Achievement

Congratulations on receiving the CASCA Outstanding Graduating Student Award!

Congratulations on receiving the CASCA Outstanding Graduating Student Award!

Congratulations to Daniel Manson (PhD), Elias Alexander (M.A.), Maeve McAllister (B.A.) on being selected as the Canadian Anthropological Society, CASCA, Outstanding Graduating student from the anthropology department at UBC for the 2020-2021 year and thus the recipient of the CASCA award and certificate for this. The selection for this award was based on a number of factors, […]

Postdocs awarded!

Postdocs awarded!

Gregory Gan (PhD 2019) was awarded a SSHRC postdoctoral fellowship for his project “Picturing Postsocialism: A Visual Anthropology Study on the Affective Dimensions of “Renovation” of Five-Storey Panel Homes in Moscow and Berlin.” The postdoc will be held with CRC 1171 Affective Societies: Dynamics of Social Coexistence in Mobile Worlds at Freie Universität Berlin, supervised by Univ. Prof. Dr. Birgitt Röttger-Rössler, and during his time in […]

Congratulations to Department of Anthropology Award Winners.

Congratulations to Department of Anthropology Award Winners.

MA student Heather Burge received the Wilson Duff Memorial Scholarship for her work on culture and language revitalization among Tlingit. Read more   MA student Emma Jing Li received the Michael Ames Scholarship in Museum Studies for her work on eco-museums in China.   MA student Erika Balcombe received the Francis Reif Scholarship for her […]

Gregory Gan (PhD 2019) was awarded first prize for his “Impossible Cities” installation…
Dr. Wade Davis received the Public Service Award, Lifetime Achievement in Canada-Latin America Relations, Canadian Council for the Americas 2021.
Congratulations to Prof. Heather Robertson on receiving the Open Champion’s Award!

Congratulations to Prof. Heather Robertson on receiving the Open Champion’s Award!

For the past two years, the AMS has been working with Open UBC to gather student nominations of instructors for the Open Champion’s Award. This award is given to individuals who have made meaningful contributions to Open scholarship and/or have used Open resources in their course to reduce barriers for students.   At the virtual […]

Congratulations to Prof. Sabina Magliocco on receiving the Open Champion’s Award!

Congratulations to Prof. Sabina Magliocco on receiving the Open Champion’s Award!

For the past two years, the AMS has been working with Open UBC to gather student nominations of instructors for the Open Champion’s Award. This award is given to individuals who have made meaningful contributions to Open scholarship and/or have used Open resources in their course to reduce barriers for students.   At the virtual […]

ADOPTED BY TLINGIT, DESCENDED FROM MOHAWK: HOW LEARNING LINGÍT HELPED UBC STUDENT DISCOVER HER HISTORY AND STRIVE FOR A FUTURE OF RECIPROCAL, RESPECTFUL RESEARCH
Congratulations on your retirement!

Congratulations on your retirement!

    On behalf of the Anthropology Department, thank you for everything you’ve done for the department! We wish you nothing but the very best in your retirement.