ANTHROPOLOGY COLLOQUIUM SERIES Monday, November 17, 2025 11:30 am – 12:45 pm Cornett B235 @uvic.ca @uvicsocialsciences.bsky.social #anthropology

We are now accepting applications for the Mexico Ethnographic Field School 2026. Info here: tinyurl.com/2w2kkxm8 If you have any questions please feel free to reach out to Dr. Melissa Gauthier at [email protected] @uvic.ca @uvicsocialsciences.bsky.social #anthropology #fieldschool #summer

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www.livescience.com/archaeology/... April Nowell comments @uvic.ca @uvicsocialsciences.bsky.social

Prehistoric crayons provide clues to how Neanderthals created art: www.newscientist.com/article/2501... April Nowell comments: “You only maintain a point on a crayon if you want to make precise lines or designs,” @uvic.ca @uvicsocialsciences.bsky.social #neanderthals #anthropology

Featuring April Nowell: Differences in red blood cells may have 'hastened the extinction' of our Neanderthal cousins, new study suggests www.livescience.com/archaeology/... @uvic.ca @uvicsocialsciences.bsky.social #anthropology #neanderthal

Dr. April Nowell comments in Live Science on Neandertal diets in an article titled "Did Neanderthals eat anything other than meat?" www.livescience.com/archaeology/... @uvic.ca @uvicsocialsciences.bsky.social #anthropology #neandertal

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Today 11:30-12:45! @uvic.ca @uvicsocialsciences.bsky.social #anthropology

thediscourse.ca/cowichan-val... Article featuring Brian Thom's work regarding Cowichan Title and Ye'yumnuts, centered on an interview with Thom and Elder Luchsiim. The article connects to an ongoing, and unprecedented court case @b-thom.bsky.social @uvic.ca @uvicsocialsciences.bsky.social

Congratulations to Dr. Tatiana Degai on the publishing of her new paper, "Multi-level salmon governance and adaptation to institutional change in Indigenous fishing communities in Kamchatka, Russia" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @uvic.ca @uvicsocialsciences.bsky.social #anthropology

Join us for a grad school info session, Nov 3rd, 2025. 3-4pm. @uvic.ca @uvicsocialsciences.bsky.social #anthropology #gradschool

Check out the Mexico Ethnographic Field school! Info sessions: Oct 22nd and Oct 24th 11:30-12:30. @uvic.ca @uvicsocialsciences.bsky.social #anthropology #fieldschool #mexico #ethnography

#Anthropology Honours Program Info session, Thursday Oct. 30th, 4:30-5:30PM @uvic.ca @uvicsocialsciences.bsky.social

@noxon.bsky.social is going to be our special in person guest speaker next week, talking about 3D imaging, with some practical tips! If you can be here, come join us!

Next Monday! Dr. Corey Noxon Assistant Professor of Archaeology, Ritsumeikan Global Innovation Research Organization (R-GIRO), Ritsumeikan University, Kyoto, Japan Monday, October 27 11:30 am–12:45 pm Cornett B235 @uvic.ca @uvicsocialsciences.bsky.social #anthropology events.uvic.ca/anthropology...

Today we spotlight Dr. Stephanie Calce, UVic’s Bone Boss and our unstoppable Senior Lab Instructor. @uvic.ca @uvicsocialsciences.bsky.social #anthropology #bioanth #archaeology

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@uvic.ca @uvicsocialsciences.bsky.social @b-thom.bsky.social www.timescolonist.com/local-news/e...

@uvic.ca @uvicsocialsciences.bsky.social Mexico Ethnographic Field School May 1 - 22nd, 2026. Application deadline: November 20th, 2025. #anthropology #mexico #fieldschool

This week CSRS Scholars in the Square welcomes Shemine Gulamhusein. Join us Thursday! @uvichumanities.bsky.social; @uvicanthro.bsky.social; @uvic.ca

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Ocean-connected communities: Historical perspectives inform modern relationships. 15–19 June 2026 University of Victoria Hosted by Professors Jason Colby, Loren McClenachan & Iain McKechnie Abstract submissions open early Autumn 2025; decisions in Jan 2026 oceanspast.org/2026-opi-xi @uvic.ca

Exploring the Congo River basin's 'jungle of currencies,' Jane Guyer's work inspires a leap into digital currency innovation. #OpenMoney #DigitalCurrency #uvic @uvicanthro.bsky.social www.journals.uchicago.edu/doi/full/10....

