UVic Anthropology

07/31/2026

Kiran Louw, SOSC VKURA scholar, presents the culmination of her summer research internship in our department at this year's VKURA Symposium. Kiran worked on annotating camera-trap videos collected in Guinea-Bissau and identifying individual chimpanzees for a project in the GAB Lab.

Congratulations to Kiran!

07/23/2026

Dr. April Nowell chats on iHeartRadio about Neandertals and how it's actually a compliment to be called one :-)

Neanderthals and modern humans lived in the same caves, hunted the same animals, and made nearly identical tools, so why did only one species survive? April Nowell explains what new excavations in Turkey and Israel reveal about two species who overlapped for tens of thousands of years. Tha...

07/21/2026

FB won't let me post this news site, but if you want to read about this restored totem, carved in the Kwakwaka’wakw style by renowned master carver Carey Newman, now outside the Sooke museum, please check it out.

Article: PHOTOS: Restored totem finds new home at Sooke museum for all to enjoy
By Olivier Laurin
Victoria News

07/21/2026

Dr. April Nowell got to chat with nine-year-old Eva on "How was the first language formed" on The Curious Kids podcast.

The Conversation's Curious Kids · Episode

07/20/2026

Congratulations to Dr. Ammie Kalan on receiving one of the NSERC Discovery Grants in social sciences for her project "Navigating risk in a landscape of fear: primate behavioural flexibility in changing environments".

Ammie K. Kalan is the PI of the Great Ape Behaviour Lab (GAB Lab). She is a primatologist and evolutionary anthropologist specializing in research on African great apes.

07/17/2026

Q&A with Dr. Kurki on some of her latest reserach.

07/17/2026

Mapping the aspirations and challenges of the Hul’q’umi’num’ peoples - interview with Dr. Brian Thom on a new book chapter highlighting a series of detailed maps, bearing witness to the territorial challenges to Indigenous livelihoods for the Hul'q'umi'num' peoples on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands.

Inspired by and honouring place, we are a community-minded, globally engaged university where we transform ideas into meaningful impact.

07/16/2026

New(ish) UVic Libraries Welcome video which features Dr. Brian Thom's 2023 local field school.

Discover how library collections and educational initiatives help foster a deeper understanding of Indigenous histories, cultures, and connections to these lands.

The video also reflects on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action and the importance of building respectful relationships through ongoing learning.

Learn how UVic Libraries supports truth, reconciliation, and respec...

07/16/2026

Society for the Study of Childhood in the Past (SSCIP) 19th annual conference in 2027 will be hosted by Dr. April Nowell at the University of Victoria, BC, Canada June 23-25, 2027.

Papers will explore how research into modern childhood can inform our understanding of the past.

Photos of Dr. Nowell's presentation at the 2026 conference.

Check out the website at www.sscip2027.org for more details.