View awards opportunities and recipients for our faculty members, students, and postdoctoral fellows.
Faculty
Our faculty are deeply engaged in mentoring graduate and undergraduate students. They have won numerous awards for their teaching, as well as being recognized nationally and internationally for their research.
| Sabina Magliocco | Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, UBC Anthropology Student Association | 2020 |
| Sara Shneiderman | Exemplary Graduate Student Mentor, UBC Anthropology Graduate Student Association | 2020 |
| Shaylih Muehlmann | Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, Anthropology Student Association | 2012 |
| Vinay Kamat | Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, UBC Anthropology Student Association | 2011 |
| Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, UBC Anthropology Student Association | 2010 | |
| Gaston Gordillo | Killam Teaching Award, University of British Columbia | 2008 |
| Zhichun Jing | Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, UBC Anthropology and Sociology Student Society | 2007 |
| Michael Blake | Killam Teaching Award, University of British Columbia | 2006 |
| Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, UBC Anthropology and Sociology Student Society | 2006 | |
| Bruce Miller | Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, UBC Anthropology and Sociology Student Society | 2006 |
| Vinay Kamat | Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Award, UBC Anthropology and Sociology Student Society | 2005 |
| Alexia Bloch | UBC Anthropology and Sociology Undergraduate Society Teaching Award | 2004 |
| Patrick Moore | UBC Anthropology and Sociology Undergraduate Society Teaching Award | 2004 |
| William McKellin
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Award for Excellence in Medical Education, British Columbia Children’s and Women’s Hospitals
UBC Killam Teaching Prize |
2002
1998 |
| Bruce Miller | Weaver-Tremblay Prize for Applied Anthropology, awarded by Canadian Anthropology Society | 2020 |
| Shaylih Muehlmann | Guggenheim Scholar, The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | 2020 |
| Vinay Kamat | Dean of Arts, Faculty Research Award | 2019 |
| Sabina Magliocco
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SSHRC Insight Grant: "Fairy Tale Justice in Old and New Media: Transforming Wonder." Co-PI with Prof. Pauline Greenhill, University of Winnipeg
Canadian Foundation for Innovation, John R. Evans Leaders Fund award (CFI-JELF) |
2019
2019 |
| Zhichun Jing | Golden Cauldron Award, National Congress of Chinese Archaeology | 2018 |
| Mark Turin | Killam Faculty Research Fellowship | 2018 |
| Wall Scholar, Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies | 2018 | |
| Carole Blackburn | Early Career Scholar, Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies, | 2016-2017 |
| Michael Blake | Society for Economic Botany Mary W. Klinger Book Award for Maize for the Gods (University of California Press 2015), outstanding book in Economic Botany/ Ethnobotany | 2017 |
| Alexia Bloch | UBC, Dean of Arts, Faculty Research Awards | 2017 |
| Patrick Moore | Award for Public Outreach and Community Service, Society for Linguistic Anthropology, November | 2017 |
| Patricia Shaw | The Ken Hale Award, The Society for the Study of the Indigenous Languages of the Americas (SSILA) | 2017 |
| Sara Shneiderman | Wall Scholar, Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies | 2017 |
| James Fisher Prize for First Books on the Himalayan Region, awarded by the Association for Nepal and Himalayan Studies | 2017 | |
| Wade Davis | Member, Order of Canada | 2016 |
| Grand Prize of the Salon du Livre de Montagne for Les Soldats de L’Everest, 26th Passy Mountain Book Festival, Passy, France | 2016 | |
| Gaston Gordillo | Honorable Mention, Society for Humanistic Anthropology’s Victor Turner Prize for Ethnographic Writing for Rubble: The Afterlife of Destruction (2014, Duke University Press) | 2016 |
| Susan Rowley | Michael M. Ames Award, Committee for Museum Anthropology of the American Anthropological Association | 2016 |
| Darlene Weston | Award for Most influential article published in BMC Evolutionary Biology in 2015 for the article, “The ancestral shape hypothesis: an evolutionary explanation for the occurrence of intervertebral disc herniation in humans,” | 2016 |
