Michael M. Ames, CM FRSC (June 19, 1933 – February 20, 2006) was a Canadian academic and Professor of Anthropology of the department of anthropology-sociology at the University of British Columbia.
He was born in Vancouver, British Columbia, he received a B.A.
He received his Ph.D. in social anthropology from Harvard University in 1961.
[1] From 1974 to 1997, he was director of the Museum of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia.
[3] The Council for Museum Anthropology awards the Michael M. Ames Prize.