April 2024 UTM Anthropology News for Undergraduate Students
Featuring news, reminders, and updates for students enrolled in UTM Anthropology programs. Questions may be directed to communications.utmanthro@utoronto.ca.
Thank you to student volunteers
A huge thank you to all the student volunteers who shared their knowledge and enthusiasm for anthropology at the UTM March Open House! If you are interested in volunteering for anthropology at campus events in the 2024-25 academic year, please let UTMAS know.
Deadlines and Reminders
- Enrol in an anthropology major or specialist program at UTM: March 5 - April 30, 2024
- Young Anthropology undergraduate journal: deadline to submit research papers is May 31, 2024
- You can submit your creative assignments from anthropology courses to our Creative Coursework Showcase!
Are you choosing your program this spring?
If you didn't get a chance to attend our program enrolment information session in March, you can watch the recording on YouTube! This session was presented by Carolyn Loos, our Department Manager. We'll post more information from the session soon.
Video chapters:
0:00 UTM Academic Calendar, Degree Explorer and ACORN
2:00 Specialist, major and minor program options in anthropology at UTM
3:24 Requirements to enter anthropology programs at UTM
Congratulations!
Scholarship award recipients
Congratulations to anthropology students Michele Hutyra and Dione Mason, who received the Snil "Sunny" Sahanan Memorial Scholarship award for 2023-24.
UTMAS anthropology conference prize recipients
The 2024 UTM Anthropology Conference for undergraduate students was a huge success thanks to all participants and presenters!Congratulations to all prize winners for best presentations and posters:
- 1st place poster: Gani Cabezas
- 1st place presentation: Michele Hutyra
- 2nd place presentation: Hailey Moon
- 3rd place presentation: Mark Hefferman
UTMAS executive election results
Election season has come to an end! Thanks to all who participated and voted. Congratulations to the new UTM Anthropology Society executive members for the 2024-25 academic year:
- President: Carly Ward
- Vice-president: Jenna Yarie
- Communications Officer: Najma Elhag
- Second year representative: Samuel Betancur Garces
- Third year representative: Raman Gill
- Fourth year representative: Undleeb Shan
Charity gala to benefit Victim Services Toronto
April 18, 2024 from 6pm - 2am at the Versailles Convention Centre, Mississauga
Are you ready for a night of dressing up, food, fun, prizes, and dancing, all while supporting a good cause? Take a break from the stresses of exam season, and connect with students and members of other departments at this fun-filled evening!
Summer courses
Are you looking for a summer course at UTM? We're offering a variety of anthropology science and social science courses, both in person and online.
New student research posters published on our website
Gani Cabezas presented An Overview of the Metal Assemblage of the Schreiber Wood Project at the 2024 Undergraduate Anthropology Conference at UTM
Sarah Sayeed presented An Archaeological Perspective on Dental Hygiene Practices in Ontario From Late 19th and Early 20th Century at the 50th annual Ontario Archaeology Society symposium.
Schreiber Wood Archaeology at UTM
Career Resource Links
What Education Do I Need to Pursue a Career of Archaeology in Ontario? (Ontario Archaeology Society)
sNAPAshots: Conversations with Professional, Practicing, and Applied Anthropologists. A web series introducing many possible career paths in Anthropology produced by the National Association for the Practice of Anthropology.
News about your professors
Dr. Laura Bolt was featured in U of T News: monkeys alter social behaviour to adapt to deforestation effects
Dr. 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).
Dr. Alicia Hawkins and collaborators at the Sagamok Anishnawbek First Nation and the Ojibwe Cultural Foundation (OCF) received a Connaught Community Partnership Research Program award for their project exploring the cataloguing and reclamation of archaeological artifacts.