Summer 2024 UTM Anthropology News for Undergraduate Students
Featuring news, reminders, and updates for students enrolled in UTM Anthropology programs. Questions may be directed to communications.utmanthro@utoronto.ca.
Congratulations to all graduating students!
The Department of Anthropology congratulates all students who are graduating and celebrating convocation this June! We welcome anthropology graduates to connect with the department via LinkedIn and X.
Outstanding Program Performance Award
Congratulations to Christopher Kiru, recipient of the 2023-24 Outstanding Program Performance Award for anthropology at UTM!
Fall 2024 reading week trip to England: explore Oxford and London with Prof. Stephen Scharper
This opportunity 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
New Mystery of Mount Woodham displays on campus
Artifacts discovered on campus through our ANT318H5F Archaeological Field School excavations are now on display at a new location in Davis Building (in the hallway leading towards the CCIT building). You can also visit the display inside the UTM Library entrance, which features a new selection of artifacts.
The Mount Woodham Mystery Project highlights some of the student-involved archaeological research that takes place within the Department of Anthropology at UTM.
New anthropology social science course: ANT371H5 - The Natural City: Cultural Approaches to Urban Sustainability
How can we foster more compassionate and caring relationships with nonhumans in cities - and how might we do this in the context of social-ecological injustices and climate change?
In this course students are invited to utilize a variety of approaches, including arts-based ethnography, journaling, archival research, photography, sound-scaping, et. al.
- View the complete course description and prerequisites in the Academic Calendar.
- View the course schedule on the Timetable Builder.
Do you need help choosing your anthropology courses?
Whether you're starting your first year at UTM or entering your final year of studies this fall, we have course selection advice for you. Check our anthropology course selection information before you enrol in your courses on ACORN.
Let's talk about health: interview with a health geographer
Dr. Madeleine Mant chats with Dr. Paul Hackett about his work as a health geographer. How does his work intersect with anthropology and history? How do health geographers work with space and place? How did the jet age affect the very fabric of space and time?!
Reminders and deadlines
- Young Anthropology undergraduate journal: the next deadline for submissions is August 31, 2024.
- Did you receive approval from the department to enrol in ANT318H5F or ANT418H5F? You must reply to the email you received from the department to confirm that you wish to enrol in the course.
- Starting in the Summer 2024 F and S terms, the anthropology department will be using UTM's new special consideration pilot system for missed coursework requests. Consult your anthropology course syllabus for instructions on submitting requests.
- Enrol in an anthropology S term summer course at UTM!
Events
Links for Summer 2024 U of T and UTM events will be posted on our Events page when available.