anthropology News Archive
Deadly waves: Researchers document evolution of plague over hundreds of years in medieval Denmark
February 27, 2023 —
Longitudinal study reveals Yersinia pestis, the bacteria that causes plague, was reintroduced into the population again and again
Faculty of Graduate Studies
When old bones are young
October 13, 2022 —
Jose Sanchez's PhD dissertation makes a novel and innovative contribution to anthropology and the forensic sciences.
Faculty of Arts
Call out anti-Black racism every day, not as a campaign tactic
May 27, 2022 —
The tactic of uncovering anti-Black racist “indiscretions” during an election campaign is an effort to villainize politicians while upholding a colour-blind version of racism.
Faculty of Graduate Studies
Visual ancestry: Telling the stories in our bones
April 18, 2022 —
Chenée Merchant's current study, recognized as a national finalist in the SSHRC Storytellers Challenge, explores new methods for identifying key features of the skull which could hold important clues to our ancestry
Faculty of Arts
The colour of someone’s skin doesn’t equate to definitive sameness
April 13, 2022 —
As a result of anti-Black racism, non-Black people remain ignorant about how Black people experience discrimination and how it acts as a barrier that suppresses the civic, political and economic success of Black communities in a dominant white society.
Banting Fellows and Vanier Scholars awarded to UM
July 15, 2021 —
UM welcomes two Banting Postdoctoral Fellows to its ranks and congratulates four doctoral students on receiving Vanier Scholarships
Research funding supports BIG ideas
June 15, 2021 —
Dozens of research projects have received over $6.5 million in funding to support research excellence in the social sciences, humanities, natural sciences and engineering fields
Faculty of Arts
Discovery in Kalahari shifts our understanding of early humans, new paper in Nature reports
March 31, 2021 —
Crystals found in a rock shelter change the plot of humanity’s story
Faculty of Arts
New Centre opens in the Faculty of Arts
February 3, 2021 —
A new research centre at the University of Manitoba hopes to connect and serve social science researchers in the academic, private industry and non-profit communities.
Anthropologists’ book wins award for innovative examination of tuberculosis
December 8, 2020 —
Stacie Burke received the J.J. Talman Award for her latest book Building Resistance: Children, Tuberculosis, and the Toronto Sanatorium