dr. Daromir Rudnyckyj's
- Dr. Marianne Nicolson, Alumna 2013 recent artwork: The Rivers Monument was unveiled at the Vancouver Airport.
- Chair Ann Stahl invites you to meet the 2015 Annual AAA Meeting Program and Site Committee
- Dr. Susan Crockford discusses Polar Bear populations with the Financial Post
- Darcy Mathews talks about First Nations' Cemeteries with the Globe and Mail
- Dr. Melanie Chang explores Human Evolution at recent TEDx talk
- Check Anthropology Labs starting dates this term
- Eric McLay, PhD student and archaeologist talks with Focus about Grace Islet
- Happy New Year 2015
2014
- Tree bearing Christmas Wishes burst into bloom
- Alexandrine Boudreault-Fournier interviewed about the changes to US and Cuba diplomatic relations
- Congratulations to Sarah Chisholm Fletcher on her Final Oral Exam, PhD
- Anthropology's primatologists produce the First Annual Lemur Rescue Calendar
- Last Newsletter for 2014
- Congratulations to Anthropology's 2014 Scholarship Winners!
- Check out the Anthropology November Newsletter
- Aviva Lessard on CBC about Soundscapes at the RBC Museum
- SPECIAL EVENT: Soundscapes at the RBC Museum Friday night
- Adjunct Dr. Susan Crockford in the Victoria News
- MA student Matthew Bullock on the EPAB dig at the ancient site of Eleon, Greece
- Vikings in the Northern Sphere: Grant Keddie from RBC, November 18 at 7:30pm
- Congratulations to Jenny Cohen on her successful Master's oral examination
- Congratulations to all the graduating Anthropology students!
- MA student Amy Becker and Honours student Sharonne K. Specker write for The ARBUTUS Review
- PhD student Betsy Hagestedt talks about Digital Humanities and Anthropology
- New community-university engagement network
- Hakai Research Exchange 2014
- Tara Fraser's article, Vikings: Lives Beyond The Legends
- Exhibition: We Are All One
- Alexandrine Boudreault-Fournier debates social media and 2014 World Cup
- Brian Thom presents at Geo4Good2014
- Alumna: Jude Isabella videos Elephants at risk: Guardian
- Ancient technology, meet the future of underwater archaeology: The RING
- Watch: Canada's oldest archaelogical find unearthed on Haida Gwaii with Quentin Mackie and Daryl Fedje
- Salish Reflection: Coast Salish Art and Artists on Campus
- September 22: Ancient technology, meet the future of underwater archeology
- Alumna: Jude Isabella nominated for Canadian Science Book Prize
- Globe and Mail: Underwater discovery near Haida Gwaii could rewrite human history
- Vancouver Sun: Quentin Mackie and team may have found the earliest evidence of human habitation in Canada
- Dr. Brian Thom on CBC's Up North about Google mapping for First Nations
- April Nowell and Melanie Chang: Anthropology Looking beyond notion of erotica in prehistoric art
- Dr. Erin McGuire Lectures at the RBC Museum
- ASBC archaeology lecture
- Rachel Flowers: Final MA Oral Examination
- Anthropology hosts Google Mapping Workshop with 70 First Nations members
- September 17: Continuing Education offers Forensic Course
- Viking Age skill-building at the Royal BC Museum: Ring
- Vikings in Iceland Talk with Dr. Erin McGuire on August 9
- Monday August 11: Final MA Oral Examination: Tia Hiltz
- Amanda Cooke Final MA Oral Defence on August 6
- Darcy Lane Mathews: Final Oral Examination will be held Thursday, July 31 at 10:00
- Globe and Mail: Google Earth Outreach, Stz'uminus First Nation elder Ray Harris and Dr. Brian Thom start mapping territories
- Jody Weir: Final Oral Examination on July 10, 2014 - note time and room change
- CBC interviews Anthropology's archaeologist, Eric McLay on Grace Islet
- Gulf Island dig reveals surprising insights into First Nations 1,000 years ago
- Read about Dr. Nancy Turner's new book on ethnobotany in FOCUSonline.
- Workshops on Flintknapping and Stone Tool Technologies on June 15
- Listen to Dr. Erin McGuire's input on Vikings in the magazine Canada's History
- Read Celeste Pedri, PhD student's recent article in "Decolonization: Indigeneity, Education & Society"
- Dr. Erin McGuire lectures on Vikings at the Royal BC Museum, Thursday May 29
- Dr. Lisa Gould talks about Lemur conservation after the IMAX showing of Island of Lemurs
- Genevieve von Petzinger, PhD student places in the top 25 SSHRC Storytelling contest
- Anthropology Doctoral students attend the first SSHRC Migration Master Class at UVic
- See ANTH Co-op student Justine Drummond's term project on Margaret Peterson in the McPherson Library
- Read Province's interview with PhD candidate Darcy
- Gulf Island Field School: Applications accepted until March 28
- Hot off the press: Dr. Asch's "On Being Here To Stay: Treaties And Aboriginal Rights "
- New Summer Courses: Living Technologies and Perishable Goods.
- Take the ferry to UBC the Archaeology Day on March 15
- Thursday, March 13 at 4:30: Dust and Bones - Ancestral Burial Sites of the Coast Salish
- Camosun Connect: March 27
- Sarah-Louise Decrausaz, MA candidate runner up in the 3MT
- Alumna Jude Isabella writes "Outside the Cave"
2013
- Thank you to the UVic Donors who support our graduate students.
- Bunny Bombing: A Social Practice Art Project
- How I Spent my Summer Vacation
- Genevieve von Petzinger on CBC Radio One All Points West, October 24
- Sarah-Louise Decrausaz MA student wins Davidson Black Prize at CAPA 2013
- Royal BC Museum gets creepy for Halloween on October 25
- Sold Out: Dr. Brian Thom, Dean's Lunch Time Lecture Series
- Shrew eating study earns an Ig Nobel Prize for 2013
- Support for Indigenous mapping initiatives
- PhD student Dee Sanders Cullon wins SSHRC graduate scholarship
2012 and earlier
For archive news older than September 2013, see the Anthropology News Archives.