Understanding humanity in context

From prehistoric humanity all the way to contemporary cultural diversity, anthropologists engage with a wide range of issues and phenomena that affect individual and public life.


Waterloo's anthropology research and teaching expertise covers three major sub-fields of the discipline: sociocultural anthropology, archaeological anthropology, and biological anthropology.

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Monday, February 2, 2026 3:00 pm - 4:15 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Indigenous Speakers Series presents Kim Tallbear

The Indigenous Speakers Series is honoured to present Dr. Kim TallBear, professor, author, and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Peoples, Technoscience, and Society. 

Kim TallBear (she/her) is a citizen of the Sisseton-Wahpeton Oyate, a Dakota nation in present-day South Dakota. She is a Professor in the Department of American Indian Studies, University of Minnesota – Twin Cities campus. She earned a B.A. in Community Planning at the University of Massachusetts-Boston and a Master’s in City Planning (environmental policy and planning) at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. She earned her PhD in History of Consciousness at University of California, Santa Cruz.

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