Current undergraduate students

Friday, March 6, 2026 1:30 pm - 3:30 pm EST (GMT -05:00)

Tales and Lessons from Userx

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 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.

Friday, September 19, 2025 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm EDT (GMT -04:00)

2025 Sally Weaver Award Guest Lecture: Dr. Darcie DeAngelo

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.