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Department of Anthropology

Medical Anthropology Minor

One of the leading programs in Canada, Medical Anthropology provides an anthropological perspective on health and illness processes and the socio-cultural factors that shape the experience of illness, patterns of health and disease, and access to health care services.

Advocacy & Public Engagement Minor

The Advocacy & Public Engagement Minor offers training using anthropological perspectives connecting the academic and non-academic sectors. We place an emphasis upon high-impact experiential education, including ethnographic community-based research and a capstone work placement.

Graduate Program in Social Anthropology

Join a dynamic, intellectual community of scholars and faculty committed to theoretically informed, empirically grounded and socially relevant research. Engage in ethnographic fieldwork in places, communities and archives on topics of contemporary and historical relevance.

ANTH Program Specific Support

Anthropology Majors Students requiring program-specific support should send a request for an appointment to lapsanth@yorku.ca. A staff member will respond to arrange an appointment time.

LA&PS Co-op Program

Test-drive a career and get hands-on experience in your chosen field! The LA&PS Co-op Program offers paid, short-term employment for up to 20 months. As a Co-op student, you will complete two work terms, rotating between study and work terms. Regardless of the academic program you are pursuing, co-ops provide an opportunity to gain valuable […]

Cross-Campus Capstone Classroom (C4)

Come together and join upper-level students from across York to work together in multi-disciplinary teams to solve real-world challenges. Challenges are posed by organizations from both the for-profit and not-for-profit sectors.

Work/Study Program

The Work/Study Program at York is an excellent way for undergraduate students to gain a paid, work-integratred learning experience on campus.