2023
Stephen Scharper on practicing the joy of Christmas - Toronto Star (December 23, 2023)
Dreaming may have evolved as a strategy for co-operative survival: a new article by sleep expert Professor David Samson - The Conversation (December 20, 2023)
Stephen Scharper interviewed on the topic of Democracy and Sustainability on The Green Majority radio show on CIUT 89.5 FM (December 15, 2023)
Read excerpt from David Samson's Our Tribal Future, winner of the 2023 Balsillie Prize for best public policy book - The Star (December 3, 2023)
David Samson explores how dreams vary across cultures and environments - U of T News (November 29, 2023)
David R. Samson wins the $60K Balsillie Prize for best public policy book - CBC News (November 29, 2023)
Tracey Galloway on the Nutrition North subsidy: it isn't doing enough to help with high food costs - CBC News (November 18, 2023)
David Samson offers five useful ideas for getting a better night’s rest - U of T Magazine (October 10, 2023)
Nicole Novroski was featured on a W5 episode "Who Was the Mystery Bomber?" on CTV (November 9, 2023)
Aliya Moore, Sarah Sayeed, and Leann Ling were awarded the Canadian Archaeological Association 2023 annual student poster award for Reconstructing Roadways of a Late 19th to Mid-20th Century Settler Site in Southern Ontario. (November 2, 2023)
A reflection from Stephen Scharper is included in a Bay Today article on author Waub Rice (October 25, 2023)
Anthropology PhD Students Awarded UTM International Scholarships (October 11, 2023)
Grocers fail to pass along full Nutrition North food subsidy to shoppers, study co-authored by Tracey Galloway shows (September 14, 2023)
New study co-authored by Madeleine Mant shows link between institutionalization, hip fractures and death (August 30, 2023)
David Samson's opinion piece "Tribalism creates trust among strangers, but at what cost?" appears in the Globe and Mail (May 26, 2023)
Leann Ling received an Outstanding Graduating Anthropology Student Award from the Canadian Anthropology Society. (May 26, 2023)
Nicole Novroski talks about how genealogy and DNA are used to solve crimes - CTV. (May 24, 2023)
Stephen Scharper interviewed regarding renewed calls to make High Park car-free - Global News. (April 3, 2023)
Anthropology students Vinnah Rahman and Aditi Soin receive 2022-23 UTM Student Leadership Awards. (March 30, 2023)
Stephen Scharper discusses how love factors prominently into his approach to research (UTM News). (March 24, 2023)
David Samson weighs in on the behavioural changes people can make to improve their sleep and get better, deeper rest (Toronto Star). (March 15, 2023)
Nicole Novroski discusses how genetic genealogy can help solve missing persons cases (CBC). (February 7, 2023)
UTORMFA (multifactorial authentication) rollout for all undergraduate and graduate students must be completed by February 28, 2023 (January 11, 2023)
Students learn about about Swahili culture through international cooking workshop at UTM (January 3, 2023)
2022
Stephen Scharper's column "The Christmas mood: a vibe of radical love" appears in the Toronto Star (December 24, 2022)
Tracy Rogers discusses the search for womens' remains (interview with The Canadian Press) (December 15, 2022)
Congratulations to Sherry Fukuzawa, recipient of U of T Early Career Teaching Award - U of T News (December 1, 2022)
Nicole Novroski says this is an 'exciting time' for genetic experts as more cold cases are solved - CBC News (November 29, 2022)
Congratulations to Liye Xie, recipient of Jackman Humanities Institute 6-month Faculty Research Fellowship in the Humanities for 2023-2024 (November 17, 2022)
Stephen Scharper questions Canada’s initiatives to combat climate change through cutting emissions and pollution in an interview with The Medium. (November 14, 2022)
Stephen Scharper shares his insight on the matter of threats to Canada’s biodiversity through an interview with The Medium. (November 14, 2022)
Congratulations to UTM undergraduate student Luca Del Giacco, who was awarded the Davidson Black Award for the best in-person poster presentation at the CABA 2022 annual meeting. (October 28, 2022)
Madeleine Mant's "Behind Bars: Anthropology of Institutions and Confinement" (ANT405H5) is among six new courses in 2022-23 featured in UTM News. (August 26, 2022)
Dr. Nicole Novroski explains to CBC News how skin elasticity can impact fingerprints. (August 2, 2022)
