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Meet our scholars

Welcome to the Department of Anthropology and Archaeology, where our expert researchers explore the world and provide valuable and innovative insights.

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Recent Scholar Achievements

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Research Funding Success

Anthropology and Archaeology scholars receive 2025 SSHRC Insight Grants and NSERC Discovery Grants, helping fuel their research excellence and innovation.

Graduate student Sammy Sánchez

Sammy Sánchez receives 2025 Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship

The Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship (Vanier CGS) is one of the most competitive awards available to graduate students in Canada.

Dr. Vivek Venkataraman

New Frontiers in Research Fund Award

Prestigious grant awarded to Dr. Venkataraman for his research on Indigenous breakaway dynamics and health in Malaysia.

Researchers in the news

In the News Edwin Dickinson, Anthropology and Archaeology, in Live Science

The viral 'Chicago Rat Hole' wasn't actually made by a rat, scientists claim

In the News Lindsay Amundsen-Meyer, Anthropology and Archaeology, in Calgary Herald

From biology to archeology: Lynden Turning Robe focuses his future to history of Blackfoot people

In the News Sabrina Perić, Anthropology and Archaeology, in CBC News Calgary

Alberta wants to become an AI data centre hub, but this rural county just rejected a big proposal

In the News Kathryn Reese-Taylor, Anthropology and Archaeology, in MSN

LiDAR-found “Lost Cities” May Never Have Been Lost at All, Scholars Warn

In the News Vivek V. Venkataraman, Anthropology and Archaeology, in CBC.ca

U of C teeth study

In the News Sabrina Peric, Anthropology and Archaeology, in Manitoba Co-operator

Soil health skepticism prevalent among Prairie farmers