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Graduate Research Seminar

The Anthropology Graduate Research Seminar for 2023-24 will take place on Fridays, 1:30-2:30 in SSC 2257.

Seminar Aim & Learning Outcomes

This seminar is organized by the Department of Anthropology. All graduate students present their research results in the seminar during the second half of their programs. Time permitting, faculty members and guest speakers may also present papers on their ongoing research in anthropology. Upon completion of four terms of the seminar, this will be recorded as a milestone on the student's academic record.

Upon successful completion of the seminar, 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.

2023-24 Schedule (Tentative)

Date

What's On?

Who Should Attend?

Fall 2023
Sept. 8	Department Research in the Spotlight, 1:30pm, SSC 2257	Everyone welcome & encouraged to participate!
Sept. 15	Workshop: SSHRC Doctoral Applications (Applications due Oct 1, 8:00pm, EST)	Strongly recommended for students applying for SSHRCD scholarships
Sept. 22	Info Session: Writing Grant Applications (CGSM & OGS)	Required session for first-year MA students
Sept. 29	National Day for Truth and Reconciliation - No seminar
Oct. 6	Student Presentations: Ashley Piskor Investigating Inuvialuit connection to culture and heritage Emily Henry Toward Inuvialuit Heritage Data Sovereignty: Current Practices and Paths Forward Kate Woodley Disease and Disability Among the Ychsma of Peru (1100-1470AD)	Required session Please note: This session will run from 1:30-3:00pm.
Oct. 13	No seminar
Oct. 20	Student Presentations: Phil Woodley The Middle Woodland Period of Southern Ontario: A Revisionist Perspective from the Christie Site Matthew Resendes Medeiros Defiça or Deficiência? Examining changing and contested discourses of disability and inclusion in Southern Brazil	Required session
Oct. 27	No seminar
Nov. 3	Fall Study Break - No seminar
Thu, Nov. 9	Graduate Program Information Session (in-person & online), 2:30 -3:30pm, SSC 3227	Prospective students interested in the Anthropology Graduate Program
Nov. 10	Guest Speakers: Dr. Jenni Mölkänen, Postdoctoral Researcher, University of Eastern Finland Changing weather, shrinking resources and Christian social relations in rural northeastern Madagascar Dr. Amedeo Sghinolfi, Adjunct Research Assistant Professor, Western University Ties that bind, ties that break: Intergroup interactions in the Virú and Carabamba valleys, and the Carabamba Plateau (Northern Peru) during Prehispanic times	Required session Please note: This session will run from 1:30-3:00pm.
Nov. 17	Workshop: CGSM Scholarship Applications (Applications due Dec.1, 8:00pm, EST)	Strongly recommended for students applying for CGSM scholarships
Nov. 24	Student Presentations: Hana Salahuddin Diet and Stress in Maternal Reproduction and Infant Feeding Ecology: Stable Isotopes of Amino Acids Reveal Early Childhood Diet Maris Schneider Birds of the ancient Nile: Species Identification in Egyptian Animal Mummies using Multi Resolution Computed Tomography and Deep Learning Image Segmentation	Required session
Dec. 1	No seminar
Winter 2024
Jan. 5	No seminar
Jan. 12	Info Session: Term Two Milestones: MA Thesis Proposals & PhD Statements of Interest (due in April/May)	Required session for first-year students
Jan. 19	Research Ethics Information Session: Katelyn Harris	Required session for students applying to NMREB for approval
Jan. 26	Student Presentations: Ibtesum Afrin (Zoom) Homeland on Hold: The Politics of Rohingya Repatriation Ashley Henry (Zoom) Chinese Development Projects in Jamaica: An Ethnography of Imperial Formations from the ‘Yaardi’ Perspective	Required session
Feb. 2	No seminar
Feb. 9	Student Presentations: Kate Mahoney Running out of Care: Documenting and Contextualizing Ontario's Nursing Crisis Luis Meléndez Guerrero Underworld Politics: The Political Labour of Artisanal Miners in the Peruvian Andes	Required session
Feb. 16	No seminar
Feb. 23	Reading Week - No seminar
Mar. 1	Student Presentations: Dima Kassem Aging out of Children's Hospitals - Exploring the Transition Out of Pediatric Care for Youth with Rare Medical Conditions and their Social Support Networks Halee Hawkins All Systems Go: Looking at Plural Spaces Online	Required session
Mar. 8	EDID workshop: Anthropology Department as a Kairotic Space: Pam Block & Tania Granadillo	Required session for first & second-year students, but all students & faculty welcome and encouraged to attend.
Mar. 15	WAGS/UWOJA Workshop Series: The Peer-Review Process: Lisa Hodgetts	All are welcome to attend.
Mar. 22	Information Session: EDID in Research: Alexandra Levine	Required session for first & second-year students, but all students & faculty welcome and encouraged to attend.
Mar. 29	Good Friday - No seminar
Tues, Apr. 2	WAGS/UWOJA Workshop Series: How to Write a Journal Article Greg Beckett	11:30am-12:30pm, SSC 3102 All are welcome to attend.