About

PAMELA MAYNE CORREIA completed her M.A. at the University of Alberta. Upon completion of the M.A. degree in 1990, she assumed the position of osteology technologist for the Department of Anthropology, the position she held for 18 years. In 2009 she joined the Department as academic faculty in the role of Faculty Service Officer II and was promoted in 2015 to level III. Her research interests are in the area of the analysis of cremated human skeletal material, trauma analysis, bone taphonomy and in human identification problems related to mass disasters and genocide. She is Curator for the three museum collections managed by the Department of Anthropology. Pamela continues to teach biological anthropology, skeletal trauma analysis, and forensic anthropology. She has supervised the completion of four Masters students within the Department of Anthropology, as well as mentored numerous Honours theses. Within the University Mayne Correia has participated on the Executive committee for the Repatriation of Sharphead, and as a member of the Curator’s committee, Policy and Planning Committee, Return of Cultural Properties committe, Faculty of Arts Equity discussion group, AASUA Bylaws Review Committee, and FSO Constituency committee. She is a consulting forensic anthropologist for the Medical Examiner’s Office and has contributed to numerous cases for the RCMP, EPS, Medical Examiner, and Archaeological Survey since 1989. As part of this work, Mayne Correia is involved in the Missing Children/Persons and Unidentified Human Remains project, as well as ongoing identification of human remains. Since 2014 Ms. Mayne Correia has been on the editorial board for the Canadian Society of Forensic Sciences Journal. She was the Chair of the Anthropology/Medical/Odontology Section of the Canadian Society of Forensic Sciences for ten years and a member of the Canadian Association of Physical Anthropology. Ms. Mayne Correia has received several awards in her position here at the University of Alberta, including the J.Lawrence Angel Award (1990), Sigma Xi Nat Rutter Outstanding Technician of the Year Award (2005), the Curator Hall of Fame Award (2015), and most recently Greatest Supervisor (FGSR, 2019).

Mayne Correia retired from her position as FSO III in 2022, and is currently an Adjunct Professor with Anthropology. She continues to be active in forensic consulting and assisting with teaching workshops within the Department of Anthropology.