Anthropology, University of Toronto

We are proud to celebrate our very own Undergraduate Administrator, Josie Alaimo, on receiving a University of Toronto 2026 Distinguished Long Service Award 🏅

Prof Shiho Satsuka currently has an art coproduction (Research and Story by Satsuka, Animation and Installation by Liu Yi) titled “Matsutake Lead the Way." The animated film is currently displayed in the special exhibition Fungi: Anarchist Designers.

The entire exhibit is an interdisciplinary collaboration and hopes to present fungi as independent organisms and designers. 🍄🍄‍🟫

The exhibit is currently on in Nieuwe Instituut, the National Museum for Architecture, Design and Digital Culture, in Rotterdam, the Netherlands, from November 20, 2025 to August 8. 2026.

*Top photo of exhibit entrance by Aad Hoogendoorn. Bottom photo of film clip posted by animator Liu Yi.

Red Dress Day honours Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, & 2SLGBTQQIA+ people who face disproportionate violence rooted in ongoing colonial systems.

We stand with First Nations communities and reaffirm our commitment to awareness & action to support safety for all.

📚✨ Happy World Book Day! 🎉 To celebrate we want to highlight and congratulate Prof. Joshua Barker on winning the 2026 Harry J. Brenda Prize for his book "State of Fear: Policing a Postcolonial City"!🌍📖

Have you read any other great anthropology books lately? Drop from recs in the chat!

🎉 Congratulations to Professors Michael Chazan, Valentina Napolitano, and Alejandro Paz on receiving an esteemed Jackman Humanities Fellowship for 2026–27! We’re excited to follow your groundbreaking research in the year ahead 📚✨ Link in bio.

We are thrilled to congratulate Prof. Max Friesen on receiving the 2025 Dean's Research Excellence Award — a recognition that honours exceptional scholarship making a meaningful impact across the Faculty of Arts & Science. 🎉

📆The last Colloquium talk of the year is Dr. Amanda Logan is happening this Friday!

Talk Title: Pastcasting Food Futures Through Archaeology: An Example from West Africa
WHEN: Friday, March 20th
WHERE: AP246 Richard Lee Boardroom

Check out our event webpage for more details!

Join us for a special talk by Dr. Adam Gaudry!

📆Friday, March 27
⏰2-4PM
📍AP246, Anthropology Building

In this presentation, Adam Gaudry will examine how good departmental Indigenization strategy rooted in a commitment to Indigenous leadership, community collaboration, and a deep commitment to reconciliation can help universities live up to their commitments. to create academic space for Indigenous students designed and delivered by Indigenous faculty, to build dynamic learning opportunities to educate good citizens and treaty partners, while also realizing good relations between universities and Indigenous communities to make educational and governance decisions together.

📆Mark your calendars! The next Colloquium talk is Dr. Katherine (Katie) Kinkopf

Talk Title: Perseverating on Disability: Introducing crip bioarchaeology as theory and method
WHEN: Friday, Feb 27, 3-5pm
WHERE: AP246 Richard Lee Boardroom

Interested in gaining some field school experience? 🥽⛏️Join us for an Information session!

WHEN: Thursday, February 12
TIME: 10:30am
WHERE: Anthropology Building, Room AP246

Hope to see you there 😄