Anthropology News
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Apr 18 |
Lakehead University offers Archaeology and Sustainability field trip course in Mexico, June 17 to 28, 2024 Lakehead University offers Archaeology and Sustainability field trip course in Mexico, June 17 to 28, 2024. |
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Dec 14 |
Congratulations to All Award Recipients Congratulations to those faculty and staff who were presented with awards at Senate. |
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Oct 11 |
Lakehead University researchers secure more than $650,000 in SSHRC grants Five research projects at Lakehead University received more than $650,000 in funding from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC... |
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Aug 25 |
Lakehead University representatives attended annual Anishnawbe Keeshigun events Thanks to Lesley Ng of Fort William Historical Park for inviting Clarence Surette (President of the Thunder Bay Chapter of the Ontario Archaeological... full story |
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Jun 8 |
Researchers and community partners honoured at C2UExpo Gala Awards Four researchers and their community partners were honoured at the C2UExpo 2023 Gala Awards dinner held at Fort William Historical Park in Thunder... full story |
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May 18 |
Lakehead University students and Indigenous community members excavate 4,000-year-old archaeological sites Professors and students from Lakehead University’s Anthropology department are working with First Nations and Métis community members to excavate... full story |
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Apr 13 |
Dr. Sara Halwas, Visiting Researcher Dr. Sara Halwas (University of Manitoba) is joining the Department of Anthropology as a visiting researcher this month in order to learn about plant... full story |
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Mar 31 |
Anthropology EDI Workshop In March 2023 our department hosted an Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) workshop with
funding from the NSERC EDI Institutional Capacity-... full story |
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Mar 10 |
2023 Spring/Summer Courses The Anthropology Department has an exciting array of courses that are available for registration in the 2023 Spring/Summer semester:
ANTH 3534... full story |
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Mar 2 |
Lakehead University celebrated exceptional researchers at R and I Awards of Excellence Lakehead University held its Research and Innovation Awards of Excellence reception on Thursday, March 2 to celebrate the exceptional achievements of... full story |
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Jan 18 |
2023 Lakehead Archaeological Field School The Department is pleased to announce that we will be offering an archaeological field school (ANTH 3801) between May 1 and 19, 2023. This course is... full story |
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Nov 22 |
Announcement of Successful Departments in the Competition for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Initiatives Congratulations to the Successful Departments in the Competition for Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) Initiatives |
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Sep 12 |
Chair in Finnish Studies The Department of Anthropology is pleased to welcome Dr. Oula Seitsonen as the 2022-23 Chair in Finnish Studies! Dr. Seitsonen is an expert in 20th... full story |
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Apr 26 |
Aeocafé Podcast – Archaeology In 3d: An Interview With Clarence Surette & Zeb Kawei |
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Mar 9 |
Moccasin fragment reveals precolonial connection between Subarctic and Southwest New research by Lakehead University anthropologist Dr. Jessica Metcalfe and colleagues provides direct evidence for long-distance connections among... full story |
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Dec 16 |
Lakehead University announces one new Canada Research Chair and four renewals For as long as Dr. Lindsay Galway can remember, she has been passionate about nature and its connection to people. |
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Nov 9 |
Anthropology professor honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award Congratulations to Dr. Scott Hamilton (Dept. of Anthropology), honoured with the J.V. Wright Lifetime Achievement Award from the Ontario... full story |
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Apr 17 |
Facing Facts: Lakehead alumni creating face shields with 3D printers This group is comprised of individuals who went to school at Lakehead University and who work at the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, as well as... full story |
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Oct 25 |
Rocky Cree story comes to life in new app In 1993, the remains of a 25-year-old Cree woman who lived 350 years ago were discovered by two residents of South Indian Lake in northern Manitoba. |
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Sep 10 |
The Hobbit Apocalypse For almost a million years, hobbits lived on the Indonesian island of Flores.
These 3.5-foot-tall hominins – officially known as Homo floresiensis... full story |
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Jul 31 |
Science Week Introduces Indigenous Youth to Careers in Natural Resources Fifty-two Indigenous youth from 29 communities are in Thunder Bay this week learning about geo-caching, cartography, sustainable energy,... full story |
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Mar 14 |
Dr. Tocheri in National Geographic Dr. Tocheri discusses his research in National Geographic |
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Aug 23 |
Researchers shed new insight into fate of Franklin Expedition A team of academic researchers from MacEwan University in Edmonton, Lakehead University in Thunder Bay, Western University in London, University of... full story |
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Aug 22 |
TEACHING ASSISTANT (TA) Postions Available for 2018-2019! |
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Aug 9 |
One-of-a-kind gathering brought together Indigenous people from different countries for tourism discussion Earlier this year, faculty, staff and students from Lakehead University, York University and partner university Escuela Superior Politécnica de... full story |
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May 24 |
Thunder Bay student wins prestigious scholarship Emily Cross awarded $80,000 Schulich Leader scholarship with the support of Lakehead University. |
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Feb 23 |
Lakehead University organizing a tasty talk on ancient beer Lakehead University’s Carney Matheson will participate in a thirst-quenching Research and Innovation Week discussion about ancient beer at the Prince... full story |
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Dec 12 |
Lakehead University Professor receives an international Field Discovery Award Lakehead University’s Dr. Matt Tocheri is being recognized by the Shanghai Archaeology Forum for his research on Homo floresiensis at Liang Bua in... full story |
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Nov 1 |
Adjunct Professor Examines "Vampire" Burials in Poland A recent Smithsonian article describes research conducted by Dr. Marek Polcyn, Adjunct Professor in Anthropology, which involves the examination of '... full story |