| “Kiem” Award, Koninklijke Nederlands Vereniging voor Microbiologie for best microbiology paper of 2015 with a Dutch first author (Ziesemer KA) for “Intrinsic challenges of ancient microbiome reconstruction using 16S rRNA gene amplification,” Scientific Reports 5, 16498
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| Jennifer Kramer | Canada Prize in the Humanities, Federation for Social Sciences and Humanities for Native Art of the Northwest Coast a History of Changing Ideas (co-edited by Charlotte Townsend-Gault, Jennifer Kramer and Ki-ke-in (UBC Press 2013) | 2015 |
| Susan Rowley | History Alive! the Governor General's History Award for Museums | 2015 |
| Charles Redd Award of the Western Museums Association for Exhibition Excellence | 2015 | |
| Patricia Shaw | UBC Dean of Arts Award | 2015 |
| Gaston Gordillo | Wall Scholar, Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies | 2014 |
| Leslie Robertson | Canadian Committee on Women’s History Book Prize, Best book in Women’s and Gender History for 2 years. Canadian Historical Association, for Standing Up with Ga’ax̱sta’las. | 2014 |
| Darlene Weston | National Award for Scientific Investigation, Cuban Academy of Sciences, for archaeological work on the site of El Choro de Maita, Cuba. | 2014 |
| Jennifer Kramer | Early Career Scholar, Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies | 2013 |
| Leslie Robertson | Co-winner, K.D. Srivastava Prize Office of the Vice-President Research and UBC Press, for Standing Up with Ga’ax̱sta’las | 2013 |
| Canadian Historical Association Congress award for Standing Up with Ga’ax̱sta’las | 2013 | |
| American Society for Ethnohistory Canadian Aboriginal History Book Prize for Standing Up with Ga’ax̱sta’las | 2013 | |
| Canadian Historical Association Clio Book Prize for Standing Up with Ga’ax̱sta’las | 2013 | |
| ‘Exemplary Title, American Association of University Presses.’ University of Washington Press | 2013 | |
| Andrew Martindale
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Early Career Scholar, Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies
Winner of K.D. Srivastiva Prize for Excellence in Academic Publishing |
2012
2012 |
| Shaylih Muehlmann | Ton Vallen Award, Babylon: Center for the Study of Multicultural Society, Tilburg School of the Humanities, for the article “Von Humboldt’s Parrot: The Countdown of Last Speakers in the Colorado Delta,” | 2012 |
| Bruce Miller
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Oral History on Trial: Recognizing Aboriginal Narratives in the Courts
Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Language, Culture and the Environment |
2011
2011 |
| Gaston Gordillo | Guggenheim Scholar, The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation | 2010 |
| Charles Menzies | Honorable Mention, Columbus International Film and Video Festival award for Weather the Storm (2008) | 2009 |
| Shaylih Muehlmann | Winner of the University of California Press/Public Anthropology Publishing Competition | 2009 |
| Patricia Shaw | The Legacy of Hope Foundation, Ottawa, The Musqueam MIB-UBC FNLG program was selected for national best practices in language revitalization | 2009 |
| Alexia Bloch | Killam Faculty Research Fellowship | 2006 |
| Leslie Robertson | George Ryga Award for Social Awareness in Literature for In Plain Sight: Reflections on Life in Downtown Eastside Vancouver | 2006 |
| Gaston Gordillo | American Ethnological Society’s Sharon Stephens Book Award for Landscapes of Devils: Tensions of Place and Memory in the Argentinean Chaco (Duke University Press, 2004) | 2005 |
| Vinay Kamat | Early Career Scholar, Peter Wall Institute of Advanced Studies | 2005 |
| Charles Menzies | Jury Award, Society for Visual Anthropology Film Festival Award for Film Productions for The View from Gitxaala and Returning to Gitxaala | 2005 |
| Gaston Gordillo | Early Career Scholar, Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies | 2004 |
| Alexia Bloch | Early Career Scholar, Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies | 2003 |
| Zhichun Jing | Canada Research Chair in Asia-Pacific Archaeology, Canada | 2002 |
Students
Awards
Graduate awards
The following awards are assigned by the Department of Anthropology on a merit basis to students that meet the eligibility requirements for each individual award. Students do not need to apply for these awards, as nominations are submitted by faculty members and adjudicated by the departmental Student Awards Committee.
