UTM Department of Anthropology and UTMAS events are positive and inclusive spaces. We encourage you to come out and meet members of the UTM Anthropology community including faculty and fellow students at events this year. Check this page regularly for new event listings, follow our department on X and follow UTMAS on Instagram for the latest updates.
Upcoming Events
UTMAS and the Department of Anthropology present:
Field School Safety Workshop
- Thursday, March 20, 2025 from 12-1:30pm
- Location: DV3130 Council Chamber
- Register now!
What to expect
- Learn how to find and apply to field schools, find funding, and keep yourself safe in the field!
- Hear from faculty and graduate students
- Light refreshments will be available
- View UTMAS on Instagram
Medusa Graduate Conference
Tuesday, March 18, 2025 9:00 am to Thursday, March 20, 2025 6:00 pm
The Medusa Graduate Student Symposium is an annual event hosted by the Anthropology Graduate Student Union at the University of Toronto, St. George campus. Medusa is a forum for graduate students to present paper or reviews of their research and is intended to provide both internal and external students with early-career conference and networking experience in a collegial and interdisciplinary environment.
U of T Anthropology Colloquium Series - Dr. Andrea Baden
- Friday, March 21, 2025 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
- AP246 Anthropology Building, 19 Ursula Franklin Street, Toronto
Dr. Andrea Baden is an associate professor and director of the Primate Molecular Ecology Laboratory (PMEL) in the Department of Anthropology at Hunter College. She teaches courses in human evolution, primatology and primate conservation biology. Dr. Baden is also a doctoral faculty member at the CUNY Graduate Center Department of Anthropology and is a core faculty member of the New York Consortium in Evolutionary Primatology (NYCEP). She also oversees fieldwork and research for the Ranomafana Ruffed Lemur Project in Madagascar.
Undergraduate Anthropology Conference at UTM
Conference
- Thursday, March 27, 2025 from 12:30-4:30pm
- Location: DV3130 Council Chamber
- Register to attend the conference
Call for submissions
- March 4, 2025: Abstract submissions are due
- March 5, 2025: Abstracts are selected
- March 12, 2025: Rough drafts are due
- March 19, 2025: Final drafts are due
- View UTMAS on Instagram for submission details!
- Submissions can be made directly to UTMAS.
Learn about the annual Anthropology Conference at UTM.
Visit Anthropology at the UTM March Open House
- Sunday, March 30, 2025
Drop by our Arts and Science tables and visit our open lab! More details will be posted soon.
Learn about March Open House at UTM.
Calling all anthro students! UTMAS is holding a new re-occurring event called the YAPS SESH - Young Anthropology Program Study Session
- February 6: 5-7pm in MN2130
- March 6: 5-7pm in MN2130
- April 3: 5-7pm in MN2130
Anthropology students of all years are more than welcome to come for the full time or drop in! This event is a great space for studying, networking, asking program questions, and meeting like-minded anthropology students.
Tri-campus Colloquium Series: Dr. Tiffany Fryer (University of Michigan)
- Update: this talk has been POSTPONED (it was originally scheduled for Friday, February 28, 2025 from 3-5pm).
- AP246, Anthropology Building, 19 Ursula Franklin Street, Toronto
In her scholarship, Dr. Tiffany Fryer draws on techniques from across anthropology, archaeology, and history to investigate the durabilities of colonialism and other forms of political violence, and how they inform present day political consciousness and imaginations of the future. She is committed to operationalizing public history to meet social justice needs, to working collaboratively with local communities, and to envisioning a praxis of heritage as liberation.
Past events
Are you choosing your Program of Study (POSt) this spring? Visit Anthropology at the Student Program Planning Interactive Exhibition (SPPIE)
- Thursday, March 6, 2025 from 10am-2pm
- Location: MN 2nd floor and Grand Hall
- No pre-registration is required.
Learn about SPPIE
Book signing event with Dr. Mustahid Husain for his debut novel, Double Truths
Mustahid Husain will be signing copies of Double Truths, his debut novel in English, at various events over the coming weeks. View a schedule of book signing events and read a sample of the first three chapters of Double Truths on Dr. Husain's website.
