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Michael Asch

Michael Asch
Born
Michael I. Asch

(1943-04-09) April 9, 1943 (age 81)
EducationB.A. University of Chicago
Ph.D. Columbia University
OccupationAnthropologist
SpouseMargaret Asch
ParentMoses Asch
FamilySholem Asch (grandfather)

Michael I. Asch (born April 9, 1943) is an anthropologist in Canada.[1] He became Professor Emeritus at the University of Alberta[2] and works as a professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Victoria.[3] Much of his work over the years has focused on issues of Indigenous rights and indigenous-settler relations in Canada.[4][5][6][7]

Asch received a B.A. in anthropology from the University of Chicago and a Ph.D. from Columbia University.[8][1] He has been a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada since 2002 as a part of the Academy of Social Sciences.[9]

He has been a part of several research projects and non-profit initiatives such as Intellectual Property Issues in Cultural Heritage (iPinCH)[8] and Smithsonian Folkways Recordings.[10] Asch is also credited as being one of the founding members the Canadian Anthropology Society/la société canadienne d'anthropologie (CASCA).[11]

  1. ^ a b "Michael I. Asch | The Canadian Encyclopedia". www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
  2. ^ "Faculty and Instructors | Department of Anthropology". www.ualberta.ca. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
  3. ^ "Other faculty - University of Victoria". UVic.ca. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
  4. ^ Asch, Michael (1993). Home and native land : aboriginal rights and the Canadian constitution. UBC Press. OCLC 680765223.
  5. ^ Asch, Michael (2014). On being here to stay : treaties and Aboriginal rights in Canada. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-1-4426-4028-3. OCLC 905527198.
  6. ^ Asch, Michael. Aboriginal and treaty rights in Canada : essays on law, equity, and respect for difference. ISBN 978-0-7748-5307-1. OCLC 949648199.
  7. ^ Asch, Michael; Borrows, John; Tully, James (2018). Resurgence and reconciliation: indigenous-settler relations and earth teachings. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-1-4875-0433-5. OCLC 1077280863.
  8. ^ a b "IPinCH PROFILE — Anthropologist Michael Asch". Intellectual Property Issues in Cultural Heritage. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
  9. ^ "Member Directory | Page 5 | The Royal Society of Canada". rsc-src.ca. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
  10. ^ "Staff and Leadership". Smithsonian Folkways Recordings. Retrieved 2022-11-13.
  11. ^ "History". www.cas-sca.ca. Retrieved 2022-11-13.

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