News

This page features news stories about our faculty and students. Learn how the work of anthropologists impacts our world.

2025

Stephen Scharper's opinion piece "Attacks on academic freedom prompted U.S. scholars to flee the U.S. and come to Toronto" appears in the Toronto Star (April 9, 2025)

Congratulations to Sacha Samouk who was awarded two 2025 UTM Leadership Achievement Awards: the Principal’s Award of Excellence and the Equity & Inclusion Award. (March 28, 2025)

David Samson appeared on CBC Radio's Quirks and Quarks: Lousy sleep? It’s quality, not quantity that may be your problem (March 14, 2025)

Mustahid Husain discussed Bangladeshi Masculinities on The Channel: A Podcast from the International Institute for Asian Studies (IIAS) (February 26, 2025)

Congratulations to UTMAS on being awarded a 2024-25 Dean’s Academic Society Initiative Prize. This award recognizes the society’s range of planned activities that provide Anthropology students with valuable opportunities for increased faculty-student and peer-to-peer interactions, and equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts that enhance the student experience at UTM. (February 11, 2025)

Congratulations to Rosa Fragomeni and Sacha Samouk, recipients of 2025 University of Toronto Student Leadership Awards (February 5, 2025)

Madeleine Mant and Martin Revermann are organizers of the Theatre of Science Seminar Series at UTM (January 7, 2025)

2024

Stephen Scharper's opinion piece "The twinned hope of Christmas and democracy" appears in the Toronto Star (December 24, 2024)

Alicia Hawkins and her ANT4010 graduate students recently visited the Bruce County Museum and Cultural Centre to explore Indigenous heritage and archaeology - Faculty of Arts and Science news story. (December 11, 2024)

Stephen Scharper participated in a podcast/webinar "Where do we find hope today?" via Novalis Publishing December 3, 2024)

Mustahid Husain is getting ready for the launch of his debut novel Double Truths in Canada and beyond. Read a sample of the first three chapters on Dr. Husain's website. (November 22, 2024)

Stephen Scharper's opinion piece "Can Catholics vote for Kamala Harris in good conscience?" appears in the Medium (November 4, 2024)

Creighton Avery's "Decoding Adolescence in the Human Skeleton" published on the Peopling the Past blog. (October 28, 2024)

Alicia Hawkins and Sarah Hazell are working with Sagamok Anishnawbek to learn more about thousands of ancient objects discovered along the shore of Lake Huron - featured in U of T Magazine. (October 22, 2024)

Zoë Wool's research challenging conventional ideas about war is featured in U of T Magazine. (October 22, 2024)

David Samson interviewed in BBC article: Need a good night's sleep? Try changing how you think about it (October 14, 2024)

Laura Bolt comments on how Thai hippo Moo Deng’s viral videos are impactful, but could lead to misconceptions about the threatened species - Now Toronto (September 24, 2024)

UTM students gain hands-on experience, uncover new skills as part of forensic field school - UTM News (September 23, 2024)

Stephen Scharper's ANT368H5 World Religions and Ecology course explores how religion and the environment are inextricably linked - the Medium (September 23, 2024)

Mustahid Husain's piece "Spyware over scholarship: How Bangladesh's priorities shifted under Sheikh Hasina" appears in the Daily Star, and is mentioned in the Fall 2024 Foreign Policy magazine newsletter (September 11, 2024)

Stephen Scharper's opinion piece "How do we fight back against the rage plaguing our democracy?" appears in the Toronto Star (subscriber content) (August 27, 2024)

Nicole Novroski on how genetic genealogy helped police identify human remains found near Sault Ste. Marie - CBC News (August 12, 2024)

Stephen Scharper gave a talk entitled "Storying Our Hope: Narrating Our Wellsprings in Anxious Times" at Kingsway-Lambton United Church in Etobicoke. (July 28, 2024)

Stephen Scharper's opinion piece on President Biden and the Post-Debate Debate appears in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. (July 2, 2024)

At the invitation of the President of the Canada School of Public Service, David Samson gave a talk in Ottawa titled: "Exploring the Implications of Our Tribal Instincts to Contemporary Governance Challenges" (June 20, 2024)

David Samson discusses concepts from his book on modern tribalism, Our Tribal Future, with CBC Radio's Ideas (June 19, 2024)

David Samson's book Our Tribal Future is featured in a CBC book club (June 6, 2024)

Stephen Scharper reflects on the 80th anniversary of the D-Day landings in an opinion piece in the Toronto Star (June 6, 2024)

Nicole Novroski's comments on the growing demand for genetic genealogical testing in Canada appear in a New York Times article about unsolved murders of women. (May 17, 2024)

Stephen Scharper was interviewed on Zoomer radio to discuss Toronto being declared as a "Tree City of the World" (segment begins at 43:59) (May 8, 2024)

Dr. Nicole Novroski has an article entitled "Police Are Using Your Publicly Available DNA to Solve Crimes. That’s a Good Thing." in U of T Magazine (April 25, 2024)

Tracey Galloway discusses her research on Canada's Nutrition North food subsidy program - APTN online (April 15, 2024)

Stephen Scharper was interviewed on the Green Majority Radio Show on CIUT-FM 89.5 for part two of his series on Democracy and Sustainability (segment begins at 20:45) (March 18, 2024)

Laura Bolt featured in U of T News: monkeys alter social behaviour to adapt to deforestation effects (March 11, 2024)

Tracey Galloway is quoted in an APTN news article discussing research on food subsidy programs in the North (February 29, 2024)