| Charles Menzies | |
| Birth Place: | Prince Rupert |
| Nationality: | Canadian |
Charles R. Menzies is a Canadian anthropologist and full professor. He is a member of the Gitxaala Nation of northwestern British Columbia and an enrolled member of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska.[1]
Menzies was born in Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada, as the eldest of three children of Shirley Marie Menzies (née Naud), an elementary school teacher, and Harry Basil Menzies, a commercial fisherman.[2] [3]
Menzies grew up working on his family's commercial fishing boat. As a commercial fisherman[4] Menzies worked in the halibut longline, salmon seining, and herring seining fisheries.[2] [5]
Menzies graduated from Prince Rupert Secondary School in 1980. He studied anthropology and sociology at Simon Fraser University. He has a MA from York University and a PhD from the City University of New York.[2] [6] [7]
Menzies is a full professor in the Department of Anthropology and the Institute of Oceans and Fisheries[8] at the University of British Columbia. His research focuses on the North Coast of BC[9] and Brittany, France.[10] His British Columbia Coast research includes archaeological, ethnographic, and political economic projects.