• VIU Scholarship, Research and Creative Activity

Social Sciences Research Centres and Research Labs

• Alexandro Malaspina Research Centre - John Black

Critical Skills for Work and Life

In a world in which many competing interests vie for your educational attention (not to mention dollars), it is important to think carefully about the kind of degree that suits your preferences and abilities, and that will provide you with a comprehensive preparation for an interesting life, in all its social and cultural complexity. In our view, the BA is unique in providing this.

Education

• B.A. University of British Columbia
• MA University of Victoria
• PhD University of British Columbia

Interests

• Faunal analysis
• New World archaeology--especially the Pacific Northwest Coast

Education

• B.A. Archaeology, Simon Fraser University
• MA, PhD Anthropology, University of British Columbia
  

Interests

• Critical archaeology
• Heritage studies and cultural landscapes
• Ethics and philosophy of archaeology in colonized contexts
• Pacific Northwest Coast Indigenous cultures
• Archaeology of the contemporary
• Commercial archaeology / cultural resource management

2013 North Island Museums & Their Communities Field School, April 29-May 4

Classes were held prior to departure and on return at VIU. This one week course focused on the politics of public representation, through the study of exhibitions in three museums and their distinctive community contexts (Museum at Campbell River, U'mista Cultural Centre, and Sointula Museum).

GrandKIDS University, July 8-9, 2009

Sponsored by the Centre for Continuing Studies, grandchildren and their grandparents come together to earn a "degree" in anthropology by engaging in hands-on learning activities. For 2009, their instructors are Colleen McVeigh and Imogene Lim.

Photos by Imogene Lim and Colleen McVeigh, VIU, Anthropology, and Nahanni Ackroyd, Program Coordinator, Centre for Continuing Studies.

GrandKIDS University, July 6-7, 2011

Sponsored by the Centre for Continuing Studies, grandchildren and their grandparents come together to earn a "degree" in anthropology by engaging in hands-on learning activities. For 2011, their instructors are Gay Frederick and Imogene Lim.

Photos by Imogene Lim, VIU, Anthropology, and Jen Bradley, Office Assistant, Centre for Continuing Studies.

GrandKIDS University, July 6-7, 2011

Sponsored by the Centre for Continuing Studies, grandchildren and their grandparents come together to earn a "degree" in anthropology by engaging in hands-on learning activities. For 2011, their instructors are Gay Frederick and Imogene Lim.

Photos by Imogene Lim, VIU, Anthropology, and Jen Bradley, Office Assistant, Centre for Continuing Studies.