Max Friesen is a Professor and the tri-campus Graduate Chair of the Department of Anthropology. He is an archaeologist specializing in the North American Arctic. His research explores how the linkages between social organization, world view, economy, technology, environment, and landscape have shaped northern peoples’ lives over the past 5,000 years. He has performed fieldwork in many northern locations, with particular focus in the Cambridge Bay region of Nunavut and the Mackenzie Delta region of the Northwest Territories. His research is performed in collaboration with northern communities and organizations, and is intended to have a positive impact in the North as well as in academic contexts. A secondary focus is on zooarchaeology, the study of animal bones from archaeological sites. The Anthropology Department at the U of T is an excellent place to perform graduate research, and Max is always interested in hearing from talented prospective graduate students.