- Wed. March 5, 2025 at the Kelowna Innovation Centre (460 Doyle Avenue, Kelowna, BC)
The Kelowna event will be anchored by the CBC journalist Alya Ramadan. View details via Eventbrite.
Your Career Evolution in Anthropology information session
Join us to explore diverse career paths, gain practical insights, and discover how to leverage your Anthropology degree in a variety of fields!
- Tuesday, March 4th, 2025 from 10:00AM - 11:30AM
- Location: DV2220 (HUB Activity Room)
UTM Moves event: Elevate UTM: Celebrating & Empowering Black Wellness
- Monday, March 3, 2025 11 AM – 2 PM
- RAWC Gym A/B
The first 50 participants to register and attend will receive an exclusive Elevate UTM t-shirt & wellness kit!
This event is open to all UTM students, staff, and faculty regardless of background, fitness level or experience!
UTMAS and AGSU present
The Graduate Student Research Showcase
- February 28, 2025 in DH 3000 from 4:00-6:00 PM
- Light refreshments will be provided!
Drop by and wander through research displays, ask questions, and connect with grad students about their projects, experiences, and tips for navigating grad school. Whether you’re looking for inspiration, advice, or just want to check out some cool anthropology research, this event is for you! Anthropology students of all years are welcome to drop by or stay for the whole event!
View UTMAS Instagram
UTM Moves events: Move with Confidence: A Self-Defence Event with Campus Safety
Thursday, Feb 27
- Learn practical techniques to protect yourself, build confidence, and enhance your personal safety in everyday situations. Sign up for one of two timeslots! Light refreshments will be served.
- Details and registration
Martial Arts for Wellness
- Date: Wednesday, Feb 5, 2025
- Times: 11 AM - 12 PM & 12 - 1 PM
- Location: Gym A/B
- Register here!
UTM Home Hockey Games at Canlan Sports (Oakville, ON)
- Date: Saturday, Feb 8, 2025
- Times: Women’s Game @ 5:00 PM; Men’s Game @ 7:00 PM
- Location: Canlan Sports (Oakville, ON) – Bus Transportation provided from UTM
- Register here!
Summer jobs in Ontario archaeology: meet potential employers from cultural resource management firms!
Update: Online Zoom option now available for those who can't attend in person due to the weather!
- Thursday Feb. 6, 2025 at 12 noon in DV2047
We are pleased to welcome representatives of several cultural resource management firms to UTM to talk about how to get a summer job in Ontario archaeology. It is not too early to apply - companies are recruiting right now!
- There will be coffee, tea, and snacks.
- No registration required, just drop in.
Note: we post links to firms that hire summer students and graduates on our Other Opportunities for students page.
Annual Research Prize Symposium at UTM
- Tuesday, February 4, 2025 from 1-3 p.m. (Talks: 1-2 p.m. | Reception: 2-3 p.m.)
- Location: MN 3230
Congratulations to Nicole Novroski, recipient of the 2024 Research Prize in the Sciences at UTM! Attend the symposium to hear from this year's research award winners and learn more about their work.
Thinking Out Loud Together: How do we really see one another in meaningful discourse?
- Monday, January 20 from 2:45 – 4:30PM
- at the MiST Theatre and online
Join Vice President and Principal Alexandra Gillespie and Professor Randy Boyagoda with retired Judge Marion Buller, member of Mistawasis First Nation, Chief Commissioner of the national MMIWG commission, and Chancellor of the University of Victoria for a special lecture and discussion on fostering understanding in open inquiry.
Register to attend in person or online.
Historical Studies Online Lecture: Muslim Materialities Lecture Series
Timur Hammond, "Fluid Geographies: Water, Mediation, and Infrastructure in an Istanbul Shrine
- Thursday, January 16, 2025 from 12:30-2:30
- Register via Zoom.
UTMAS Exam Destressor Fingerpainting
Thursday, November 28, 2024 from 5-8 pm in MN 2130
Attention UTM students: are you hoping to kick off exam season with a relaxing event to distract from the madness? Look no further than the UTMAS exam destressor event!
Join fellow anthropology students, have some snacks, and paint a canvas!
