My name is Daniel, I grew up in St. John's Newfoundland and am enjoying my time on the West Coast now permanently. I like the idea of being able to travel to where there is snow, and not actually having to be trapped in my house because of a five foot drop the night before. I try to do as much as I can outdoors to take advantage of British Columbia's natural activities, and if I see a sun I am guaranteed to take advantage of it.
I'm in my fourth year of my Anthropology degree, and have a general interest in all physical anthropology and archaeology, but I do tend to have an extended interest in the osteological aspect of the subject area. I'm pretty stoked to be finished my BA but I wouldn't mind coming back to school and perhaps working on another degree while I'm here in Victoria.
Death has never been an area that has brought me any sort of distress, whether be it in school or throughout my life. Death is one of our only guarantees in life and it is an interesting topic to study as it can be seen as, aside from birth, our only true unifying subject cross culturally. What is interesting is how people handle death through ritual and symbolism, if they do that at all. I think there are certain people who not only have an interest but as well have the actual ability to deal with death on a day to day basis. This course offers seems to offer an easily understandable introduction into the full aspect of how death is dealt with personally and socially between groups.
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