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This is a snapshot of courses, projects, events, and activities undertaken by students and faculty of the Department of Anthropology, Vancouver Island University from Intersession 2021 to Spring 2022.
- Samantha Good is graduating this June with the unusual distinction of being in the headlines--internationally, "VIU Grad Discovers Two-Million-Year-Old Skull while Attending Field School in South Africa." VIU News, June 14, 2021.
- Kirsten Van't Schip, who is a June 2021 graduate, had an opinion piece published, Perspective: Commemoration and Contestation (Powell River Peak, July 1, 2021).
- In the news again is research work undertaken by a former student, Nancy Greene. Read about her research in The Ingenious Ancient Technology Concealed in the Shallows by Brian Payton (Hakai Magazine, August 3, 2021) and Amazing 1,300-Year-Old Technology Found Hidden in Comox Harbour (Comox Valley News, August 5, 2021).
- Congratulations to Kirsten Van't Schip, VIU 2021, as one of 20 individuals accepted in the AAA-sponsored The OpEd Project.
- Christine Roberts, from Weiwaikum Nation, VIU 2012, was featured in a VIU Facebook post about Life after VIU: working as an archaeologist, December 1, 2021 .
- Samantha Good's 2018 find continues to be newsworthy, this time noted in the online publication of the Council on Undergraduate Research, December 2, 2021.
- Two former Anthropology majors were the Valedictorians for the 2021 Semélshun Aboriginal Grad Recognition Ceremony: Zakary Myers (VIU 2014) and Randy Cormier (VIU 2019). Zak, who is now working at Capilano University, as an Indigenous Student Success Facilitator, received a graduate diploma in teacher leadership, while Randy graduated with his second BA, this time in History. Read Randy's valedictorian speech. December 3, 2021.
- Congratulations to Kirsten Van't Schip, VIU 2021, as one of 20 individuals selected to participate in Under the Tent, A creative exploration of diversity, race and multiculturalism, CERC in Migration and Integration, Ryerson University. December 13, 2021.
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