About AnthropologyInternships
Friends of Bokonbaevo founder and intern (right), modelling a felt hat made by the women of Altyn Oimok, a co-operative in Kyrgyzstan (2007).
Student interns (2006) inside Scladina Cave, Belgium
Museum intern (2008) in the storage area of the Nanaimo Museum.
The Department of Anthropology offers local and international internships based on availability. These are open to anthropology majors who can receive course credit based on the number of hours of service. Successful candidates register in ANTH 493A, 493B, or 493C, which fulfills the Applied Theory category of the degree program.
Anthropology has offered internships in applied anthropology, museum anthropology, and archaeology; we hope to have in future others in cultural, linguistic and biological anthropology. At present, we have worked in partnership with the Friends of Bokonbaevo, Cowichan Valley Museum & Archives, Cumberland Museum & Archives, Nanaimo Museum, Aletta Institute for Women's History (Amsterdam, NL) and ASBL Archaeologie Andennaise and the Department of Prehistory, University of Liege.
Read about our interns and their work at the Nanaimo Museum.
Internship Available
Internships with Nanaimo Museum, four are being offered for Spring 2012. See attached NMuseumInternship2012.
The Scladina Cave Internship is a field school in Archaeology and Palaeoanthropology (Sclayn, Belgium). Vancouver Island University participants work with undergraduate students from the University of Liege, as well as, graduate and undergraduate students from other parts of the world. The project covers a five week period from June 27, 2011 through July 29, 2011. Students work in the cave and/or in the lab five days a week for seven to eight hours per day. Prerequisites are ANTH 213, 214, and 351; ANTH 211 is an asset. Space is limited to a maximum of 6 students. For information, contact Cheryl Roy. Pre-application forms are available from Audrey Hansen, Manager, Education Abroad.
To apply: On one-letter page, state your GPA, list courses or projects which demonstrate skills that can be applied to the position, and state why you should be selected. ALL APPLICATIONS WILL BE RANKED AND VETTED BY THE DEPARTMENT BEFORE BEING SENT TO THE SPONSORING ORGANIZATION.
To Sponsor an Internship
Download a copy of the Internship Placement Application to your computer, fill it out, save it, and return to:
ATTN: Internships
Department of Anthropology
Vancouver Island University
900 Fifth Street
Nanaimo, BC
V9R 5S5
Questions?
Students interested in internships, or an organization wishing to sponsor one, should contact Gay.Frederick@viu.ca.