Tag: toronto
Allison Odger , November 5th, 2020
The intrauterine device (IUD) and the intrauterine system (IUS) have a long and complicated history. The IUD is a contraceptive device inserted into the uterus, which serves as…

foodanthro , December 20th, 2017
Leslie Carlin The ‘Kiddush’ lunch is a tradition at many synagogues, including the one I belong to in downtown Toronto. It’s a shared meal to which all are…
foodanthro , January 28th, 2017
The Culinaria Research Centre at the University of Toronto invites applications for a full-time postdoctoral fellowship in the field of Food Studies, to work directly with the range…
foodanthro , December 3rd, 2016
We recently received notification of the looming deadline (January 15, 2017) for this conference, which may be of interest to SAFN members and FoodAnthropology readers. The Canadian Association…

Hilary Agro , March 21st, 2016
I talked to a lot of middle-class recreational drug users for my research. None of them had any idea when they were younger that they’d end up dropping…
foodanthro , February 4th, 2016
We have received the following announcement from the Agriculture, Food, and Human Values Society. Please note that students cannot apply for both this award and the ASFS awards,…

foodanthro , December 4th, 2015
Here is the call for papers for the best annual food studies conference in North America with the most confusing name. This is the annual joint meeting of…

Hilary Agro , August 12th, 2015
I’ve found it highly interesting to hear drug users trash talk other drugs, even while they’re high on their own preferred substance. Gina* thinks that alcohol is the…

Hilary Agro , July 1st, 2015
Most of what I knew about psytrance (psychedelic trance) raves before I actually went to one came from this article in Vice: Psytrance really is a counter-culture in…