Recent Content

Enter a comma separated list of user names.
Updated date
Links March 14, 2023 - 10:12am

General Academic Search Engines

Institutions & Organizations
A Year in Anthropology: 2009-10 September 13, 2023 - 11:14am

Photo Gallery

This is a snapshot of courses, projects, events, and activities undertaken by students and faculty of the Department of Anthropology, Vancouver Island University from Intersession 2009 to Spring 2010.

» click on the images below to enlarge
Alumni Testimonials March 28, 2023 - 10:48pm

What I loved most about this experience is even as an alumni I got to take the course and use it to further my passions in education. […] My major take away from this course and my time at VIU in the department is how relevant Anthropology is. I use the skills I learned through my degree every day that I am at work. I am proud to say that I am an anthropologist and even prouder that I got to use [this course] as a way to hone my skills.

-Vickie Gould (VIU 2020)
Internships July 1, 2024 - 2:44pm


Friends of Bokonbaevo founder
and intern (right), modelling
a felt hat made by the women of
Altyn Oimok, a co-operative in
Kyrgyzstan (2007).
Degree Information February 14, 2019 - 2:39pm

Anthropology

General Description
A Year in Anthropology: 2012-13 August 29, 2023 - 1:29pm

Photo Gallery

This is a snapshot of courses, projects, events, and activities undertaken by students and faculty of the Department of Anthropology, Vancouver Island University from Intersession 2012 to Spring 2013.

» click on the images below to enlarge
A Year in Anthropology: 2010-11 September 12, 2023 - 4:32pm

Photo Gallery

This is a snapshot of courses, projects, events, and activities undertaken by students and faculty of the Department of Anthropology, Vancouver Island University from Intersession 2010 to Spring 2011. Included are photos of Dr Andra Thakur and his success with the Nanaimo Sewing School in Guyana.

» click on the images below to enlarge
2007 Tanzania Field School January 28, 2022 - 9:50am

Photo Gallery

May 4 - June 9, 2007

Students learned about the early history and slave trade, Swahili culture, NGOs, markets, tourism, and general Tanzanian life by travelling to Dar-es-Salaam, Bagamoyo, Zanzibar, Dodoma and area, Arusha, Lake Manyara, Olduvai Gorge, and Ngorongoro Crater.

» click on the images below to enlarge
2010 GrandKIDS University June 13, 2017 - 2:46pm

Photo Gallery

July 7 - 8, 2010

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 2010, their instructors are Gay Frederick and Imogene Lim.

Photos by Imogene Lim, VIU, Anthropology, and Nahanni Ackroyd, Program Coordinator, Centre for Continuing Studies. Group photo by Bruce Patterson, VIU University Relations.
A Year in Anthropology: 2015-16 August 25, 2023 - 1:09pm

Photo Gallery

This is a snapshot of courses, projects, events, and activities undertaken by students and faculty of the Department of Anthropology, Vancouver Island University from Intersession 2015 to Spring 2016.

Read an interview with Samuel Joseph, as a Social Science Work-op student.
2011 GrandKIDS University June 13, 2017 - 2:46pm

Photo Gallery

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.

» click on the images below to enlarge
Upper-Level Course Offerings July 1, 2024 - 4:49pm
Fall 2024Spring 2025
325A Ethnology of The Himalayas336 Ways of Seeing: Ethnographic Film, History, and Theory
334 Anthropology of Ritual and Belief348 Archaeology of Ancient Egypt
346 Archaeology of Alcohol351 Paleo
A Year in Anthropology: 2014-15 September 13, 2023 - 11:17am

Photo Gallery

This is a snapshot of courses, projects, events, and activities undertaken by students and faculty of the Department of Anthropology, Vancouver Island University from Intersession 2014 to Spring 2015.

View Wade Davis' June 3 convocation address: Wade Davis, VIU Honorary Doctorate Speech

Read about one of our graduates in Journey Fall/Winter 2014:11-13.
Photo Gallery August 5, 2019 - 2:43pm

Depending on the speed of your internet connection, it may take a while to load the photo pages; be patient.
Contact Us February 10, 2025 - 7:15pm

Wallhanging created by
students in ANTH 267 F04
(The Role of Education in
Cultural Transition). Each
square symbolizes what
"education" means to
the student.

For additional information on the Anthropology program at Vancouver Island University, contact:
Careers June 12, 2023 - 10:13pm

A Year in Anthropology: 2013-14 August 25, 2023 - 3:21pm

Photo Gallery

This is a snapshot of courses, projects, events, and activities undertaken by students and faculty of the Department of Anthropology, Vancouver Island University from Intersession 2013 to Spring 2014.

Check this video produced in Helene Demers' ANTH 211 class: How Can I GROW If I Just Don't Know? [HD] - YouTube
Field Schools July 1, 2024 - 2:41pm
VIU Anthropology Fieldtrip: Peru 2000 - Descent from the archaeological site of Pisac.
2015 Italy Field School June 13, 2017 - 2:46pm

Photo Gallery
2009 GrandKIDS University June 13, 2017 - 2:46pm

Photo Gallery

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.

» click on the images below to enlarge