Canadian Anthropology Society

The proceedings of the society's first conference were published by the National Museum of Man in its Mercury Series of publications, and the society established a bilingual newsletter "Le Bricoleur", which changed name in 1976 to the "Bulletin". The society also founded a scholarly journal titled "Culture" whose first volume appeared in 1981. During the early years, the society often held joint meetings with the Society of Applied Anthropology in Canada but disagreements developed between the Canadian Ethnology Society and another association in the field, the Canadian Sociology and Anthropology Association, over which organization should represent Canadian anthropologists in the larger Social Science community. The society changed its name in 1988 to the Canadian Anthropology Society to clarify its identity and emphasize its role as an anthropology association. In 1997 the society negotiated the merger of its journal "Culture" with the independent journal "Anthropologica". The new "Anthropologica" became its official journal in 1998.

Further details can be found on the CASCA website.

Our governance structure and membership details are listed on our webpage. The President serves a term of three years, while the Executive positions are normally two years in length.

Currently we have approximately 400 members, who are the sole source of financial support of the association through their membership fees.

We have an annual conference, normally held at a Canadian university in early May. CASCA has had one international meeting, which was held in 2005 in Merida, Yucatan in conjunction with Universidad Autonoma de Yucatan. We have partnered in the past with groups such as the American Ethnology Society, and the Society for Anthropology of North America for our annual conference.

CASCA is officially a bilingual French/English association. The Association bilingual publishes a journal Anthropologica We are in the process of putting the journal on line. Subscription information is available at Anthropologica.

Société Canadienne d’Anthropologie
Jun, 25 2005 Published by Gustavo Lins Ribeiro

La Société canadienne d’anthropologie a été fondée en février 1974 lors d’une assemblée réunissant 120 ethnologues à l’Université Laval. À l’origine, on l’avait baptisée Société canadienne d’ethnologie. Les membres fondateurs avaient alors rédigé puis adopté une constitution avec le mandat de mettre sur pied un forum où il serait possible d’échanger des idées entre ethnologues. La mission de la Société était d’encourager la diffusion officielle ou officieuse de connaissances par l’entremise d’un colloque annuel et de publications; de favoriser l’établissement de liens avec d’autres associations universitaires ou professionnelles, regroupements autochtones et gouvernements; et de faire la promotion de la recherche ethnologique et des activités qui permettent une compréhension accrue des pratiques ethnologiques.

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Contact info

Professor Julia Harrison
CASCA President
Chair Women's Studies
Associate Professor Anthropology
Lady Eaton College
Trent University
Peterborough ON
K9J 7B8
Tel: 705 748 1011x1515

www.casca.anthropologica.ca