March 2025 news for anthropology undergraduate students
Featuring news, reminders, and updates for students enrolled in UTM Anthropology programs. We update this page regularly, so check back for new information. Please note it's possible that dates may change after we publish opportunities on this page. Questions about this page may be directed to communications.utmanthro@utoronto.ca.
Deadline reminders
- March 3: JHI 2025 Scholars-in-Residence applications are due.
- March 4: Abstract submissions are due for the Anthropology Conference at UTM!
- March 5: deadline to reach out to prospective faculty supervisors in the Department of Anthropology to ask if they would be interested in taking on students regarding the Summer 2025 UTEA funding opportunity (details below).
- March 10: Deadline to drop a S course from academic record and GPA.
- March 15: Ontario Archaeology Society: Valerie Sonstenes Student Research Fund Application packages due (details below).
- March 24: Deadline to apply for Department of Anthropology Undergraduate Experience Fund (details below)
- Summer job searching? We post links to firms that hire summer students and graduates on our Other opportunities for students page!
- Summer course enrolment begins in March: check the Office of the Registrar's Important Dates for details.
Event and study session reminders
- Tues. March 4: Your Career Evolution in Anthropology
- Thurs. March 6: Student Program Planning Interactive Exhibition (SPPIE) (details below)
- Thurs. March 6 from 5-7pm in MN2130: UTMAS YAPS SESH Study Session
- Wed. March 19 from 10:30am-12pm at RGASC: Study Skill Drop-Ins
- Thurs. March 27: Undergraduate Anthropology Conference at UTM (details below)
- Save the date: Registration opens on March 1 for Sweats to Suits (S2S), a 3-day hybrid conference taking place from April 30-May 2 for graduating students and recent graduates (details below).
Congratulations!
Congratulations to UTMAS on being awarded a 2024-25 Dean’s Academic Society Initiative Prize! This award recognizes the society’s range of planned activities that provide Anthropology students with valuable opportunities for increased faculty-student and peer-to-peer interactions, and equity, diversity, and inclusion efforts that enhance the student experience at UTM.
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
Attend the annual Undergraduate Anthropology Conference at UTM!
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
- Submissions can be made directly to UTMAS.
- View UTMAS on Instagram for more detailed information on submissions!
Conference date
- Thursday, March 27, 2025 from 12:30-4:30pm
- Location: DV3130 Council Chamber
- Register to attend the conference
Learn about the annual Anthropology Conference at UTM, presented by UTMAS!
Are you choosing your Program of Study (POSt) this spring?
Visit the Anthropology table at the Student Program Planning Interactive Exhibition (SPPIE) to learn about our HBA and HBSc programs.
Thursday, March 6, 2025 from 10am-2pm
Location: MN 2nd floor and Grand Hall
No registration is required! Just drop by!
Featured alumni profile
Gillian Cade: Office Manager at Koffler Centre of the Arts
“My education in sociocultural anthropology played a vital role in my current successes. Anthropology provided a foundation of deep understanding of the complexities of the world around me."
View full profile on our HBA Alumni Profiles page
Funding opportunities
Summer research funding opportunity: 2025 University of Toronto Excellence Award (UTEA)
UTEA provides opportunities for research experience at the undergraduate level in the natural sciences and engineering (NSE), social sciences and humanities (SSH), or health and life sciences (HLS); to augment the formal research courses offered by the University of Toronto. The program is intended to provide undergraduate students opportunities to gain direct research experience on a faculty-led project; to help students learn and appreciate the investigative methodologies of areas of particular interest; and to foster interest in and knowledge of careers in research.
The award period is 14 full weeks during the summer term, and the award value is a minimum of $7,500.
Interested in applying?
Please reach out as soon as possible (deadline Wed. March 5) to prospective faculty supervisors in the Department of Anthropology directly to ask if they would be interested in taking on students.
Ontario Archaeology Society: Valerie Sonstenes Student Research Fund
Application packages due March 15, 2025
The Valerie Sonstenes Student Research Fund is intended to support student research that relates to and advances knowledge of Ontario’s archaeological record. This fund provides a student with a small grant (for up to $1000.00) to assist them in undertaking new research for their Honour’s, Master’s, or PhD project.
View the OAS student fund application
Undergraduate Experience Fund applications are now open
Applications are due March 24, 2025
Students currently enrolled in a UTM Anthropology undergraduate program can apply for a grant from the UTM Department of Anthropology Undergraduate Student Experience Fund to provide funding support for approved expenses relating to:
- Student participation in local conferences to present research findings (including poster printing).
- Individual student attendance at career / professional development conferences.
- Student participation in a non-UTM field school (typically not supplies or equipment).