Tonight, Tues. Oct.7, 5:00 p.m., David Strong Bldg, C118 - Lansdowne Lecture: The importance of good beginnings, Dr. Zaneta Thayer: Associate professor, Department of Anthropology, Dartmouth College, USA. events.uvic.ca/anthropology... @uvic.ca @uvicsocialsciences.bsky.social #anthropology

@uvic.ca @uvicsocialsciences.bsky.social #WomenInScience #Archaeology #DigIt #StoneAgeStyle #IceAgeArt #BeforeAgricultureWasCool

Dr. Mélissa Gauthier at the International Opportunity Fair! Remember that we are holding upcoming Mexico Field School 2026 info sessions on Oct. 22 and 24! @uvic.ca @uvicsocialsciences.bsky.social

historical ecology of tuna (incl. giant bluefin) fisheries in Canada🧪🐟

New article looks at the history of tuna fisheries along the west coast. Into the Deep: Origins and Evolution of Northeastern Pacific Ocean Tuna (Thunnus spp.) Fisheries. Fish and Fisheries doi.org/10.1111/faf.... onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

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Read up about our 2025 Mexico Ethnographic Field School and some of the amazing experiences our students had. www.uvic.ca/socialscienc... @uvic.ca @uvicsocialsciences.bsky.social #anthropology

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52nd annual conference of the Canadian Association for Biological Anthropology (CABA-ACAB) will be in Victoria, BC November 5-8 Register: tinyurl.com/mhyxbev7 fees go up after Oct 1 www.caba-acab.ca [email protected] #anthropology @uvicsocialsciences.bsky.social @uvic.ca

“One of the earliest ideas is that it was just art for art’s sake, that people have this innate need to express themselves artistically and that prehistoric people were no different,” says April Nowell www.history.com/articles/las... @uvic.ca @uvicsocialsciences.bsky.social #anthropology

Daromir Rudnyckyj on a new publication, "Payment ecologies: From pathways in a jungle of currencies to vectors of community money." HAU: Journal of Ethnographic Theory15(2): 557-561, 2025. @uvic.ca @uvicsocialsciences.bsky.social #anthropology @rudnyckyj.bsky.social

Brian Thom (ANTH) was interviewed by Take 5 Magazine about ongoing collaborations with the Land and Language program in SD68 issuu.com/take5publica... @b-thom.bsky.social @uvic.ca @uvicsocialsciences.bsky.social #anthropology

Continuing our back-to-school theme, we turn to our attention to Dr. Mélissa Gauthier! #BackToSchool @uvicsocialsciences.bsky.social @uvic.ca

@b-thom.bsky.social In the spirit of back to school, we wanted to share that even professors are always finding excitement in learning new things!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=gwDi... Dr. April Nowell was interviewed for Global TV about a new Neandertal study.

Congrats, Dr.Stephanie Calce on your Civic Award from Victoria Police Department for your help over the past 5 years with their Forensic ID section. Your expertise is highly appreciated by the community. @uvicanthro.bsky.social #forensic #anthropology #uvic www.uvic.ca/socialscienc...

Senior Lab Instructor Stephanie Calce interviewed about the work she led in the archaeology and forensic anthropology effort in the St. Joseph Residential School Investigation (Deninu Kue First Nation in the NWT) www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

Congratulations to our senior lab instructor, Stephanie Calce for receiving a Civic Service Award from Victoria Police Department for her help of the last 5 years with their Forensic ID section to determine human from non-human bone material and faunal identification.

Tommy Happynook records 2 songs in the UVic CReaTe Lab for the nunuukʷin (we sing): (re)connecting to the natural and spiritual worlds through song exhibition, Sept 18 - Dec 6, 2025 Legacy Gallery, Downtown Victoria 630 Yates St., Lekwungen Territory tinyurl.com/5cz4daz2 Thanks, Stella Drinkwater

Brian Thom speaks with Vancouver Sun on Cowichan/Hul’qumi’num seasonal village known as Tl’uqtinus on the Fraser River vancouversun.com/news/cowicha... @b-thom.bsky.social

Brian Thom on CBC speaking on how Supreme Court needs to determine relationship between Aboriginal title and private owners. Supreme Court needs to determine relationship between Aboriginal title and private owners, @b-thom.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/player/play/...

Brian Thom on CBC's On The Island discussing the significance of the new BC Supreme Court decision on Cowichan title at the old Tl'uqtinus village site on the Fraser River. @b-thom.bsky.social www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

Exploring the secrets of our pelvis: #uvic research reveals how environment, growth, and genetics shape us from birth. @uvicanthro.bsky.social #Anthropology #HumanEvolution www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Dr. Brian Thom was quoted on CHEK-TV in an article titled "‘I was disappointed’: SȾÁUTW̱ First Nation says artifacts dug up on Salt Spring Island". cheknews.ca/i-was-disapp...

Hakai Institute researcher and Adjunct Professor Duncan McLaren is the lead author on a new article revealing 14,000 year old stone tools on an inland riverbank on northern Vancouver Island - among the earliest archaeological deposits on the coast with salmon remains tinyurl.com/32s5rs3u