• Congratulations 2013 Anthropology graduates, including Krista Voogd from Terrace, BC, who earned her undergraduate degree.

  • UNBC Political Science and Anthropology students and their professors visited Ireland and the Isle of Man as part of an interdepartmental field school to learn about globalization, culture, and the politics of identity.

  • It’s hard to imagine, but UNBC students conducting an archaeological dig as part of a summer course may have discovered the oldest known settlement in BC.

  • The Department of Anthropology at UNBC recently finished excavating the remains of an ancient fishing village on the Babine River 100km northeast of Smithers.

  • “UNBC is the reason I’m successful,” cites UNBC Anthropology grad Derek O’Neill (BA Anthropology 2009), who now works as an archaeologist for Golder and Associates.

  • About 90% of the population is right-handed and UNBC Anthropology professor Richard Lazenby is trying to find out why.

Welcome to the Department of Anthropology

Click here for 2013 / 2014 Course Offerings

ATTENTION:  IDIS/ANTH Grad Students
TA Positions for Fall 2013 and Winter 2014
Please complete the application form and forward to ANTH Administrative Assistant, Room 3007 ADM
or anthro@unbc.ca   along with any other documentation you have that would be beneficial to your application.
Deadline:  May 1st               application-form

Anthropology is the integrated biological and socio-cultural investigation of humankind from the time of our pre-human ancestors to the present, including the study of both small and large-scale societies. This program includes courses in archaeological, biological, linguistic and socio-cultural anthropology.

Anthropology as an academic discipline is diverse and inherently interesting because its subject matter is ourselves.

  • - Who are we?
  • - Where did we come from?
  • - What is culture and what does it do?
  • - Why are people different on the other side of town, let along the other side of the planet?

These are a few of the many very general questions motivating anthropologists in an attempt to comprehend the human condition in all of its facets, past and present.

As well as introductory courses we have a variety of themes in our courses:

  •     Biological Anthropology
  •     Medical Anthropology
  •     Popular Culture
  •     Anthropology of Europe and Canada
  •     Forensic Anthropology
  •     Primatology
  •     Ancient Egyptians
  •     Culture and Communication
  •     Nutritional Anthropology
  •     Landscapes, Place and Culture
  •     Environmental Anthropology
  •     Races, Racism, and Human Biology
  •     Archaeology - Excavations, surveys, Heritage Management

                    HIGHLIGHTS!

Thank You to all our followers of Anthropology in our Backyards.The fall and winter presentations were very successful with good attendance.  We look forward to another year with great speakers and more exciting topics.
Watch for notices starting in September!

2013 Field Schools

The Archaeology Field School in Bella Bella is slowly filling up.  Register now to reserve your space.

Anthropology & Political Science Field School - May - Ireland and the Isle of Man.

Congratulations go out to Dr. Richard Lazenby who is taking over the role of Department Chair from Dr. Michel Bouchard.

Check out ANTH 102 Anthropology: A World of Discovery this summer -
Explore something NEW! 

Fall Courses - 2013
ANTH 102   Anthropology: A World of Discovery     NEW!
          Dr. Erin Gibson     erin.gibson@unbc.ca
ANTH 206   Ethnography in Northern British Columbia
         Dr. James McDonald     jim.mcdonald@unbc.ca
ANTH 211  Anthropology Through Film
          Dr. Erin Gibson     erin.gibson@unbc.ca
ANTH 310  Applied Anthropology
          Dr. James McDonald     jim.mcdonald@unbc.ca
ANTH 312  Human Adaptability
          Dr. Richard Lazenby     richard.lazenby@unbc.ca
ANTH 315  Anthropological Theory
          Dr. Angèle Smith     angele.smith@unbc.ca
ANTH 401 / 601  Anthropological Perspectives on Inequality
          Dr. Angèle Smith     angele.smith@unbc.ca

Winter Courses - 2014
ANTH 200  Biological Anthropology
          Dr. Richard Lazenby     richard.lazenby@unbc.ca
ANTH 205  Introduction to Archaeology
          Dr. Farid Rahemtulla     farid.rahemtulla@unbc.ca
ANTH 207  Popular Culture
          Dr. Erin Gibson     erin.gibson@unbc.ca
ANTH 213  Peoples and Cultures
          Dr. James McDonald     jim.mcdonald@unbc.ca
ANTH 250  The Ancient Egyptians
          Dr. Farid Rahemtulla     farid.rahemtulla@unbc.ca
ANTH 298  Human Mobility in a Globalized World
          Dr. Angèle Smith     angele.smith@unbc.ca
ANTH 301  Archaeological Lab Methods
          Dr. Farid Rahemtulla     farid.rahemtulla@unbc.ca
ANTH 419 / 619 Political and Legal Anthropology
          Dr. James McDonald     jim.mcdonald@unbc.ca
ANTH 423 / 623  Urban Anthropology
          Dr. Angèle Smith     angele.smith@unbc.ca
ANTH 460  Anthropology Capstone          NEW!
          All Anthropology professors will teach this course