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May 30, 2024

CASCA Labour Committee Report

Reports

Over the past year, the CASCA Labour Committee has been conducting a research project on precarious labour in Canadian anthropology. This is an issue with great importance for our scholarly association and the discipline as a whole. Our preliminary report, giving an overview of our findings so far, is now available on the CASCA website…

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April 10, 2024

Salisbury Award Winner 2024

Announcements

Please join us in congratulating Carole Therrien (PhD Candidate, Carleton University) who has been awarded the 2024 Richard F. Salisbury Award, given each year to an outstanding PhD candidate, enrolled at a Canadian university, for the purposes of defraying expenses incurred while carrying out dissertation fieldwork. The award is named in memory of Dr. Richard…

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June 6, 2023

Résolution: adoption de pratiques de rédaction neutre et inclusive/Motion: Adoption of Neutral and Inclusive Writing Practices

Culture, Vol. 17, No. 1: Transitions

Résolution: Adoption de pratiques de rédaction neutre et inclusive Considérant l’importance de l’écriture inclusive et neutre pour atteindre une représentation égale de toutes les personnes, Considérant qu’elle contribue à réduire des formes de discrimination dans le langage, Il est résolu que: Adoption of Neutral and Inclusive Writing Practices Whereas inclusive and neutral writing is important in…

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June 6, 2023

Labrecque-Lee Book 2022 Award / Prix du livre Labrecque-Lee 2022

Culture, Vol. 17, No. 1: Transitions

Labrecque-Lee Book 2022 Award Announcement The Labrecque-Lee Book Award was established in 2018, and named in honour of two outstanding Canadian anthropologists, Marie-France Labrecque and Richard Borshay Lee. The Labrecque-Lee Book Award honors a single or co-authored monograph on sociocultural, archaeological, bio-cultural, ethnohistorical or linguistic work, in French or English. It is given to CASCA members who demonstrate a Canadian affiliation through either their…

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June 6, 2023

Labrecque-Lee Book 2022 Award / Prix du livre Labrecque-Lee 2022

Culture, Vol. 17, No. 1: Transitions

Labrecque-Lee Book 2022 Award Announcement The Labrecque-Lee Book Award was established in 2018, and named in honour of two outstanding Canadian anthropologists, Marie-France Labrecque and Richard Borshay Lee. The Labrecque-Lee Book Award honors a single or co-authored monograph on sociocultural, archaeological, bio-cultural, ethnohistorical or linguistic work, in French or English. It is given to CASCA members who demonstrate a Canadian affiliation through either their…

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June 6, 2023

Labrecque-Lee Book 2022 Award / Prix du livre Labrecque-Lee 2022

Culture, Vol. 17, No. 1: Transitions

Labrecque-Lee Book 2022 Award Announcement The Labrecque-Lee Book Award was established in 2018, and named in honour of two outstanding Canadian anthropologists, Marie-France Labrecque and Richard Borshay Lee. The Labrecque-Lee Book Award honors a single or co-authored monograph on sociocultural, archaeological, bio-cultural, ethnohistorical or linguistic work, in French or English. It is given to CASCA members who demonstrate a Canadian affiliation through either their…

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June 5, 2023

Weaver-Tremblay Award / Prix Weaver-Tremblay

Culture, Vol. 17, No. 1: Transitions

CASCA is delighted to announce that Dr. Colin Scott has been selected as the Weaver-Tremblay Award for 2023. Dr. Scott is a Professor of Anthropology at McGill University, where he earned his PhD in Anthropology in 1983. Dr. Scott’s research and publications reflect longstanding commitments to the territorial rights, sovereignty, and self-determination of Indigenous peoples…

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June 5, 2023

Outstanding Graduating Anthropology Student Award 2023 / Prix d’excellence des étudiant·e·s finissants en anthropologie 2023

Culture, Vol. 17, No. 1: Transitions

Special congratulations to Jessica Jack (University of Saskatchewan) who also won in 2020! Félicitations Jessica Jack, gagnante du prix d’excellence, Premier Cycle en 2020! OUTSTANDING GRADUATING ANTHROPOLOGY STUDENT AWARD 2023 Bachelor’s Awards Master’s Awards PhD Awards —– PRIX D’EXCELLENCE DES ÉTUDIANT·E·S FINISSANTS EN ANTHROPOLOGIE 2023 Premier Cycle Deuxième cycle Troisième cycle

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June 5, 2023

Best Paper Award by Medical Anthropology Network / Prix du meilleur article du Réseau de l’anthropologie médicale

Culture, Vol. 17, No. 1: Transitions

CASCA’s Medical Anthropology Network (CMA) has established a Best Paper Award. The Award will be awarded once per year to the Anthropologica research article or multi-modal publication that is assessed by the adjudicating committee to represent excellence in medical anthropology, engaging with issues of health, illness, wellness, and wellbeing. We are thrilled to announce the…

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June 5, 2023

Best Paper Award by Medical Anthropology Network / Prix du meilleur article du Réseau de l’anthropologie médicale

Culture, Vol. 17, No. 1: Transitions

CASCA’s Medical Anthropology Network (CMA) has established a Best Paper Award. The Award will be awarded once per year to the Anthropologica research article or multi-modal publication that is assessed by the adjudicating committee to represent excellence in medical anthropology, engaging with issues of health, illness, wellness, and wellbeing. We are thrilled to announce the…

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June 5, 2023

Outstanding Graduating Anthropology Student Award 2023 / Prix d’excellence des étudiant·e·s finissants en anthropologie 2023

Culture, Vol. 17, No. 1: Transitions

Special congratulations to Jessica Jack (University of Saskatchewan) who also won in 2020! Félicitations Jessica Jack, gagnante du prix d’excellence, Premier Cycle en 2020! OUTSTANDING GRADUATING ANTHROPOLOGY STUDENT AWARD 2023 Bachelor’s Awards Master’s Awards PhD Awards —– PRIX D’EXCELLENCE DES ÉTUDIANT·E·S FINISSANTS EN ANTHROPOLOGIE 2023 Premier Cycle Deuxième cycle Troisième cycle

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June 5, 2023

Outstanding Graduating Anthropology Student Award 2023 / Prix d’excellence des étudiant·e·s finissants en anthropologie 2023

Culture, Vol. 17, No. 1: Transitions

Special congratulations to Jessica Jack (University of Saskatchewan) who also won in 2020! Félicitations Jessica Jack, gagnante du prix d’excellence, Premier Cycle en 2020! OUTSTANDING GRADUATING ANTHROPOLOGY STUDENT AWARD 2023 Bachelor’s Awards Master’s Awards PhD Awards —– PRIX D’EXCELLENCE DES ÉTUDIANT·E·S FINISSANTS EN ANTHROPOLOGIE 2023 Premier Cycle Deuxième cycle Troisième cycle

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