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Anthropology

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Barker

John

Arts

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Anthropology, Religion

Papua, New Guinea; missionaries; native arts (Oceania); Environmental Issues

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Blake

Michael

Arts

Spanish

Anthropology, Archaeology

Latin American archaeology, Northwest Coast archaeology, origins and spread of agriculture (e.g. corn and other domesticates), early village life, trade, warfare, settlement patterns, canoe travel.

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Duffek

Karen

Arts

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Anthropology, Culture, Fine Arts

Northwest Coast Aboriginal art

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Gabora

Liane

Barber School of Arts and Sciences

French

Anthropology, Artificial Intelligence, Computers, Human Behavior, Philosophy, Psychology

adaptation, cognition, creativity, computer models of creativity, computer models of cultural evolution, culture, evolution, evolutionary computation, innovation, insight, invention, social computing, worldviews

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Henrich

Joseph

Arts

Fijian

Anthropology, Economics, Psychology, South America

Cooperation, Culture-Gene Coevolution, Cultural Change, Behavioral Economics, Evolutionary Psychology, Fiji, Amazonia, Cultural Evolution

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Johnson

Graham

Arts

French; Mandarin; Cantonese

Anthropology, Asian Affairs, China, Hong Kong, Immigration, Multiculturalism, Sociology, Taiwan, Third World

Language, Sociology

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Laquian

Aprodicio

Community and Regional Planning

Pilipino

Abortion, Addictions, Anthropology, Architecture, Asian Affairs, China, Community Planning, Crime, Culture, Environment, Geography, Government, Health Care, History, Human Rights, Immigration, Immigration, Chinese, International Studies, Management, Multiculturalism, Politics, Pollution, Racism/Race Relations, Third World, Transportation, Urban Planning, Waste Management, Water

planning and governance of metropolitan areas, poverty alleviation, affordable housing, urban development in Asia with special focus on China, India,Vietnam, the Philippines, inner city redevelopment with focus on Vancouver's Down Town East Side, how to solve problems of slums in developing countries

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Marker

Michael

Education

Spanish

Aboriginal Issues, Anthropology, Education

First Nations' education

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Menzies

Charles

Arts

-

Aboriginal Issues, Anthropology, Culture, Environment, Europe, Film, Fisheries, Forestry, Natural Resources, Racism/Race Relations, Sociology

fisheries crises, traditional ecological knowledge, local ecological knowledge, social inequality, neo‐liberalism, Tsimshian, Brittany, Ireland, maritime communities, coastal communities, ethnoecology, First Nations land claims

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Miller

Bruce

Arts

-

Aboriginal Issues, Anthropology, Culture, Human Rights, Law, Racism/Race Relations

Aboriginal peoples of North America, Coast Salish peoples, aboriginal law, aboriginal politics, concepts of indigeneity. Human rights and Indigenous peoples. Law and society. Oral history evidence in court. Comparative studies of Aboriginal-state relations.

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Moore

Patrick

Arts

-

Olympics, Aboriginal Issues, Anthropology, Language

Anthropological linguistics, languages of North America, sub-Arctic ethnography, ethno-history, gender

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Rojas

Alejandro

Land and Food Systems

Spanish

Agriculture, Anthropology, Culture, Environment, International Studies, Multiculturalism, Sociology, Sustainability, Water

Food security and food systems sustainability; institutional adaptations to climate change; Latin America; Community-Based Action Research; Intercultural Communications

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Sarfaty

Galit

Law

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Anthropology, Human Rights, Law, Sustainability

International Law, Human Rights, Regulatory Governance, Law and Development Organizational Culture, Corporate Sustainability

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Schreyer

Christine

Arts

-

Aboriginal Issues, Anthropology, Archives, Bilingualism, Canada, Communications, Community Planning, Education, English as a Second Language, Environment, History, Human Rights, Language, Literacy, Multiculturalism, Natural Resources, Speech Sciences, Sustainability

linguistics, endangered languages, language curriculum development, Aboriginal languages, language revitalization, language planning and policy, language rights, sociolinguistics, Tlingit, Cree, language documentation, Hudson's Bay Company, fur trade, ethnohistory, oral histories

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Shakya

Tsering

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Tibetan

Anthropology, Censorship, China, Culture, Defence, History, Human Rights, Immigration, Immigration, Chinese, India, Literature, Politics, Religion

Tibet, Himalayas, China's minority issues, China and India relationship, refugee issues,

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Tibbel

Deborah

Arts

-

Aboriginal Issues, Anthropology, Business, Fine Arts, Management, Marketing, Tourism

Northwest Coast and indigenous arts of North America; commercial fine art and the marketing of aboriginal arts

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Village

Judy

College for Interdisciplinary Studies

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Anthropology, Architecture, Arthritis, Computers, Health Care, Libraries, Mining, Work

work-related musculoskeletal injuries (back strains); prevention of injuries; design of workplace tools and equipment; education of workers; ergonomics regulations and standards; office and industrial ergonomics

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Wagner

John

Arts and Sciences, UBC Okanagan

Tok Pisin

Agriculture, Anthropology, Environment, Language, Sustainability, Water

water governance, water scarcity, Okanagan development history, Okanagan culture, Papua New Guinea, language revitalization

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Webb

Jennifer

Arts

-

Aboriginal Issues, Advertising, Anthropology, Archaeology, History, Tourism

museums; marketing, communications; web development; project management; exhibit selection; community development; student training

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Weston

Darlene

Arts

-

Anthropology, Archaeology

physical anthropology, biological anthropology, forensic anthropology, human osteology, human bones, osteoarchaeology, funerary archaeology, mortuary practices

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