Faculty

Language improves health and wellbeing in Indigenous communities

Anthropology’s Mark Turin has co-authored a scoping review with two UBC library staff and two former UBC undergraduates that examines the links between between the vitality of Indigenous languages and health and wellness in four English-speaking settler colonial countries. Indigenous languages in Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the United States are endangered due to colonial […]

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 […]

Transforming Class Materials into Open Education Resources

Dr. Amir Shiva is an award-winning educator who is passionate about making the instructional resources he’s developed for teaching UBC students more accessible outside the classroom. He has been actively developing online tools or open education resources (OERs) that he hopes will expand the availability of adaptable and accessible anthropology instructional resources. His most recent […]

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 […]