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Research, Society and Culture
Field school findings reveal pieces of St. Albert’s Métis history10 November 2023
Students, Research
Anthropology PhD Student receives Izaak Walton Killam Memorial Scholarship24 October 2023
Society and Culture, Research
Indigenous communities lead efforts to trace the history of residential schools27 September 2023
Society and Culture
New southeast Edmonton high school named for Elder Dr. Francis Whiskeyjack13 September 2023
Society and Culture, Research
U of A archeologist tapped to help lead major exploration of Indigenous knowledge12 September 2023
Research, Society and Culture
Archaeologists unearth clues about life in an Alberta boom town from the early 1900s8 August 2023
Students, Society and Culture, Research
U of A anthropology students digging up Métis history21 June 2023
Society and Culture
Ceremony gives residential school survivors sense of ‘finality,’ reclaim their spirits15 June 2023
Society and Culture
Residential school survivors, archeologists looking for unmarked graves in St. Albert14 June 2023
Society and Culture
Métis settlement land in St. Albert now site of U of A archaeology field school27 May 2023
Society and Culture, Research
Possible unmarked graves discovered at the former Blue Quills Residential School21 April 2023
Society and Culture
The passing of Alumnus and long time department volunteer Peter Kirchmeir3 April 2023
Society and Culture, Research
DNA shows ‘Persian Princes’ helped found medieval African trading culture29 March 2023
Research, Society and Culture
U of A only school in Canada with multiple winners of national Killam fellowships27 March 2023
Society and Culture
Projects bring diverse perspectives to archeology and the justice system15 March 2023
Society and Culture
Winnipeg-based group 'deeply concerned' by federal contract with international group to advise on graves20 February 2023
Society and Culture
Canada's unmarked graves: How residential schools carried out "cultural genocide" against indigenous children13 February 2023
Society and Culture
Anthropology alumnus Hanna Friedlander wins Civilian of the Year Award8 February 2023
Society and Culture
Meet Tonya Simpson, the new Faculty Service Officer in Anthropology6 February 2023
Research, Society and Culture
Dr. Elizabeth Sawchuk makes National Science Foundation's top 10 most-read research stories of 202220 January 2023
Society and Culture, Research
How ground-penetrating radar is used to find unmarked graves at residential schools19 January 2023
