Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology

The Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology (CAPA) is a learned society

Learned society

A learned society is an organization that exists to promote an academic discipline/profession, as well a group of disciplines. Membership may be open to all, may require possession of some qualification, or may be an honor conferred by election, as is the case with the oldest learned societies,...

of Physical Anthropologists

Physical anthropology

Biological anthropology is that branch of anthropology that studies the physical development of the human species. It plays an important part in paleoanthropology and in forensic anthropology...

. The society’s mission is to spread information on Physical Anthropology to its members and to supporting institutions and the public at large. The society has annual meetings and distributes newsletters to their members. The group was founded by Canadian members of the American Association of Physical Anthropologists

American Association of Physical Anthropologists

The American Association of Physical Anthropologists is an American-based international scientific society of physical anthropologists. It was formed in 1930, with Morris Steggerda as one of its founding members. They have 1,700 members. They publish the American Journal of Physical...

, in a 1972 meeting, who thought Kansas

Kansas

Kansas is a US state located in the Midwestern United States. It is named after the Kansas River which flows through it, which in turn was named after the Kansa Native American tribe, which inhabited the area. The tribe's name is often said to mean "people of the wind" or "people of the south...

was too far away for Canadian Physical Anthropologists to meet and professionally discuss their ideas. Their current president is Robert Hoppa

Rob Hoppa

Robert Hoppa is a Canadian physical anthropologist who holds a Canada Research Chair in Skeletal Biology. An Associate Professor at the University of Manitoba he conducts research on the health of past populations....

. http://www.utsc.utoronto.ca/~chan/capa/about/officers.html

Annual Meetings

The Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology has held several meetings across Canada. The following are some notable ones.

2004

The 2004 meeting was held in London, Ontario

London, Ontario

London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada, situated along the Quebec City – Windsor Corridor. The city has a population of 352,395, and the metropolitan area has a population of 457,720, according to the 2006 Canadian census; the metro population in 2009 was estimated at 489,274. The city...

from October 26 to 27. http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/%7Ehoppard/3Dconferencelondon/Welcome%20page/Welcome%20page.htm The theme of the meeting was Digital imaging

Digital imaging

Digital imaging or digital image acquisition is the creation of digital images, typically from a physical scene. The term is often assumed to imply or include the processing, compression, storage, printing, and display of such images...

and its impact on physical anthropology. http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/%7Ehoppard/3Dconferencelondon/Theme%20page/Theme-page1.htm

2005

The 2005 meeting was held at the University of Manitoba

University of Manitoba

The University of Manitoba , in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, is the largest university in the province of Manitoba. It is Manitoba's most comprehensive and only research-intensive post-secondary educational institution. It was founded in 1877, making it Western Canada’s first university. It placed...

.http://www.umanitoba.ca/capa/

2006

The 2006 meeting was held from October 25 to 28 at Trent University

Trent University

Trent University is a liberal arts and science-oriented institution located along the Otonabee River in Peterborough, Ontario, Canada.The enabling legislation is the Trent University Act, 1962-63. The University was founded through the efforts of a citizens' committee interested in creating a...

. http://www.trentu.ca/academic/anthro/capa/ The meeting includes a three day scientific programme. http://www.trentu.ca/academic/anthro/capa/english/introduction.html

Selected publications

Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology Newsletter

External links

Official Site

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