This summer, GRASAC welcomes five new Graduate Student Research Assistants through the University of Toronto’s Work Study program: Chantelle Perreault, Olivia White, CJ Pentland, Alesha Grummett-Roesch, and Rachel Barber-Pin. The students will be contributing to the ongoing work of ...
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Invitation to contribute to future GRASAC newsletters
We are accepting submissions for inclusion in GRASAC’s monthly newsletter. Any submissions related to GRASAC and the interests of members are encouraged! Submission suggestions include GRASAC member news, community happenings and events, exhibition reviews and announcements, calls for papers from ...
Congratulations to Alan Corbiere on defending his PhD and joining the faculty at York University
Image credit Manitoulin Expositor. GRASAC member Dr. Alan Corbiere defended his doctoral dissertation in September 2019, was hired as a tenure-track associate professor at York University in February 2020, and is applying for a Canada Research Chair position! Read more about Dr. Corbiere’s ...
Professor Heather Howard wins national grant for a new digital portal for Waganakising porcupine quillwork and other heritage
by the Whiting Foundation Heather Howard, an Associate Professor of Anthropology at Michigan State University, will receive a $50,000 Whiting Public Engagement Fellowship to support the collaborative development of a digital portal for the heritage of the Little Traverse Bay Bands of Odawa (LTBB) ...
In search of wampum in England
by Margaret Bruchac Margaret Bruchac with a zig-zag wampum belt (#Am1931-.12, possibly Lenape) at the British Museum. Photo credit Margaret Bruchac. In December 2019, with support from Arts Council England (ACE), Dr. Margaret Bruchac and Dr. Laura Peers travelled to the British Museum, Pitt ...