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a notable anthropology department on an island surrounded by the Salish Sea https://www.uvic.ca/socialsciences/anthropology/

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Centre for Studies in Religion and Society @csrs-uvic.bsky.social · 16h

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

UVicAnthro @uvicanthro.bsky.social · 2h

Through sound, video, drawing, and more, Alex uses arts based and engaged research to propose creative collaborations. This year, Alex is on study leave in Sweden writing her new book. Stay tuned!

UVicAnthro @uvicanthro.bsky.social · 2h

She's leading a powerful research project with Dr. Mélissa Gauthier on Cuban migration, in looking at how Cubans travel by boats to the Yucatan Peninsula.

UVicAnthro @uvicanthro.bsky.social · 2h

Alexandrine Boudreault-Fournier is a multimodal anthropologist whose most recent research in Cuba explores how people navigate the current economic crisis.

UVicAnthro @uvicanthro.bsky.social · 2h

@uvicsocialsciences.bsky.social @uvic.ca

UVicAnthro @uvicanthro.bsky.social · 2h

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
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UVic Faculty of Social Sciences @uvicsocialsciences.bsky.social · 7d

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....

UVicAnthro @uvicanthro.bsky.social · 7d

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.

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UVicAnthro @uvicanthro.bsky.social · 8d

Dr. Nowell’s groundbreaking work is captivating audiences worldwide, especially with her book, Growing Up in the Ice Age and the Nature of Things documentary Little Sapiens featuring work with Drs. Mary Lewis and Jennifer French on CBC-Gem and will soon be broadcast in France and Japan.

UVicAnthro @uvicanthro.bsky.social · 8d

She also collaborates with colleagues on the study of cave art in southern Australia and on the lifeways of early humans in Jordan where her team uncovered tools with the world’s oldest identifiable blood on them.

UVicAnthro @uvicanthro.bsky.social · 8d

April is still out there digging, but today her research focuses on reconstructing the lives and contributions of Ice Age kids and teenagers to human cultural evolution with recent publications on children making ceramics and on how teens experienced puberty in the Upper Paleolithic.

UVicAnthro @uvicanthro.bsky.social · 8d

Quoted in the local newspaper, who knew that this moment in 1987 would kick off a career leading to interviews with the CBC, The Globe and Mail, The Washington Post, Smithsonian Magazine, CNN, and more!

UVicAnthro @uvicanthro.bsky.social · 8d

When her mom came across an ad in the local newspaper asking for volunteers to work on a site in Old Montreal, she jumped at the chance!
One week of excavating and this 18-year-old was hooked.

UVicAnthro @uvicanthro.bsky.social · 8d

As a kid, Dr. April Nowell, a Paleolithic archaeologist and Professor of Anthropology in our department, always loved history and wanted to be directly involved in discovering it.

UVicAnthro @uvicanthro.bsky.social · 8d

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

As a kid, Dr. April Nowell, a Paleolithic archaeologist and Professor of Anthropology in our department, always loved history and wanted to be directly involved in discovering it. When her mom came across an ad in the local newspaper asking for volunteers to work on a site in Old Montreal, she jumped at the chance! One week of excavating and this 18-year-old was hooked. Quoted in the local newspaper, who knew that this moment in 1987 would kick off a career leading to interviews with the CBC, The Globe and Mail, The Washington Post, Smithsonian Magazine, CNN, and more!

💡 April is still out there digging, but today her research focuses on reconstructing the lives and contributions of Ice Age kids and teenagers to human cultural evolution with recent publications on children making ceramics and on how teens experienced puberty in the Upper Paleolithic.

🌍 She also collaborates with colleagues on the study of cave art in southern Australia and on the lifeways of early humans in Jordan where her team uncovered tools with the world’s oldest identifiable blood on them. We now know that 350,000 years ago, these hunter-gatherers ate everything in their environment from ducks to rhinos!

📕Dr. Nowell’s groundbreaking work is captivating audiences worldwide, especially with her book, Growing Up in the Ice Age and the Nature of Things documentary Little Sapiens featuring work with Drs. Mary Lewis and Jennifer French on CBC-Gem and will soon be broadcast in France and Japan. She's even got a Wikipedia page! Talk about making history

UVicAnthro @uvicanthro.bsky.social · 11d

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

UVicAnthro @uvicanthro.bsky.social · 15d

Thank you, Rob, for your essential contributions to our department and to the broader work of decolonization and reconciliation at UVic and beyond!

#UVicAnthro #IndigenousStudies #Métis #Decolonization #CommunityEngagement #Wahkohtowin

UVicAnthro @uvicanthro.bsky.social · 15d

We're shining a light on Associate Professor ✨ Dr. Rob Hancock ✨, a faculty member whose work embodies the vital connections between scholarship, community, and decolonization.

UVicAnthro @uvicanthro.bsky.social · 15d

Thank you, Rob, for your essential contributions to our department and to the broader work of decolonization and reconciliation at UVic and beyond!

#UVicAnthro #IndigenousStudies #Métis #Decolonization #CommunityEngagement #Wahkohtowin

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Iain McKechnie @iainmckechnie.bsky.social · 20d

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

UVicAnthro @uvicanthro.bsky.social · 22d

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....
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Into the Deep: Origins and Evolution of Northeastern Pacific Ocean Tuna (Thunnus spp.) Fisheries

People have had a profound influence on Earth's biodiversity for millennia, culminating in Anthropocene environmental degradation and the modern biodiversity crisis. While the scale and extent of peo...

UVicAnthro @uvicanthro.bsky.social · 22d

The fact that bluefin were regularly caught in Nuu-chah-nulth territories (occurring in 16 excavated sites across western Vancouver Island) further affirms the persistent skill and technological expertise of Indigenous fishers.

UVicAnthro @uvicanthro.bsky.social · 22d

Interestingly, the highest and most persistent archaeological abundance of Bluefin Tuna are along the west coast of Vancouver Island – more than anywhere else in western North America (including southern California).

UVicAnthro @uvicanthro.bsky.social · 22d

this new study compiles new data and evaluates these fisheries alongside other Indigenous sites in western North America.

UVicAnthro @uvicanthro.bsky.social · 22d

This research may not be a surprise to Indigenous elders or local archaeologists (i.e., bluefin tuna were first recovered from the Nuu-chah-nulth archaeological site of Yuquot in the late 1960s)

UVicAnthro @uvicanthro.bsky.social · 22d

The largest of the tuna species, the giant bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis), frequently occur in Nuu-chah-nulth sites on western Vancouver Island and date back almost 5000 years. Bluefin tuna are one the fastest and most prized fish in the world and face major conservation concerns.