The Looting Lab and the Jackman Humanities Institute present
Paper Trails of Plunder: Mapping the Looting of the Maqdala Manuscripts, a talk and workshop by Eyob Derillo, Ethiopic manuscripts expert at the British Library
- November 22, 2024
- The talk will run from 11AM-12:30PM, and the workshop will be held from 2PM-4PM.
This two-part event will explore how military records can be used to reconstruct the looting of manuscripts and other cultural heritage during colonial conflicts and occupation.
The event is free and hybrid.
Event details and registration
UTMAS presents
Grad App Graduate School Information Session with Professor Alicia Hawkins
Wed. Nov. 20 from 3-5pm in DV2045
- Do you have questions about applying to graduate studies?
- Do you wonder if graduate school is right for you?
- Want to learn about career paths after grad school?
Come to this session! Join Prof. Alicia Hawkins and UTMAS to learn the answers to your questions.
Curious about what a research degree can do for you? The UTM Undergraduate Research Students Association is excited to bring you “Beyond Academia”
Wednesday, November 13 from 5:00 PM - 6:40 PM at IB150 (Instructional Building)
This panel event features U of T grad students and alumni who have unique, alternative careers to give YOU an idea of what else you can do apart from academia. Guest speakers include:
- Diaa Abdallah, 5th-year PhD student with the Gunning Group.
- Kareem Abdur-Rashid, Co-Founder and Director of Kare Chemical Technologies Inc.
- Raquel De Souza, Director of Partnerships & Innovation here at UTM and the Founder and Director of SpinUp.
Register and and check out @ursa_utm on Instagram for more information.
Tri-campus Anthropology Colloquium Series presents:
Dr. Paulla Ebron will give a talk entitled "The Co-production of Place and History: A Landscape Approach to Region Making"
- Friday, November 08, 2024 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
- AP246, Anthropology Building, St. George Campus, 19 Ursula Franklin Street, Toronto
Skills workshops for 1st and 2nd year anthropology students
The Department of Anthropology is hosting a series of skill development workshops to help first- and second-year students reach their academic potential and impress professors with their prowess! Don't miss this opportunity to boost your skills in a friendly and supportive environment.
- Tues, Sept 24 from 3-4 pm: Citations
- Tues, Oct 1 from 3-4 pm: Time management
- Tues, Oct 8 from 3-4 pm: Notetaking and study skills
- Tues, Oct 15 from 3-4 pm: Professionalism
- Tues, Nov 5 from 3-4 pm: Writing
Tri-campus Anthropology Colloquium Series presents:
Dr. Radhika Govindrajan will give a talk entitled “I’ve Heard I’m Characterless”: Scandal, Social Media, and Mediated Talk Back in Rural India"
- Friday, October 25, 2024 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
- AP246, Anthropology Building, St. George Campus and via Zoom
The OVPRI presents
Celebration of Books
Tuesday, October 22, 2024 from 1-3 p.m. in MN 3230 at UTM
The Celebration of Books will be held in person in the Collaborative Digital Research Space (CDRS). Faculty, librarians, staff, postdoctoral fellows, and students are all welcome to attend.
Professor David Samson's Our tribal future : how to channel our foundational human instincts into a force for good and Dr. Mustahid Husain's Masculinity and Mental Health of Muslim Men of Colour: Diaspora and Intersectionality of Canadian Youth are among this books featured at this year's celebration!
U of T Mississauga presents
Fall Campus Day: Anthropology lab tour, presentation, and Arts and Science tables
Sunday, October 20, 2024 from 10:00am - 3:00pm
Prospective students, parents, and teachers: be sure to visit us at UTM's Fall Campus Day to learn about Anthropology HBA and HBSc programs and experiential learning opportunities!
- Please note new time: Attend the Anthropology presentation at 1:00 pm in Deerfield Hall DH 2070.
- Visit the Anthropology Science (HBSc) table at the Instructional Centre (IB).
- Visit the Anthropology Social Science (HBA) table in Maanjiwe nendamowinan (MN).
- Visit the Anthropology Drop-in Lab in Davis Building (enter via DV 2047V).
