UBC professor Naomi McPherson next editor-in-chief of Anthropologica
Naomi McPherson, associate professor of anthropology at UBC’s Okanagan campus, has been named the next editor-in-chief of Anthropologica, the Journal of the Canadian Anthropology Society. McPherson will succeed current editor-in-chief Andrew Lyons, professor emeritus of anthropology at Wilfrid Laurier University. In making the announcement, the executive board of the Canadian Anthropology Society described McPherson as […]
UBC professor wins Eleanor Roosevelt Global Citizenship Award
Anthropology Professor Diana French, acting head of the Community, Culture and Global Studies Unit at UBC’s Okanagan campus, has won Public Anthropology’s Eleanor Roosevelt Global Citizenship Award. Named to honour the 20th century’s “First Lady of the World,” the award recognizes French’s exceptionally effective participation in Public Anthropology’s Community Action Online Project, as well as […]
Pianist Robert Silverman performs free public concert at UBC
One of Canada’s premiere pianists, Robert Silverman will be at UBC’s Okanagan campus on October 27 to perform three of Beethoven’s sonatas.
Putting it in writing
Chara DeVolder is helping preserve an Indigenous language by putting it into written form for the first time.