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The UAA Department of Anthropology invites students and employees to two public talks in anthropology this month that the Wilda Marston Theater, Loussac Library. These events were made possible through the Elizabeth Tower Fund

Wednesday

Iain McKechnie, Ph.D., from the Department of Anthropology, University of Victoria, will present the talk 'Ancient dogs raised for wool, weaving, and protection along the Pacific Northwest Coast' on Wednesday.

Indigenous peoples have an incredibly long history of raising and breeding domestic dogs in North America. This presentation considers archaeological records and anthropological accounts of dog husbandry along the Pacific Northwest Coast, from southeast Â鶹ÎÞÂë°æ to southern Oregon. McKechnie will discuss zooarchaeological evidence for selective dog breeding and feeding practices and highlight the practice of producing ceremonially important woven textiles from ‘woolly’ dog hair.

Event details

Event location - Wilda Marston Theater, Loussac Library
Event date - March 12, 2025
Event start time - 6 p.m.
Event end time - 7 p.m.

Thursday

Julia Christensen, Ph.D., from the Department of Geography and Planning, Queens University, will present the talk 'Housing, Homelessness and Social Policy in Northern Canada' on Thursday.

Market housing has long been promoted as the end goal of housing in northern Canada. However, in a housing landscape where the public sector is the primary housing provider, the narrow focus on market tools for solving the housing crisis has only perpetuated problems of chronic housing need. Crisis is evident across the housing spectrum, with a growing number of northerners relying upon emergency shelters or transitional housing for long-term stays due to a dearth of accessible, affordable and supportive housing options.

Indigenous self-governments and the non-profit sector are actively engaged in attempting to alleviate housing need through community-led measures that respond to cultural needs and contextual realities. As part of the northern housing university-community partnership that Christensen leads, At Home in the North, Christensen has developed a Northern Housing Ecosystem approach to understanding challenges and opportunities with respect to northern housing. In this public talk, I Christensen draws on the Northern Housing Ecosystem to suggest that the only sustainable way out of the northern housing crisis is one that places a sense of home as the end goal of housing policy in the North. To do so necessitates an intergovernmental, interagency approach to address diverse housing needs by centering community-identified housing priorities and responding to the realities of the northern housing landscape.

Event details

Event location - Wilda Marston Theater, Loussac Library
Event date - March 13, 2025
Event start time - 6 p.m.
Event end time - 7 p.m.

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