ANTH 241: Introduction to Museums and Museology
Instructor: Dr. Nicola Levell Winter Term 1 Tuesdays & Thursdays 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Description: The critical study of anthropology museums as social institutions and material culture research and classification from the late 19th century to the present day.
ANTH 227: Introduction to Medical Anthropology
Instructor: Dr. Rafael Wainer Term 1 Mondays & Wednesdays 9:30am to 11:00 am Description: An examination of health and illness, in their social and cultural contexts
ANTH 100: Introduction to Cultural Anthropology
Instructor: Various Term 1/Term 2 Various Sections Description: Basic concepts and methods of anthropology; culture and race; comparative study of social systems, religion, symbolism, art, and other institutions. Examples are drawn from a variety of cultures. ANTH100 will inspire you to see the world through a new lens. The course invites you to explore the […]
ANTH 495D: Anthropology of Memoir, Life History and Family
Instructor: Dr. Charles Menzies Term 1 Tuesdays 5:00 pm – 8:00 pm Description: This course explores the intersection of memoir and anthropological writing through a First Nation’s lens. We will use First Nations’ approaches that centre relations and place to assess anthropological fieldwork memoirs, life histories of the studied, autoethnographic modes of writing, and anthropologists’ […]
ANTH 362: The Anthropology of Energy and Sustainability
Instructor: Dr. Tracey Heatherington Term 1 Mondays & Wednesdays 12:30 pm – 2:00 pm Description: This course explores the human dimensions of energy resource extraction, production and consumption, through the lens of ethnographic case studies from different parts of the world. We consider critical debates around energy systems and sustainability from the perspective of political […]
ANTH 202G: Culture, Colonialism and the Making of Heritage
Instructor: Dr. Lennon Mhishi Term 1 Tuesdays & Thursdays 11:00 am – 12:30 pm Description: This course is an exploration of the intersection of the histories of colonialism, museum practices and the construction of heritage in the present. In working to move away from extractive and oppressive legacies, how have museums confronted the multiple modes […]
ARCL 140 | Bones: The Origins of Humanity
Instructor: Dr. Heather Robertson Summer 2025 Mondays and Wednesdays 2:00 pm to 5:00 pm Description: This course introduces evolutionary theory, genetic processes of evolutionary change, and various human and animal adaptive strategies. We will cover a variety of methods and techniques scientists use in human evolution studies such as genetic analysis, fossil classification, human osteology, […]
ANTH 518A: Museum Methods
Instructor: Dr. Naomi Kawamura Summer 2025 July 14 – July 19, 2025 | 9:30 am – 3:30 pm Description: Analytical approaches to the study of museums and collections. Methods of field collecting, collections research, laboratory procedures, visitor studies, social organization of museum and related cultural industries, exhibit and program evaluation techniques and the ethics of […]
ANTH 378: Anthropology of Media
Instructor: Dr. Amirpouyan Shiva Winter Term 1 Tuesdays & Thursdays 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Multi-Access Description: How do media shape our lives—and how do we, in turn, shape media? In Anthropology of Media (ANTH 378), we explore the cultural dimensions of media production and consumption—from social media and film to street art and classical […]
ANTH 213: Sex, Gender, and Culture
Instructor: Dr. Elif Sari Term 2 Tuesdays & Thursdays 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm Description: An anthropological exploration of how understandings of sex and gender are culturally and historically shaped.