Museum exhibit highlights Dr. Alicia Hawkins' collaborative archaeological research with the Huron-Wendat Nation (July 14, 2022)
Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation opens office on U of T campus (July 5, 2022)
Dr. Nicole Novroski of the UTM Forensic Science program has been selected as an Advisory Committee member for the International Symposium on Human Identification (ISHI). A series of videos that highlight Dr. Novroski's career and teaching are available on the ISHI YouTube channel. (June 28, 2022)
Nicole Novroski interviewed by CBC News about the methods investigators can use to identify a young girl whose body was recently found (June 7, 2022)
David Samson talks to BBC Future about why humans get less sleep than other primates (May 24, 2022)
Congratulations to UTM Anthropology students Mahalia Johnna Baguio and Ya Qi Mo on receiving the Student Poster Award at the 54th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Archaeological Association for their poster titled (Re-)Imagining the Schreiber Wood Landscape: Digital Reconstructions of 19th Century Settler Occupations at the University of Toronto Mississauga (May 2, 2022)
Digging for Answers to a Local Mystery: UTM Anthropology's Archaeological Fieldwork field school featured in U of T Maganize (April 20, 2022)
Sherry Fukuzawa awarded 2021-22 Early Career Teaching Award and Teaching Fellowship at U of T (April 1, 2022)
Stephen Scharper's opinion piece "At last, an atlas of Indigenous knowledge" appears in the Toronto Star (March 23, 2022)
Stephen Scharper participated in several recent panels at U of T. He served as moderator for a panel entitled "Creation Care and the Church" held at the Faculty of Divinity’s Creation Care Workshop in February 2022. He also presented at a multifaith panel entitled "Earth Love Gathering" sponsored by Emmanuel College, and he served as invited panelist for the University of Toronto Environmental Action (UTEA) Covid-19 Pandemic and Environmental Health Webinar. (March 21, 2022)
Why do animals sleep? David Samson featured on CBC's The Nature of Things (March 16, 2022)
Madeleine Mant talks about vaccine history on CBC's St John's Morning Show (February 4, 2022)
Stephen Scharper presented an online talk "Falling in love with the earth: embracing a compassionate ecology (February 3, 2022)
UTM Anthropology student Gordane Calloo writes about the experience of being a Black student in Anthropology: read On Being a Black Woman and a Student in The Medium (January 31, 2022)
A sweeping scholarly spread: UofT Mississauga researcher Zoë Wool covers a lot of ground in her work (January 31, 2022)
UTM Anthropology professor Zoë Wool featured on UTM's View to the U podcast (January 27, 2022)
Madeleine Mant shares her tips on "Battling Burnout" through bringing hobbies into everyday life (January 27, 2022)
Ravaged by COVID, Bearskin Lake is in crisis and needs our help - by Tracy Galloway in the Toronto Star (January 6, 2022)
2021
COVID, climate and Christmas: Wondering and wandering with the Magi - by Stephen Scharper in the Toronto Star (December 24, 2021)
David Samson spoke to Discover Magazine about the evolutionary advantages of human sleep patterns (December 9, 2021)
Madeleine Mant on using historic dress and personas in ANT220H5 Introduction to the Anthropology of Health - Synapsis Journal (December 6, 2021)
Professor Stephen Scharper recently appeared on UTM's The Medium podcast on Acknowledging Your Privilege (September 22, 2021)
Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Iva Seto assessing impact of climate change on food security in the Yukon (September 2, 2021)
Professor Stephen Scharper quoted in article: ‘Far-fetched’ ideas to combat climate change that may become the new normal - The Pointer (August 21, 2021)
Dr. Madeleine Mant's UTM study featured in article: Expert advice and mandates help vaccine hesitant students (August 16, 2021)
Unearthing an ugly past: Forensic experts on the challenge of searching former residential school sites (July 23, 2021)
Professor Stephen Scharper will take part in the 2021 Atlantic Seminar in Theological Education (ASTE ) June 13-16, 2021. (June 4, 2021)
Professor David Samson on the mental health rewards of sleep – and tips on how to achieve it. (June 3, 2021)
