Where in the World...
There is a wide geographic range of expertise with the department with fieldwork and research projects in Canada (Manitoba, West-Coast, Arctic), Asia (China, India), Africa, Europe (East and SE), the Middle East (Israel, Turkey) and the former Soviet Union.

Research Foci
Faculty members in the Department of Anthropology are engaged in a variety of exciting fields of research in cultural anthropology, archaeology and biological anthropology including:

- Globalization
- Identity and Culture
- Social Justice
- Health and Well-Being
- Hunter-Gatherer Societies
- Ancient Technology

Faculty Research
Current faculty research projects include:

De-ciphering Native Gangs: Backstreet Sociality in a Prairie City (K. Buddle-Crowe, Anthropology in collaboration with the Circle of Courage Program, N'Dinawe, the Indian and Metis Friendship Centre and the Congress of Aboriginal Peoples)

An Oral History of Northern Manitoba Treaties (P. Kulchyski, Native Studies; J. Brownlie, History; K. Buddle-Crowe, Anthropology)

Aboriginal Women's Radio Action Networks and the Reconfiguration of First Nations' Domains of Difference (K. Buddle-Crowe, Anthropology in collaboration with members of the Native Women's Association of Canada Stolen Sisters Campaign, Ka Ni Kanichichk Inc., the Original Women's Network, and the Institute for the Advancement of Aboriginal Women)

Relationship between Medical Services and Architecture in the Early 20^th Century (A. Adams, McGill University; S. Burke, Anthropology)

Tuberculosis and the Family in Early 20^th Century Ontario (S. Burke, Anthropology)

Citizenship, human rights, and social networks in post-Soviet Ukraine (A. Fournier, Anthropology)

Social Networks, pottery production and Zulu identity in southeast Africa (K. Fowler)

Gender, Globalization and Tourism (S. Frohlick)

Women's Sexual Subjectivity and Intimate Relations Through Online Dating (S. Frohlick, Anthropology; P. Migliardi at Sexuality Education Resource Centre in Winnipeg)

Youth Sexuality and Global Tourism in Atlantic Costa Rica (S. Frohlick, Anthropology)

The Spread of Metallurgy in the Old World (H. Greenfield, Anthropology)

Bronze and Iron Age Cities in the ancient Near East: studies in neighborhood patterning in food consumption (H. Greenfield, Anthropology)

Late Pleistocene Butchering Patterns from North America:  Analysis of Mammoth and Giant Ground Sloth remains from Wisconsin and Ohio (H. Greenfield, Anthropology)

Non-elite Early Bronze Age urban household subsistence and taphonomy in the southern Levant:  analysis of zooarchaeological remains from Tel es-Safi, Israel (H. Greenfield, Anthropology)

A Morphometric Assessment of Osteological Indicators of Personal Reconstruction from CT Data (R. Hoppa, Anthropology; N. Lynnerup, University of Copenhagen)

Skeletal Biology of Past Peoples (R. Hoppa, Anthropology)

Fisheries Governance and Governability (M. Bavinck, University of Amsterdam; R. Chuenpagdee, Memorial University; S. Jentoft, Norwegian College of Fisheries Science; D. Johnson, Anthropology)

Resilience, Wellbeing, Poverty and Globalization Driven Change in Small-scale Fisheries (E. Allison, WorldFish Center; D. Chuenpagdee, Memorial University; S. Coulthard, University of Ulster; D. Johnson, Anthropology; A. McGregor, IDS Sussex).

The Political Ecology of Development in the Fisheries of Gujarat State, India (D. Johnson, Anthropology)

Gender, Community Structure and Women's Networks in Rural China (E. Judd, Anthropology)

Human Mobility and Cultural Diversity/Labour Migration and Social Mobility in the Asia Pacific Region (E. Judd, Anthropology)

Building Capacity to Respond to HIV/AIDS in China (J. Blanchard, Community Health Sciences, X. Ma, Sichuan University, E. Judd, Anthropology, et al.)

Health Care in the Harmonious Society in Comparative Global Perspective (E. Judd, Anthropology)

The Political Economy of Care and Kin in Contemporary China:  A Narrative Ethnography (E. Judd, Anthropology)

Lithic Sourcing of Archaeological Sites in Northern Manitoba (K. Brownlee, Manitoba Museum; M. Fayek, Geological Science; B. Milne, Anthropology)

Pre-Dorset/Dorset Transition in the Canadian Arctic (B. Milne, Anthropology)

Toquaht Archaeological Project Faunal Analysis (G. Monks, Anthropology)