Michael Ames Scholarship in Museum Studies
A scholarship of $3,900 has been endowed by the volunteers of the Museum of Anthropology Shop and friends in honour of Dr. Michael Ames, Director of the Museum from 1974 to 1997. The award is offered to a student in Museum Studies.
Charles and Alice Borden Fellowship for Archaeology
A $13,850 fellowship has been endowed by Dr. Charles E. Borden, Professor Emeritus of Archaeology. The fellowship is awarded to a candidate in the program leading to the Ph.D., in Archaeology. Preference is given to a candidate whose thesis is concerned with problems related to the archaeology and cultural history of the Pacific Northwest. A candidate may also be considered whose thesis topic is concerned with problems pertaining to the archaeology and prehistory in any area of the Old or New World.
Wilson Duff Memorial Scholarship
A scholarship of $1,200 has been endowed in memory of Professor Wilson Duff, a member of the Faculty who worked extensively in the field of Indigenous history and culture. The award is available to a student in the Faculty of Arts or Law, who is doing work in the field of Indigenous history and culture. Preference is given to a student of Indigenous ancestry.
Francis Reif Scholarship
A $3,250 scholarship has been made available through an endowment established for a graduate student in the Department of Anthropology. Preference is given to a student who intends to pursue graduate work in the study of Northwest Coast Indigenous art.
Sentinel Prize in Anthropology
A prize totalling $700 has been endowed by members of the fan club of "The Sentinel", a television production filmed on campus.
AGSA-AGSC Travel Award
MA and PhD students are eligible to apply for reimbursements of up to $500 for travel and conference expenses. This award is typically given to six applicants each academic year. Students may only receive this award once during their program.
*the value of each award may vary on an annual basis
Julie Cruikshank Award for Best Graduate Student Paper
The Julie Cruikshank Award is given to the best term paper submitted in an anthropology (ANTH or ARCL) course. This award is given in honour of Julie Cruikshank, one of our most accomplished professors (now emerita).
David Aberle and Kathleen Gough Award in Applied Anthropology
Undergraduate awards
The Department of Anthropology recognizes undergraduate excellence with two annual awards:
The Julie Cruikshank Award is given to the best term paper submitted in an anthropology (ANTH or ARCL) course. This award is given in honour of Julie Cruikshank, one of our most accomplished professors (now emerita).
The Hawthorn Award is given to the best undergraduate Honours thesis. This award recognizes the founding anthropologist of the department, Harry Hawthorn. Award recipients receive a $50 UBC Bookstore gift card.
UBC also has several awards for which anthropology students are eligible:
The Lui Lin Ping Memorial Scholarship ($1200) is offered to an undergraduate student in the final year of study in international relations, anthropology or geography whose studies are concerned with advancing cross-cultural understanding and who has achieved distinction in written work related to cross-cultural studies. The award is made on the recommendation of the Faculty of Arts in consultation with the respective departments.
The International Undergraduate Awards in Psychology, Anthropology and Commerce are generously supported by an anonymous donor, and total $3000 in a given year. They recognize undergraduate international students in any year of study majoring in Psychology or Anthropology, or who are pursuing a Bachelor of Commerce degree. The awards are to be split evenly between the three disciplines, and financial need may be considered. Awards are made on the recommendation of the Faculty of Arts and the Sauder School of Business.
*the value of each award may vary on an annual basis
Awardees
Our students stand out for their accomplishments in the classroom and in the pursuit of their chosen research, and are recognized by Departmental and University awards. Our graduate students have one of the most stellar records in the Faculty of Arts for procuring major external grants and fellowships.