Graduate student Noor Abbas discusses research on student dreams during the COVID-19 pandemic - CBC News (April 6, 2021)
Madeleine Mant featured in article entitled Lessons from a year under cover: How the mask went from a discouraged piece of protection to a politicized symbol of the pandemic (Toronto Star subscription content) (March 26, 2021)
Madeleine Mant is co-author of 10 tips for effective remote student supervision - University Affairs (March 15, 2021)
Lauren Schroeder among U of T Anthropology instructors digitizing hundreds of teaching specimens for online courses - University Affairs (March 11, 2021)
Madeleine Mant shares the creative "unessay" work produced by students in her ANT220 Introduction to the Anthropology of Health course - Defining Moments Canada (February 5, 2021)
Madeleine Mant talks about the COVID vaccine and anthropology of health research on YouTube (January 15, 2021)
2020
David Samson on his adventures in research on the View to the U Podcast (December 2020)
To beat COVID-19, look to the past, says medical anthropologist Dr. Madeleine Mant (December 16, 2020)
Stephen Scharper on Denise Ho’s remarkable journey from Cantopop diva to human rights champion - Toronto Star (December 2, 2020)
Waiting for a Cure: Zoe Wool explores military medicine’s harmful ‘curative promise’ (November 24, 2020)
Stephen Scharper was interviewed by CBC Radio about his book The Green Bible: Words of Love for a Suffering Planet. (November 18, 2020)
Madeleine Mant co-authored an OpEd in the Globe and mail about COVID-19 and education (November 16, 2020)
Madeleine Mant is quoted in article about human challenge trials for COVID-19 - Globe & Mail (November 12, 2020)
Five questions with Stephen Scharper and Nicole Spiegelaar in the Trinity Alumni Magazine (October 31, 2020)
Hands-on learning during COVID-19: a glimpse into our archaeological field schools in 2020 (October 16, 2020)
Virtual labs: Skulls, bone fragments and fossils come to life with 3D scanner as Lauren Schroeder and colleagues create digital database from their teaching collection. (October 16, 2020)
Stephen Scharper appointed Director of Sustainability for the Integrated Sustainability Initiative at Trinity College (October 8, 2020)
Dr. Madeleine Mant launches new video series "Let's Talk About Health" with a focus on careers in health care. (September 22, 2020)
David Samson awarded grant from fund honouring past U of T president (September 14, 2020)
Let's Talk About Health: Madeleine Mant brings new video series, costumes and creativity to online anthropology of health classes at UTM (September 2, 2020)
David Samson on live-streaming his UTM Anthropology lectures using Twitch (August 31, 2020)
Firat Bozcali's new anthropology course Racketeers, Smugglers and Pirates: Anthropology of Illegality (ANT216H5) is featured in ten new courses to take at UTM (August 24, 2020)
Andrea Muehlebach on the risks of for-profit public-private water partnerships - rabble.ca (August 21, 2020)
Madeleine Mant is quoted on historical patent medicines in the summer issue of UofTMed Magazine (July 22, 2020)
Madeleine Mant is quoted in “The next pandemic and the case for syndemics thinking” article in the Globe and Mail (subscription content) (July 2, 2020)
UTM student with a minor in Anthropology focuses future on global health (May 29, 2020)
David Samson discusses how to clean up your “sleep hygiene” on 3Q’s at the U (May 25, 2020)
UTM archaeologist Liye Xie studies how we shaped the technologies that also shaped us (May 21, 2020)
Madeleine Mant appears on the first episode of 3Qs at the U to share why plague doctors used to wear those terrifying masks (May 4, 2020)
David Samson on the link between fear and sleep stuggles in The Toronto Star (April 27, 2020)
David Samson on the evolution of family life in article about social distancing (Toronto Star subscription content) (April 15, 2020)
Tracey Galloway and other researchers co-sign letter sounding alarm on COVID-19 health risks to northern Indigenous communities - Radio Canada (French) (April 9, 2020)
David Samson featured in CBC news article: How to keep COVID-19 stress from ruining your sleep (April 5, 2020)
UTM Anthropology donates teaching lab supplies to protect front-line health care workers (April 1, 2020)
Madeleine Mant on Social distancing and blame: Lessons from past pandemics (March 25, 2020)
