Real Queer? Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Refugees in the Canadian Refugee Apparatus by David A.B. Murray Publisher: Rowman and Littlefield International Publication Date: December 2015 Website: http://www.rowmaninternational.com/books/real-queer “How do I prove I’m gay?” This is the central…
[getty src="530683033" width="507" height="338"] by Mary-Lee Mulholland, Mount Royal University A common rhetoric finding its way into the academic and strategic plans at universities across Canada is an emphasis on improving student-learning experiences through “high impact practices”; often referred…
The Contemporary Coast Salish: Essays by Bruce Granville Miller Edited by Bruce Granville Miller and Darby C. Stapp. Journal of Northwest Anthropology, Richland, WA March 2016 358 pages The Journal of Northwest Anthropology is pleased to present The…
Together We Survive: Ethnographic Intuitions, Friendships, and Conversations Edited by John S. Long and Jennifer S. H. Brown McGill-Queen’s University Press 2016 Honouring anthropologist Richard J. Preston and his outstanding career with the Crees in northern Quebec, Together We Survive…
by Mike Callaghan Moi University, Kenya Image 1: "Holding HAART," photography by author. Sometimes exclusion doesn’t work the way we expect. In 2008, I moved to the coast of Namibia to begin fieldwork for my PhD in Anthropology. The…
You may not be aware of it, but CASCA currently has a listserv that is focussed on environmental and ecological anthropology, and environmental issues writ large. The purpose of the listserv is to facilitate networking among CASCA members who are…
By Deidre Cullon, University of Victoria, PhD Candidate Figure 1: Salmon roasting at the fire, λubəkw. It is spring and fishing season is once again upon us. Herring season just finished and reports of early herring spawn reverberated through the Laich-Kwil-Tach…
[getty src="517450887" width="507" height="338"]The Medical Anthropology Network warmly invites expressions of interest from recent Anthropology graduates, and those whose work involves a Canada-based or focused approach in particular, to join Dr. Varley as Co-Chair of the Network, and work…
By Lorne Holyoak The Canadian Anthropology Society does not have its own code of ethics. While many Canadian anthropologists rely on their training, their institutions’ ethical guidelines and the Tri-Council policy, others choose to refer to the ethical codes of…
Michael Lambek (editor) 2015 The Ethical Condition: Essays on Action, Person, and Value. University of Chicago Press. http://www.press.uchicago.edu/ucp/books/book/chicago/E/bo21263571.html The essays in this collection point with definitive force toward a single central truth: ethics is intrinsic to social life.…