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Michael McClean Ames, Ph.D., CM, FRSC. Michael M. Ames was born in Vancouver and attended the University of British Columbia, where he graduated with a B.A. in Anthropology in 1956. He continued his education at Harvard University, earning his Ph.D. in Social Anthropology in 1961. He did field work in Sri Lanka and post-doctoral work in South Asian Studies at the University of Chicago before returning to Canada to teach at McMaster University in 1962. Ames returned to UBC as an assistant professor in 1964, rising to full professor in 1970. In addition to his work in the department, Ames also became Director of the Museum of Anthropology (MOA) in 1974. A recipient of the Simon Guggenheim Fellowship in 1970-1971, Ames was also elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada in 1979 and promoted as a Fellow of the Society for Applied Anthropology in 1996. Ames also has an extensive list of publications in a broad range of topics, from religion and social organizations in South Asia, Indigenous Peoples issues to museums and popular culture. Ames retired as MOA Directorship at the end of June 1997; he received emeritus professor status in 1998. From 1998 to 2002, Ames co-taught, with adjunct professor Jim Green, several undergraduate anthropology courses in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside. He also chaired the Dean of Arts Indigenous Peoples Language Programme advisory committee from 1998 to 2002. He was appointed to the Order of Canada in 1999. In 2002, he instituted, in cooperation with Assoc. Dean Margery Fee and the Musqueam Band Council, a joint "Musqueam 101" seminar at Musqueam.

Born: 1933
Died: 2006-02-20