PASC is updating
The Paleoanthropological Society of Canada is a small, but strong community, and the executive team is making some changes to how the society runs. We appreciate everyone’s patience while we update the website, how we connect with society members, and revamp the society!
Your executive committee,
Mark, Michelle, Anneliese, & Mirjana
Deadline for Abstract Submissions Extended
We are still accepting abstract submissions for the 2024 PASC-SCPA annual e-conference. Please submit your abstracts as soon as possible using the Google Form.
Call for Abstracts - PASC Annual Meeting 2024
PASC-SCPA invites you to submit an abstract for the 2023-2024 annual meeting.
This year's conference will take place online on February 1-2, 2024, and will feature keynote speaker Prof. Andre Costopoulos (UofA) as well as a lunchtime workshop on data management by Anneliese Eber (UofWaterloo). The business meeting will take place on Friday, February 2 at 5:00 pm (CST).
PASC-SCPA e-Conference venue
The gather-town virtual conference space for the 2023 annual meeting is now open! Click here to join the conference. The password has been emailed to registered attendees; If you have not received your password please contact pasc@uwinnipeg.ca.
PASC-SCPA e-Conference Program, January 19-20, 2023
The program for the 2023 PASC-SCPA Annual Meeting is now available. The meeting will be held virtually via gather.town on January 19-20, 2023. To register please email pasc@uwinnipeg.ca.
Call for Abstracts - PASC-SCPA Annual Meeting
We are looking forward to “seeing” you all in January!
PASC-SCPA invites you to submit an abstract for the 2022-2023 annual meeting.
This conference will take place online January 19-20, 2023.
Formats include standard conference (podium) presentation (18 minutes), lightning talk (5 minutes), and poster presentations.
Please submit your abstract of no more than 250 words to pasc@uwinnipeg.ca and include the title, author name(s) and affiliation(s), and preferred format.
New podcast: Screens of the Stone Age
The PASC Journal Club is taking a break for the summer, but it will return in September. In the meantime, you can listen to PASC members and other researchers discuss more light-hearted topics on our new podcast, Screens of the Stone Age. Hosts Joshua Lindal, Dr. Kimberly Plomp, and Dr. Ross Barnett review movies about prehistoric life.
Journal Club and the launch of the PASC-SCPA Discord server
Thanks to everyone who joined us for the inaugural Journal Club meeting on March 26th! We had a great discussion about “good science” and the importance of collaboration and interdisciplinary approaches to to the study of human origins.
Call for papers: Evolutionary Medicine and Palaeoanthropology
We would like to draw your attention to a special issue of Evolution, Medicine and Public Health that is soliciting data-driven, or theoretical research papers from scholars who use bioarchaeology/palaeopathology and evolutionary theory to answer questions about medical issues affecting humans. If you or your lab are conducting such research, please consider submitting your work to EMPH.