Madeleine Mant is featured in a story about what 19th century pandemics can teach us about the novel coronavirus - CBC (March 11, 2020)
UTM students win case competition at Young Entrepreneur Conference (March 10, 2020)
Stephen Scharper's latest column in the Toronto Star: A prodigal church re-welcomes a gay pastor (January 28, 2020)
Firat Bozcali is interviewed about the assassination of Iranian General Soleymani, and US-Iran relations - The Medium (January 19, 2020)
Aleesha Singh, Dean's Excellence Award winner and Forbes Under 30 Scholar interviewed by Areesha Imaan Siddiqui, UTMAS Executive Council member in Young Anthropology (January 15, 2020)
Volunteers needed: Testing FBI-endorsed forensic DNA kit in Canada's genetic melting pot - UTM Research Office (January 6, 2020)
Sherry Fukuzawa is featured in UTM's #MeetTheNewProfs campaign (January 6, 2020)
2019
Stephen Scharper on embracing good will this Christmas - Toronto Star (December 24, 2019)
Dress Code: UTM anthropologist Dr. Madeleine Mant brings history to life in the classroom (December 9, 2019)
The Department of Anthropology is pleased to launch Young Anthroplogy, our new peer-reviewed undergraduate online journal (December 1, 2019)
Sarah Hillewaert awarded the Annual Research Prize for Social Sciences at UTM (November 29, 2019)
Nicole Novroski explains how cold cases are being solved thanks to public DNA databases and what this could mean for the future of cold case investigations - CBC (November 28, 2019)
Sarah Hillewaert talks about her research in East Africa at the 2019 Annual Research Prize Symposium at UTM (November 27, 2019)
Tracey Galloway part of interdisciplinary research team: Reconciliation through Engineering Initiative to help improve Indigenous housing and transportation - UTM News (November 26, 2019)
Madeleine Mant on Anthropology, health, and dressing up - featured in the Medium (November 3, 2019)
Meditation Destination: Anthropologist Sarah Hillewaert studies yoga and tourism in East Africa (October 31, 2019)
Gary Crawford's photos document highlights of the ANT414H5F international learning opportunity in Japan during the Fall 2019 reading week (October 16, 2019)
David Samson was awarded the CSS Roger Broughton Young Investigator Award 2019 at the World Sleep Society Conference in Vancouver. (September 30, 2019)
Nicole Novroski of the Forensic Science Program is featured in UTM's #MeetTheNewProfs campaign (September 23, 2019)
Stephen Scharper is among U of T Mississauga faculty who led teach-ins as part of the campus response to the worldwide Global Climate Strike happening this month. (September 20, 2019)
Gary Crawford gave a talk on New Research Directions in Archaeology and Linguistic History of Hokkaido Ainu at the Institute of East Asian Studies at UC Berkeley. (September 17, 2019)
Tracey Galloway's research on how the people of Nunavut experience cancer and end-of-life care is featured in University of Toronto Magazine. (July 27, 2019)
Anthropology doctoral student Nattha Chuenwattana gave a talk in Thailand on her research on an early historic shipwreck, including creating some dishes based on the types of plant remains found - Matichon Online. Use Google Translate to view article in English. (July 15, 2019)
U of T researchers and Indigenous communities collaborate to improve infrastructure and food security - U of T News (June 21, 2019)
Anthropology Arts and Science double major featured on UTM Future Instagram (June 15, 2019)
Tracey Galloway on the health-focused research she does with northern Indigenous populations in Canada - View to the U Podcast (June 12, 2019)
Tracey Galloway's research on rising food insecurity in Nunavut featured in Radio Canada International article (May 21, 2019)
Stephen Scharper served as emcee for the 2019 Waterdocs Film Festival, held at the Hot Docs Theatre in Toronto. (May 15, 2019)
Stephen Scharper on the social and ecological effects of the border fencing along the U.S.-Mexico border - Broadview Magazine (March 29, 2016)
Andrea Muehlebach is featured in a new video about U of T researchers and how their work relates to Planet Earth (March 6, 2019)
Gary Crawford interviewed on Elmnt FM's Moment of Truth (February 4, 2019)
3,000-year-old eastern North American quinoa discovered in Ontario (January 14, 2019)
2018
A week travelling in Hokkaido: ANT399Y trip to Japan featured in the Medium (November 13, 2018). Note: best viewed using Chrome browser.
