“Anthropology, as a discipline, has a relationship with many other subjects like psychology, sociology, history). It gives you the tools to analyze and question things that others might simply take for granted. One of the things that interests me is the topic of food and how disconnected many of us are from its production processes. I also like that it gives me a lens through which to view the neoliberal market economy and imagine that there are others ways of living. In a way, it helps me engage with what it means to be human.”
Zachary Miller, student
“Sociology helps me make sense of the many contradictions inherent to our world. As a discipline, it not only assists me in understanding current phenomena, it also gives me the tools to explain them. At the same time, sociology allows me to be creative. What particularly interests me at the moment are questions around national identity. Though we want to be open and welcome others, as Canadians, we also want to have our own identity. How are these tensions playing out in society? What does it mean to be a Quebecer? What does it mean to be Franco-Ontarian… or Canadian? In the current national context, for example, can Quebec be seen as a distinct society?”
Yannick Masse, graduate
“Humanity itself fascinates me! Learning about different socio-cultural systems allows me to conceptualise different ways of being human.”
“An anthropologist can collaborate with different communities to safeguard cultural diversity. My studies allow me to gain a better understanding of my own existence, and help me live as authentically as possible, which is to say that I try to do what I can to help humans live in full harmony with other humans and non-human entities with which we form this symbiotic system that is planet Earth.”
Nicolas Rasiulis, student
