PhD candidate Asta Rand wins Oschinksy-McKern student presentation award at CAPA-ACAP 2020
Congratulations to PhD candidate Asta Rand for winning the Oschinksy-McKern Award for best student presentation at the 48th Annual Meeting of the Canadian Association for Physical Anthropology/L'Association Canadienne D'Anthropologie Physique (CAPA-ACAP) which took place online from November 4-6, 2020.
The paper, entitled "Ancient Maya Catchment Use: Stable Sulphur Isotopic Evidence from Caledonia, Cayo District, Belize" was a synchronous online presentation co-authored by Asta J.Rand, Carolyn Freiwald, and Vaughan Grimes.
The Oschinksy-McKern Award honours Dr. Lawrence Oschinsky and Dr. Thomas McKern, two researchers who were seminal to the study of physical anthropology in Canada and abroad. The award is valued at $500 and is presented to the top student podium presentation presented at CAPA-ACAP's Annual Meeting (more information about the history of the award can be found here: https://capa-acap.net/eligibility-and-history-student-awards).