David Samson on what science says about perpetual sleepiness in GQ magazine (November 1, 2018)
Tracy Rogers discusses her broad program of research on the View to the U podcast (October 31, 2018)
Stephen Scharper on student research in sustainability at UTM's Institute of Management and Innovation (IMI) - The Medium (October 22, 2018)
Gary Crawford's photo album documents the ANT399Y international learning opportunity in Hokkaido, Japan during the Fall 2018 reading week (October 10, 2018)
Francis Cody on the legacy of screenwriter-turned-politician Muthuvel Karunanidhi in Huffington Post India (October 8, 2018)
Tracey Galloway on how Northern airline merger would be “disastrous” for northerners - Nunatsiaq News (October 4, 2018)
Professor Vivienne Luk of the Forensic Science Program is featured in UTM's #MeetTheNewProfs campaign (October 1, 2018)
Andrea Muehlebach interviewed in NOW regarding provincial dealmaking to commodify water in Ontario (September 27, 2018)
Professor David Samson, who studies sleep and evolution, is part of the new generation of UTM faculty - #MeetTheNewProfs (September 12, 2018)
Stephen Scharper talks about the growing environmental movement within the Christian tradition on the Green Majority Radio podcast (August 18, 2018)
Tracey Galloway on improving social equity in Ontario’s north (July 6, 2018)
Stephen Scharper participates in plenary session at the Muskoka Summit on the Environment - CBC Radio (June 25, 2018)
Lauren Schroeder receives Connaught New Researcher Award (June 5, 2018)
Dr. Sherry Fukuzawa Joins UTM Anthropology as Assistant Professor - Teaching Stream, Biological Anthropology (April 13, 2018)
David Samson discusses the importance of good sleep on TVO's The Agenda with Steve Paikin (March 12, 2018)
Global impact: the University of Toronto tri-campus is ranked at number eight in the world for the subject of Anthropology in the QS World University Rankings by Subject for 2018. (February 28, 2018)
Liye Xie's ANT313 students and UTMAS participate in exclusive tour of the Royal Ontario Museum's East Asian exhibits (February 26, 2018)
Stephen B. Scharper in Toronto Star tribute to Wilmer Nadjiwon, a remarkable Canadian: "A Valiant Indigenous life and the embodiment of resilience" (January 26, 2018)
Esteban Parra and David Samson funded through the OVPR's Research and Scholarly Activity Fund (January 2018)
Dr. V. Firat Bozcali joins UTM Anthropology as Assistant Professor, Sociocultural Anthropology (January 2018)
2017
Heather Miller is collaborator on PDG project awarded funding through SSHRC’s Partnership Development Grant (PDG) program (November 23, 2017)
Tracy Rogers testifies in Babcock trial - The Toronto Star (November 10, 2017)
Sarah Hillewaert travelling with UTM students on a journey to explore the Anthropology of Gender in Tanzania (Reading Week, October 2017)
Secrets of the skulls: UTM anthropology prof Lauren Schroeder studies coy-wolves and early humans (September 28, 2017)
Liye Xie studies ancient urban constructions in China (September 28, 2017)
Students learn from digging up the past: UTM anthropology field course ANT318 serves as a hands on student experience in archaeology - The Medium (September 18, 2017)
Liye Xie and Tiziana Gallo conduct collaborative research project at the University of Tulsa (September 13, 2017)
A journey across time: Japan to UTM; Gary Crawford shares how he discovered his passion for archaeology - The Medium (September 11, 2017)
Tracey Galloway on the long-term consequences of hunger experienced by children in residential schools - Global News (August 19, 2017)
Gary Crawford takes us on a journey through his scholarly explorations of Japan and China on UTM's View to the U podcast (July 26, 2017)
