Support for those impacted by the tragedy at the Lapu-Lapu Day Festival
The Department of Anthropology offers our condolences to everyone affected by the tragic attack on the Lapu Lapu Filipino Festival on April 26. We recognize that many members of our community have been impacted by this tragedy and are looking for support and ways to help others who have been affected. Below are links to […]
UBC Anthropology community at BC Studies 2025 Conference
This year’s conference theme, “Place and Power,” highlights two concepts that are inextricably interconnected in British Columbia. Specifically, the theme was inspired by a new BA requirement in the Faculty of Arts at UBC (Vancouver), which engages BA students with the history and present of xʷməθkʷəyəm People, with settler colonialism in BC, and with the […]
Faculty and Students at 2025 CASCA Conference in Montreal
The 2025 conference of the Canadian Anthropology Society (CASCA) is being held at McGill University in Montreal May 7 – May 10. This year’s theme is “Confluences”. Several of our faculty and graduate students will be presenting this year. WEDNESDAY, MAY 7, 2025 WED. MAY 7 | 9:30 AM Mahashewta Bhattacharya: Eating Through a Variegated Tongue: […]
Managing Climate Risks to Living Heritage at Talluruti, Nunavut
Congratulations to Sam Walker, who recently received funding from the Climate Change Preparedness in the North Program (CCPN) for her research project: Managing Climate Risks to Living Heritage at Talluruti (Morin Point), Nunavut. The project starts at Morin Point on Devon Island (Tallurutit) in the high arctic islands, which represents some of the earliest ancestral inuit ( Thule) winter settlements in […]
Sara Shneiderman and co-authors receive Royal Asiatic Society Award
Congratulation to Sara Shneiderman and her co-authors Bina Khapunghang Limbu, Jeevan Baniya, Manoj Suji, Nabin Rawal, Prakash Chandra Subedi, and Cameron David Warner who were awarded the Royal Asiatic Society’s 2024 Surya P. Subedi Prize for their article “House, Household, and Home: Revisiting Anthropological and Policy Frameworks through Post-Earthquake Reconstruction Experiences in Nepal” (Current […]
New Research Cluster led by Kristen Barnett explores Indigeneity in and out of place
Congratulations to Dr. Kristen Barnett and the 12 interdisciplinary researchers who make up the new Research Excellence Cluster: Indigeneity in and out of place. The cluster just received a 2025/26 GCRC grant. This research cluster explores the complex meanings, responsibilities, and potentialities of being Indigenous and “out of place,” or living beyond one’s traditional ancestral […]
Charles Menzies Delivers Michael Kearney Memorial Lecture
Congratulations to Dr. Charles Menzies (hagwil hayetsk) who was selected to deliver the Michael Kearney Memorial Lecture at the Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA) Annual Meeting on March 27, 2025. Each year, the SfAA selects an outstanding scholar whose presentation explores the intersection of three themes (migration, human rights, transnationalism) with a specific focus on […]
Coffee Cookies Conversation in 2025
We are pleased to announce the 2025 speaker line up for our 3Cs (Coffee, Cookies & Conversation) gatherings is now complete. 3Cs are informal get togethers schedule on Wednesdays, 11AM – 11:45AM in ANSO’s Lino Lounge. Join us for an opportunity to learn about the variety of interesting academic research being conducted by our faculty, […]
A Relational Unfolding: Reflections on Fostering Conditions for Transdisciplinary Education
Congratulations to Felix Giroux (Anthropology PhD) on their first publication. A Relational Unfolding: Reflections on Fostering Conditions for Transdisciplinary Education was co-authored by Giroux, Derek Gladwin (UBC Language and Literacy Education), Naoko Ellis (UBC Chemical & Biological Engineering) and Ira Sutherland (UBC Forestry) and was published in World Futures, journal of new paradigm research this […]
DECLARE BC: Disparities in Emergency Care: Lessons and Actions for Remote Equity in BC
Congratulations to co-investigators Post Doctoral Fellow Dr. Megan Muller (Anthropology, UBC) and Dr. Charles Menzies (Anthropology, UBC), led by Dr. Jim Christenson (Emergency Medicine, UBC), whose collaborative research project and partnership with the Nuu chah nulth Tribal Council has received 2024 Strategic Investment Funding through the Faculty of Medicine at UBC. DECLARE BC – Disparities […]