Awards:
Recipient of the 2022 University Excellence in Teaching Award, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC. Student-nominated award for excellent pedagogical talent that inspires and supports students to achieve their academic goals.
Courses:
2023. Sole Instructor, Sessional Instructor, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada:
- ANTH311 – Introduction to Engaged and Practicing Anthropology
2020-2022. Sole Instructor, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC, Canada:
- ANTH102 – Introduction to Anthropology
- ANTH413/613 – Environmental Anthropology
- ANTH315 – Anthropological Theory
- ANTH310 – Practicing Anthropology
- ANTH206 – Northern BC Ethnography
- ANTH499 – Independent Study
- ANTH451/FNST451 – Traditional Use Studies
- ANTH407 – BC Ethnography
- ANTH303 – Museums, Texts, and Archives
- ANTH300 – Qualitative Methods
- ANTH207 – Popular Culture
2017. Sole/Primary Instructor, University of the Arctic and University of Northern British Columbia, Prince George, BC, Canada:
- CS/ANTH322: Peoples and Cultures of the Circumpolar World (online course)
2016. Anthropology. Sole/Primary Instructor, College of New Caledonia, Prince George, BC, Canada:
- ANTH101: Introduction to Socio-Cultural Anthropology (2 sections)
Invited Course Lectures, Seminars, and Workshops:
2023 (invited) Guest Lecturer. “Practicing Anthropology and Impact Assessment in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region”. Ethnographic Mapping and Indigenous Geographies (ANTH460/520a). March 16. Primary Instructor: Brian Thom. University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.
2022 (invited) Guest Lecturer. “Indigenous Land Use and Impact Assessment in the Athabasca Oil Sands Region”. Introduction to Anthropological Research (ANTH260). October 27. Primary Instructor: Melissa Gauthier. University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.
2022 (invited) Seminar Lead. “Theorizing Place and Space”. Place, Space, Knowledge and Power (ANTH585/685). October 7. Primary Instructor: Brian Thom. University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.
2021 (invited) Guest Speaker, Panel on Social Aspects of Mine Reclamation. Capstone Reclamation Seminar. University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Held online due to COVID-19 pandemic.
2019-2020. Co-Facilitator, Indigenous Land Use Study, GIS and GPS Training, Métis Settlements General Council. Edmonton, AB, Canada.
2019. Guest Lecturer. “Oil Sands Consultation and Community Development”, Anthropology of Development. November 26. Primary Instructor: Naotaka Hayashi. University of Calgary. Calgary, AB, Canada.
2019. Guest Speaker, with Harvey Sykes, Debra Hopkins, Almer Waniandy, Lorrie Gallagher, Patricia Gillis, and Kaitlyn Wall. “Learning Together”: Braiding Indigenous and Western Knowledge Systems to Understand Freshwater Mussel Health in the Lower Athabasca Region of Alberta, Canada. May 1. Grade 10 and 11 Biology Classes. Instructor: Tyler Rice. Father Patrick Mercredi High School. Fort McMurray, AB, Canada.
2018. Guest Lecturer. “Oil Sands Consultation”, Environmental Anthropology (ANTH313). November 27. Primary Instructor: Naotaka Hayashi. University of Calgary,.Calgary, AB, Canada
2018 (with Clinton Westman). “Anthropology of Ontologies” and “Anthropology of the More-than-Human. Course Seminars. Contemporary Anthropological Theory (ANTH801). March 2 and March 9. Primary Instructor: Clinton Westman. University of Saskatchewan. Saskatoon, SK, Canada.
2017. “Land, Knowledge, and Spirit.” Course Lecture. Environmental Anthropology (ANTH413/613). 16 October. Primary Instructor: Alexander Oehler. University of Northern British Columbia. Prince George, BC, Canada.
Tara L. Joly, PhD 