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Oct 12 |
In Conversation speaker series returns for new season on October 17 Lakehead University Orillia’s popular In Conversation Speaker Series returns to the Orillia Public Library this fall with a series of seven talks by... full story |
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May 9 |
Homo naledi’s surprisingly young age opens up more questions on where we come from Scientists today announced that the Rising Star Cave system has revealed yet more important discoveries, only a year and a half after it was... full story |
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Mar 16 |
Lakehead University researcher examines lead contamination in Royal Navy sailors with the help of new technology. Tamara Varney, an associate professor in the anthropology department at Lakehead University, is working with a new technology to determine the source... full story |
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Oct 27 |
Researchers use sonar at Boulevard Lake rock formation |
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Oct 27 |
Mystery deepens around historic tugboat sunk near Thunder Bay |
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Oct 17 |
Local anthropologist talks about the "hobbits" of human evolution Dr. Matt Tocheri led a presentation on what is known about the extinct human species known as Homo Floresiensis. |
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May 18 |
Hammarskjold Students make Team Canada (AGAIN!) On March 13, Emily Cross of Hammarskjold High School was selected as a member of Youth Science Canada – Team Canada ISEF 2016. Emily will join seven... full story |
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May 17 |
Lakehead University researcher delves into 200-year-old Caribbean mystery A team of researchers led by an anthropologist Dr. Tamara Varney is shedding new light on what caused the deaths of sailors buried at a British Naval... full story |
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Mar 30 |
New evidence pushes back the time of disappearance of the Indonesian ‘hobbits’ (Homo floresiensis) Eight years of further excavations and study at the Indonesian cave site of Liang Bua have pushed back the time of disappearance of the ‘hobbits’ of... full story |
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Mar 1 |
Anthropologist seeks to solve ‘The Ring,’ mysterious rocks at the bottom of Boulevard Lake Lakehead University Anthropology professor is trying to solve the mystery behind the rocks at the bottom of Boulevard Lake.
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Feb 28 |
Plaque to commemorate ancient worksite on edge of receding glaicer A plaque was unveiled to recognize a quarry archeologists believe was among the area’s first worksites, some 9,400 years ago.
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Oct 7 |
Lakehead University professor co-authors paper on Homo naledi Lakehead University’s Dr. Matt Tocheri is a co-author of a paper published in Nature Communications that sheds new light on the hand of Homo naledi,... full story |
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Sep 22 |
Lakehead anthropologists tracing origins of food production in Northern Ontario Dr. Matthew Boyd and his research team are receiving $381,300 to uncover the most northern evidence of farming in the ancient Americas.
Dr. Boyd,... full story |
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Sep 14 |
Lakehead Paleoanthropologist helps Identify Homo naledi the latest hominin in Africa Dr. Matthew Tocheri (Canada Research Chair in Human Origins) from the Department of Anthropology at Lakehead University has been involved in the... full story |
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Jul 31 |
First Nations teens dig into job training The First Nations Natural Resources Youth Employment Program, run by Outland Camps, were at Lakehead University doing a one day field archaeology... full story |
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Jul 10 |
Matheson receives award Dr. Carney Matheson, Thunder Bay's chief of the Medical First Response of St John Ambulance, attends his investiture to the Most Venerable Order of... full story |
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Jun 3 |
HAMMARSKJOLD STUDENT SELECTED FOR TEAM CANADA Emily Cross, of Thunder Bay Ontario has been selected as one of the twelve young scientists representing Team Canada at the Intel International... full story |
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Feb 17 |
Evolutionary Medicine: Does evolution matter to our modern health? We got to be the way we are thanks to evolution, but what role does evolution play in our health today? If the disconnect between the environment we... full story |
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Jan 23 |
In the Press.... Lakehead University's Canada Research Chair in Human Origins, Dr. Matt Tocheri, was interviewed by and quoted inScience and Discovery News concerning... full story |
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Jan 9 |
Lakehead anthropologist discovering strange burials Lakehead anthropologist, Marek Polcyn is trying to discover what the strange and mysterious burials in a Polish graveyard mean.
http://www.cbc.ca/... full story |
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Jul 15 |
Lakehead researchers examine Europe’s oldest frozen mummy Lakehead University Anthropology Professor Dr. Carney Matheson and one of his former students recently travelled to Bolzano, Italy to study the... full story |
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Nov 12 |
International Archaeology Day at Lakehead University a Success November 8th 2013, the department of Anthropology in collaboration with organizations such as the Ontario Archaeological Society and the Lakehead... full story |
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Nov 4 |
Celebrate the thrill of discovery at Lakehead University You are invited to indulge your inner Indiana Jones at International Archaelogy Day – a celebration of the thrill of discovery!
Lakehead... full story |
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Jan 21 |
Old World Archaeology: Timothy Kaiser Lakehead anthropologist Timothy Kaiser sheds light on the rituals of the ancient Illyrians who populated the Balkan coast. |
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Dec 15 |
Field School Experience Par Excellence Anthropology graduate oversees work on a significant archaeological site near Thunder Bay. |
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Jun 24 |
Tracking Ancient Farmers in the Canadian Subarctic Dr. Matthew Boyd is on the cutting edge of archaeological research in Canada, and his latest project is shedding new light on the diet of ancient... full story |
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Nov 12 |
Dr. Shawn M. Phillips is Doing the History of Medicine Talk This Month |
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May 19 |
Upcoming Honours Thesis Presentations "Honours thesis presentations for the HBA/HBSc Anthropology and Geoarchaeology programs will be held on May 22 (Friday), from 1:30 to 3:00 PM in AT-... full story |
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Nov 1 |
Departments of Anthropology and History Members on History Television |
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Apr 2 |
Dr. El Molto Named One of LU 40 Northern Lights and 40 Research Stars |
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Mar 24 |
Our Famous Dr. Matheson |
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Sep 19 |
Anthropology Welcomes New Faculty Member |