Dr. David Samson Joins UTM Anthropology as Assistant Professor, Biological Anthropology (July 14, 2017)
Dr. Lauren Schroeder Joins UTM Anthrolpology as Assistant Professor, Biological Anthropology (July 14, 2017)
David Samson on evolutionary reasons behind our mismatched sleep patterns - Australian Broadcasting Corporation interview (July 13, 2017)
David Samson: Hunter-gatherer sleep patterns could shed light on ancestral behaviour (July 12, 2017)
Primatologist and UTM Anthropology Sessional Lecturer Laura Bolt decodes the secret language of ring-tailed lemurs (July 6, 2017)
Liye Xie receives Connaught New Researcher Award (June 8, 2017)
Stephen Scharper on Trump and the Paris Climate agreement - Global News (May 31, 2017)
Gary Crawford is Visiting Foreign Professor at Hokkaido University in February and March, 2017 (April, 2017)
Andrea Muehlebach's letter to the editor in the Toronto Star (April 13, 2017)
Stephen Scharper in the The Ecumenist on President Trump and the Spiritual and Political Challenge of Climate Chaos (PDF file, March 28, 2017)
Becky Sigmon featured in UTM's 50th Anniversary photostream on Instagram (March 24, 2017)
UTM remembers Dr. Jerry Melbye, Professor Emeritus of Anthropology (March 20, 2017)
Water activists take on bottled water: the Wellington Water Watchers shared their tale of activism in ANT461H5S (March 13, 2017)
UTM Anthropology undergraduate students participate in exclusive tour of the Royal Ontario Museum's East Asian collection (March 3, 2017)
Sarah Hillewaert travelling with UTM students on a journey to explore women's leadership and gender rights in Ghana (Reading Week, February 2017)
Jerry Melbye has been selected as one of 50 outstanding contributors to the legacy of the campus in celebration of UTM's 50th anniversary (January 24, 2017)
Stephen Scharper quoted in Vice Motherboard article on the new price of bottled water in Ontario (January 18, 2017)
2016
Tracey Galloway featured in CBC article on the urgency of changes needed to Canada's Nutrition North program (December 4, 2016)
Tracey Galloway in Canadian Press article on Nutrition North failing to cut food prices (December 4, 2016)
Andrea Muehlebach Awarded JHI Fellowship (November, 23, 2016)
Heather Miller appointed Vice-Dean, Teaching and Learning at UTM (November 22, 2016)
Stephen Sharper featured in the Medium on Falling in love with the Earth and its bees (November 14, 2016)
Tracy Rogers interviewed by What She Said! podcast about working in Forensic Science (October 31, 2016)
All-gender washrooms opening in Anthropology Department and across UTM campus (October 4, 2016)
Hillewaert’s study in youth identity: UTM anthropology professor Sarah Hillewaert shares her story of travel around the world - in The Medium (September 26, 2016)
Sarah Hillewaert studies youth culture in Kenya (August 16, 2016)
Tracey Galloway receives CIHR New Investigator Salary Award (July 21, 2016)
Gary Crawford discovers new origins for farmed rice (June 22, 2016)
Liye Xie's detour to Anthropology: Accidental Tourist (March 7, 2016)
2015
In Memoriam: Jennifer Jackson (PDF file)
Stephen Scharper interviewed by Global Morning AM TV about Pope's visit to the U.S.
FAQ about Anthropology courses in Spring 2015 term as a result of the strike
2013
Tracy Rogers, Director of Forensic Science program at UTM, consults on the Tim Bosma Case
2012
Gary Crawford in Edge Magazine (SUMMER 2012-VOL. 14, NO.1)
Jack Sidnell co-authors article published in Anthropology
2011
Esteban Parra: Seasonal fluctuations in vitamin D levels
Esteban Parra: Day in the Sun
Gary Crawford: Size Matters? Study raises questions about when and where soybeans were domesticated