McGill Anthropology Students' Association
Leacock Building B12 Montreal, QC, Canada

REMINDERS: last day to sign is THIS FRIDAY!!

In case it might interest any student...

The recent ListServ: https://mailchi.mp/63be1777aaa0/reading-week-news

Hello everyone, On behalf of the AGSA Racial Justice Working Group, I am thrilled to share with you all the details of the first event in our series Anthropology and Racial Justice. On November 3rd, 2021 at 6 pm EST Justin Wright will be facilitating a workshop entitled Thinking Through Race with Ethnographic Poetry. ... The aim of this workshop will be to use poetry as a way for us all to begin or continue exploring our own positionalities within anthropology as well as explore how race comes up and affects our individual research and anthropological practices. Justin Wright is a sociocultural anthropologist, performance studies scholar, theater artist, and performance poet, as well as the current Poet-In-Residence at SAPIENS Magazine. In both their scholarly and artistic pursuits, Wright is concerned with notions of national and cultural memories, transgenerational traumas, Black grief, and Black and Black-queer identity-making. Their work seeks to understand how Black people might craft from that pain, grief, and trauma something breathtakingly beautifuland from that beauty, freedom and liberation. Wright holds an M.A. in theater and performance studies from Washington University in St. Louis and is currently a Ph.D. student in anthropology at American University. Due to limited participation capacity, the RJWG is opening up registration to self-identified BIPOC Undergrads, Grads, and Faculty today, October 5th. Registration will open for the entire department on October 12th. To register, please follow this link: https://mcgill.zoom.us//tZAocu6uqDspGtNd_8K-VX_Ww9YnK-Sopz Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Thinking Through Race With Ethnographic Poetry. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting. Ethnographic poetry workshop with Justin Wright mcgill.zoom.us If you have any questions regarding the workshop, please don't hesitate to contact me at this email. I truly look forward to seeing many of you there! Best, Alejandra Melian-Morse

After staying at the library until midnight, I can finally post this. Everyone, meet our VP CREATIVE aka VP of Graphic Designs, Randa Mohamed! She's the one who designed the Truth and Reconciliation graphic! Welcome to ASA, Randa!

ASA wanted to recognize that we’re hosting this event on truth and reconciliation day, although we hope to see you in the evening we encourage you to attend this event in the day time. Please acknowledge the land you're on and raise awareness of Residential school survivors. Please attend the March hosted today at 12! National Truth and Reconciliation Day.

Last call! Welcome Back Bash event is tomorrow! Come and chill with some of us! Requirement: a device and decent internet. :D

To subscribe to ASA ListServ, please subscribe to it here: http://eepurl.com/cBJyXr The recent ListServ was sent out on Monday. To view Monday's update, view it here: https://mailchi.mp/e13c7c4d5bba/mon-sep-27-2021-asa-news

Talking Culture has both a podcast and a blog! Hosted by a few McGill Graduate students, the first episode of season 2 of the podcast just came out recently!! https://www.talkingculture.ca/

It is this Thursday! Come and join us!! :D Edit: I mistaken thinking it was gonna be on Wednesday

Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion ASA Position Available! The Equity, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) Committee was formed to address racism, heterosexism, and other forms of marginalization in the McGill Anthropology Department and Community by initiating action and discussion. The EDI aspires to support a safe and inclusive learning environment for all students of Anthropology at McGill. If you are interested in taking part, please fill out this short contact form. You will be c...ontacted by a member of the Anthropology Student Association shortly. Can't click the link? Copy-paste onto your web browser. https://docs.google.com//1FAIpQLSdhqasd4DoJckfao/viewform P.S: I apologise for using "debunk" (wrong word connotation) last week. :)

The McGill Journal of Human Behaviour is Hiring! The McGill Journal of Human Behaviour is seeking students to work as editors or behind-the-scenes coordinators. MJHB publishes perspectives across the many fields that study human behaviour to foster dialogue among related departments. We encourage submissions from many disciplines, including but not limited to anthropology, history, philosophy, economics, political theory, and cognitive science. For questions, reach out to [email protected]. To apply for a position: https://forms.gle/yu2LY126MRpKWSnCA To submit a paper: https://forms.gle/EF97oKCMXjMHztft6

McGill's Senate Steering Committee will be voting on this soon. Please share and sign with fellow students if you believe that an extended S/U option would be a more inclusive policy during this pandemic and the stress it has, directly and indirectly, caused so many of us. Your voice matters, showing solidarity with your fellow students is of the utmost importance at this time and we encourage you to consider the implication of this policy not just for you, but for the diverse group of people who make up the McGill student body https://docs.google.com//1FAIpQLSdckfpt1lsEox_5M/viewform

Going to our GA tonight from 6 - 8PM tonight?? Here’s the zoom link! See you there!! https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/87328460197

Tomorrow, from 6PM - 8PM we'll be hosting our Annual General Meeting via Zoom! ALL are welcome to our town hall(ish) Annual General Meeting !! Questions and concerns + suggestions are encouraged ... Link to drop an hour before the event....check the event description for more info!

HAPPENING TODAY: https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/89688017081

Monday, Nov 16th @ 2-3pm: Join Professor Katherine Lemons for a town hall, where participants will be able to ask questions and give feedback in regards to how the semester is going, as well as raise concerns about equity issues within the department and remote teaching/learning. ALL are encouraged to attend.... the zoom link is here: Topic: ASA and Undergraduate Discussion Time: Nov 16, 2020 02:00 PM Montreal Join Zoom Meeting https://mcgill.zoom.us/j/89688017081 Meeting ID: 896 8801 7081