Graduate Research & Development Sessions (GRaDS)
The Anthropology Graduate Research & Development Sessions for 2024-25 will take place on Fridays, 1:30-2:30 in SSC 2257.GRaDS Aims & Learning Outcomes
Upon successful completion of the graduate research & development sessions, students will:
- Be familiar with the current research of colleagues and faculty members.
- Appreciate the different ways in which anthropology is defined.
- Have been introduced to new theoretical perspectives and approaches that might be useful in their own research.
- Recognize what makes for an engaging and effective public presentation.
- Know how to effectively communicate with colleagues across sub-disciplinary boundaries.
2024-25 Schedule (Tentative)
| Date | What's On? | Who Should Attend? |
| Fall 2024 | ||
| Sept. 6 |
Department Research in the Spotlight, 1:30pm, SSC 2257 |
Everyone welcome & encouraged to participate! |
| Sept. 13 |
Training Session: Supporting Safer Classrooms: Annalise Trudell & Amelia Seed - Western Wellness & Equity Education Team |
Required session for first & second year students: recommended for all students and faculty Please note this session will run from 1:30-3:30pm. |
| Sept. 20 | Workshop: SSHRC Doctoral Applications (Applications due Oct 1, 8:00pm, EST) | Strongly recommended for students applying for SSHRCD scholarships |
| Oct. 4 |
Student Presentations: Sarah Bidinosti The Application of Osteomorphometric Methods to Computed Tomography Scans of Mummies Sorcha Rountree Revising the Typology for Cranial Modification in the Andes |
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| Oct. 11 |
Info Session: Writing Grant Applications (CGSM & OGS) |
Required session for first-year MA students; everyone welcome |
| Oct. 18 |
Fall Study Break Oct. 14-20 No session |
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| Oct. 25 |
Student Presentation: Isaac Bender 'Only at the Rural': A multi-modal assessment of non-invasive grave identification techniques at the Ingersoll Rural Cemetery |
Required session |
| Nov. 1 |
No session |
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| Nov. 8 | High School Outreach Event |
8:30am-2:00pm, SSC 3227 & 3102 |
| Nov. 15 | Workshop: CGSM Scholarship Applications (Applications due Dec.1, 8:00pm, EST) | Strongly recommended for students applying for CGSM scholarships |
| Thu, Nov. 21 | Graduate Program Information Session (in-person & online), 1:30-2:30pm, SSC 3102 | Prospective students interested in the Anthropology graduate program |
| Nov. 22 |
Student Presentations: Katie Lewis An Isotopic Approach to Understanding the Role of Whales in Early Inuit Subsistence Daniel Amacker Improving Adult-Age-at-Death Estimation Using Secondary Dentin Accumulation |
Required session |
| Nov. 29 |
Guest speaker: David Howe (School of Kinesiology, Western) What about the Sheep?: an anthropological life at the margins |
Required session for first & second year students. Everyone welcome. |
| Dec. 6 | No session | |
| Winter 2025 |
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| Jan. 3 | No session | |
| Jan. 10 |
Info Session: Term Two Milestones: MA Thesis Proposals & PhD Statements of Interest (due in April/May) |
Required session for first-year students |
| Jan. 17 |
Research Ethics Information Session: Trevor Bieber, Research Services, Western |
Required session for students applying to NMREB for approval |
| Jan. 24 |
Student Presentations: Lance Jacobs Panchala Weerasinghe |
Required session |
| Jan. 31 |
No session |
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| Feb. 7 |
Student Presentations: Bryn James-Cavan Kun Mu |
Required session |
| Feb. 14 | No session | |
| Feb. 21 |
Reading Week Feb. 17-21 - No session | |
| Feb. 28 |
Student Presentations: Anonya Tanchangya Robyn Flanders |
Required session |
| Mar. 7 |
Student Presentations: Holly Scott Javier Alvarez |
Required session |
| Mar. 14 |
TBA |
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| Mar. 21 | TBA | |
| Mar. 28 |
Good Friday - No session |
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| Apr. 4 |
TBA |
