ABSTRACT
This chapter explores an evaluation of the contribution that individual Canadian forensic anthropologists have made and are currently making to death investigation. It defines Canadian content with an emphasis on one's contributions to forensic osteology and fieldwork locally and internationally. The chapter identifies the intellectual lineages of anatomists and biological anthropologists who chose in their careers to engage themselves and their students in specific forensic anthropological concerns victim identification, elapsed time since death, circumstances of recent deaths, and recovering physical evidence of perpetrator behaviors. It examines how and to what extent legal jurisdictions have reached out to academic expertise in one's communities in death investigation. The chapter evaluates the content of publications by Canadians in forensic anthropology and archaeology over a span of several decades. It explains that forensic anthropologists are redefining their roles and their discipline to keep it vibrant and relevant.