The UTM Lecture Me! 2024-25 series presents
Skeleton Keys: Bodies, the Archive, and Lived Lives
A talk by Professor Madeleine Mant
Tuesday, October 8, 2024 at 7pm
Bioarcheological (the study of human skeletons from archaeological and historical contexts) engagement with questions of marginalization and social disenfranchisement is critical to questions of social justice in the examination of past lived lives. We will discuss examples of how marginalization may become embodied in the skeleton, the process by which individuals or skeletal collections may themselves become marginalized, and how archival sources can reveal bodies pushed to the edges of dominant narratives.
UTMAS presents
Meet the professors event
Tuesday, October 1st in DV 2045 from 11 AM to 1 PM (drop-in event)
Are you interested in an opportunity to meet more anthropology friends? Do you want to connect one-on-one with professors? Do you like games and prizes?
Look no further than the UTMAS Meet the Prof Event!
You will meet 4 amazing members of our department: Dr. Bolt, Dr. Avery, Dr. Orchard, and Dr. Schroeder!
There will also be some artifacts and specimens for you to interact with and learn about! Don’t miss out on this fantastic opportunity!
The second annual All-Nations Powwow at UTM will take place on Saturday, September 28, 2024 from 12-5pm. All community members, including non-Indigenous, are welcome to attend this event! Visit the UTM Indigenous Office Events Calendar for detailed information.
The U of T tri-campus Anthropology Colloquium Series presents: The Music in the Words: Poetics and Resonance in the Therapeutic
Speaker: Dr. Xochitl Marsilli-Vargas (Emory University)
- Friday, September 27, 2024 3:00 pm to 5:00 pm
- Anthropology Building, 19 Ursula Franklin Street, Toronto (St. George Campus) and via Zoom
“In this presentation I introduce the concept of “resonance”: an embodied practice of reception that exceeds the here-and-now of sound production by virtue of the way words sound and resound in a listener. To do this, I draw on an ethnographic study of psychoanalytic listening in Buenos Aires, Argentina, where personal identities, conceptions of citizenship, and constructions of the political are rooted less in the performativity of speaking than in a particular genre of listening derived from the techniques of psychoanalysis. In Buenos Aires, this form of listening is social, dialogic, and ubiquitously performed across a diverse range of everyday interactional contexts, apparently transcending distinctions based on age, gender, and class differences. Exploring “the music in the words,” which is to say how talk resonates both within the therapeutic consultation and in seemingly mundane moments of social encounter, I ask what kinds of textual artifacts are being produced when the focus is not on the text but rather on what the text evokes in the listener.” - Dr. Vargas
Visit Anthropology at the UTM Experiential Education Fair
Thursday, September 26, 2024 from 11am-3pm at the Kaneff Centre Rotunda
Meet with faculty and staff to learn about experiential learning opportunities in anthropology including community-engaged learning, field schools, and co-curricular experiences!
Undergraduate students: learn how to get into research at UTM!
The UTM Undergraduate Research Student’s Association (UTM URSA) is excited to host this event introducing UTM students to research opportunities through presentations, a Q&A panel, and an informal coffee chat.
September 20, 2024, 4 PM - 7 PM in IB245 (Instructional Building)
- Food & drinks will be provided.
- Don’t miss the chance to learn more about applications, lab selection, and more!
- You can also check out the newly launched UTM URSA Mentorshop Program
Learn more and register via the UTM URSA Linktree, and check out @ursa_utm on Instagram for more information.
UTM Orientation: Academic Department Welcome
The Toronto Public Library presents a free event:
Kathy Reichs: Fire and Bones
Wed, Aug 14, 2024 at 7 pm | Toronto Reference Library
Are you a a fan of the Temperance Brennan novel series? International bestselling author Kathy Reichs discusses her new novel in which forensic anthropologist Temperance Brennan finds herself at the centre of an arson investigation that spawns deepening levels of mystery.
Details and ticket reservation
Info session for Fall 2024 reading week trip: explore Oxford and London with Prof. Stephen Scharper
This opportunity to travel to England is perfect for students enrolled in ANT368H5 but is open to all UTM students as well (you do not have to be enrolled in the course to apply and travel with this experience). Funding is available!
Approximate Travel Dates: Friday, October 25th, 2024 - Sunday, November 3rd, 2024
- Info session on June 26, 2024 at 11am via Zoom
- Apply for the trip by July 7, 2024
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