Meet our Team of Anthropologists!

Drawing on her research on commodity markets and fair trade in Costa Rica, Deborah Sick explores questions related to the environment and ecology.

Portuguese Diasporas from the mainland and the Azores (in Canada, in South Africa and in Venezuela), economic anthropology and international development are some of Victor DaRosa’s research topics.

Pictured here with University of Ottawa students on the site of a marae (a ceremonial ground) on the Island of Tahiti, Natacha Gagné conducts research on identity, aboriginal issues, and autonomy and citizenship in New Zealand and the French Polynesia.

Scott Simon tries on traditional Ainu clothing in Madam Ogawa's workshop in Sapporo, Japan, on June 17th 2009. He works on indigenous rights, development, ethnic identities and nationalism in Asia.

Holism and modernity, nature and culture, Stéphane Vibert brings theoretical reflections on societies drawing from urban ethnographies in Russia and elsewhere.

Nathan Young leads important research on the socio-economic dimensions of climate change in coastal British Colombia, Canada.

Social change in the Arctic, Inuit documentary filmmakers and life trajectories are some of the axes of Willow Scobie’s research.

Working in Brazil, South Africa and North America on projects relating to medicines, clinical trials and bio-politics, Julie Laplante is interested in the anthropology of knowledge, science and technology.

Ari Gandsman works on human rights in the aftermath of political violence in Argentina. His interests include medical and psychological anthropology and biomedical technologies.

Karine Vanthuyne works on political memory and identity generated by "transitional justice" projects underway in both Guatemala and Canada. She also works on the ethical and political dilemmas surrounding access to health care by undocumented migrants in Canada.