Anastasia M. Shkilnyk
Anastasia Maria Shkilnyk | |
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| Born | August 22, 1945 Wassenberg, Germany |
| Died | 13 May 2014 |
| Nationality | German, Ukrainian-Canadian |
| Occupation | Anthropologist |
Anastasia Maria Shkilnyk (1945 - 2014) was a German-born Ukrainian-Canadian anthropologist.
Life[]
Anastasia Shkilnyk was born in a Displaced Persons camp near Wassenberg on August 22, 1945. She was the daughter of Ukrainian judge Mikhialo Shkilnyk and Maria Salamon. At the age of two the family moved to Winnipeg. Shkilnyk studied Eastern European studies at the University of Toronto, graduating in 1966. She then gained a Masters at Yale University and a PhD in Urban Planning from Massachusetts Institute of Technology.[1]
Shkilnyk's doctoral thesis was published as A Poison Stronger Than Love (1985). It documented the mercury poisoning of the Grassy Narrows community, and the resultant social disintegration of the community.[2]
Death[]
Shkilnyk died on 13 May 2014 from oesophageal cancer.[1]
Works[]
- A Poison Stronger Than Love: The Destruction of an Ojibwa Community, 1985
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b Dr. Anastasia Maria Shkilnyk, Winnipeg Free Press, May 20, 2014.
- ^ Ed Liebow, Influential Women of and for Anthropology, Anthropology News, March 8, 2017
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