Check out Rachel Maus' UWaterloo Arts blog article featuring our very own Aicha Lariani!
Join us for Tales and Lessons from User Experience, a talk by Velian Pandeliev, Coordinator of the User Experience Design (UXD) concentration in the Master of Information program at the University of Toronto’s Faculty of Information. Drawing on his background in cognition & computation and human–computer interaction, Velian will share insights on ethical design, accessibility, and what it means to understand and represent human experiences in technology.
Join Dr. Amy Scott, Associate Professor at Trent University in the Departments of Anthropology and Forensic Science, for her talk on "Turning a rescue excavation of an 18th century cemetery into a unique visitor experience at the Fortress of Louisbourg National Historic Site of Canada"
Join us for a film screening of Partition by Diana Allan, followed by a roundtable discussion with Ilana Feldman, Nazli Akhtari, Jasmin Habib, and Diana Allan, and then a reception.
Join us for the Annual Grad Forum where our Public Issues Anthropology MA students present their research.
Join us for our next Brown Bag Series talk by Dana Thacher entitled Bioarchaeological and Archaeological Approaches to Adolescence: A Case Study from 19th to 20th Century England
Join us for an informative discussion on the process of applying to our anthropology program.
Join us for our next Brown Bag Series talk by Paul Szpak entitled The Landscape of Llama Husbandry in the Andes before the Arrival of Europeans. Please note that the talk by Professor Paul Szpak, Trent University, originally scheduled for Friday November 21 is cancelled. Please wait until further notice for a new date.
Congratulations to Aicha Lariani on winning the 2025 Sally Weaver Award!
The Sally Weaver Award recognizes excellence among MA students in Public Issues Anthropology, honoring the late Dr. Sally Weaver’s distinguished career as a pioneering scholar and advocate for justice and Indigenous rights.
What happens when we attend ethnographically to the pests at our feet—like the urban rats we share our lives with? Anthropologist, writer, and filmmaker Darcie DeAngelo asks, "What kind of animal are we?" and explores rodent-human relationships as a pest entourage.