Wenner-Gren
| Name | Supervisor | Year |
| Manson, Daniel | Bloch, Alexia | 2016 |
Trudeau
Vanier Award
| Name | Supervisor | Year |
| Kina, Hilal | Robertson, Leslie | 2020 |
| Nagai, Fumiya | Blackburn, Carole | 2020 |
| Eaton, Jonathan | Shneiderman, Sara | 2019 |
| Hak Hepburn, Michelle | Muehlmann, Shaylih | 2016 |
| Cullis-Suzuki, Severn | Shaw, Patricia | 2016 |
| Gomez-Ramirez, Oralia | Bloch, Alexia | 2012 |
| Docot, Dada | Bloch, Alexia | 2011 |
SSHRC
| Name | Supervisor | Year |
| Manson, Daniel | Gordillo, Gaston | 2013 |
| Carrier-Moissan, Marie-Eve | Bloch, Alexia | 2012 |
Joseph-Armand Bombardier CGS
| Name | Supervisor | Year |
| Rogova, Anastasia | 2016 |
CGS-M
| Name | Supervisor | Year |
| MacArthur, Ewen | Bloch, Alexia | 2016 |
| Manson, Daniel | Gordillo, Gaston | 2011 |
CIHR
| Name | Supervisor | Year |
| Sarlak, Lara | Bloch, Alexia | 2020 |
| Daurio, Maya | Turin, Mark | 2020 |
| Hak Hepburn, Michelle | 2020 |
Charles and Alice Borden Fellowship in Archeology
| Name | Supervisor | Year |
| Ritchie, Patrick Morgan | Blake, Michael | 2019 |
| Brown, Thomas | Martindale, Andrew | 2018 |
| Waber, Nicholas | Pokotylo, David | 2017 |
| Letham, Bryn | Martindale, Andrew | 2016 |
| Waber, Nicholas | Pokotylo, David | 2016 |
| Merchant, Peter | Blake, Michael | 2015 |
Michael Ames Museum Scholarship
| Name | Supervisor | Year |
| Smith, Christopher | Kramer, Jennifer | 2019 |
| McAfee, Rosaleen | Levell, Nicola | 2018 |
| Leischner, Emily | Kramer, Jennifer | 2017 |
| Roy, Rachel | Levell, Nicola | 2016 |
| Solomonian, Adam Arthur | Kramer, Jennifer | 2015 |
Francis Reif Scholarship
| Name | Supervisor | Year |
| Leischner, Emily | Kramer, Jennifer | 2019 |
| Sorensen, Amanda | Rowley, Susan | 2018 |
| Smith, Christopher | Kramer, Jennifer | 2017 |
| Adler, Allison | Bloch, Alexia & Levell, Nicola |
2016 |
| Wilson, Jordan | Rowley, Susan | 2015 |
Wilson Duff Memorial Scholarship
| Name | Supervisor | Year |
| Hays, Malika | Martindale, Andrew | 2019 |
| Thomas, Karen | Rowley, Susan | 2018 |
| Balcombe, Erika | Levell, Nicola | 2017 |
| Volfova, Martina | Moore, Patrick | 2016 |
| Zawadski, Krista | Rowley, Susan | 2015 |
Sentinel Prize in Anthropology
| Name | Supervisor | Year |
| Alexander, Elias | Creighton, Millie | 2019 |
| Koike, Evan | Creighton, Millie | 2018 |
| Ahmed Sayed, Basant | Creighton, Millie | 2017 |
| Beier, Deanne | Moore, Patrick & Turin, Mark |
2016 |
| Woolman, Jason | Rowley, Susan | 2015 |
| Docot, Dada | 2012 |
Julie Cruikshank Award for Best Graduate Student
| Name | Supervisor | Year |
| Docot, Dada | 2012 |
David Aberle and Kathleen Gough Award in Applied Anthropology
| Name | Supervisor | Year |
| Manson, Daniel | 2012 |
Postdoctoral Fellowships
The Department of Anthropology sets an internal deadline each year. For further information and to submit completed applications, please write to anth.grad@ubc.ca