Spring recipients of UBC’s 2024 Partnership Recognition and Exploration Fund
The Partnership Recognition & Exploration (PRE) Fund opened for spring 2024 applications in May, and has already provided funding for 16 incredible community-university projects this year. From facilitating the recovery of grizzly bears within the North Cascades Ecosystem to harvesting invasive plant species used to create visual artworks, this spring’s PRE recipients have formed valuable partnerships with […]
Indigenous alumni share their law school experiences over the last 50 years
Please visit https://allard.ubc.ca/about-us/news-and-announcements/2024/indigenous-alumni-share-their-law-school-experiences-over-last-50-years to read the full story.
What is Indigenous data sovereignty and why does it matter?
Please read the story at https://beyond.ubc.ca/what-is-indigenous-data-sovereignty-and-why-does-it-matter/.
UBC Library digitizes Indigenous language dictionaries
Please visit https://about.library.ubc.ca/2024/04/09/ubc-library-digitizes-indigenous-language-dictionaries/ to read the story.
Walking alongside Survivors: How the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre supports access to Residential School records
Please visit https://news.ubc.ca/2024/04/09/irshdc-residential-school-records-access/ to read the story.
How UBC Library is addressing the growing demand for Indigenous reference help
Imagine that you’re working at a library reference desk. A student hesitantly approaches you with a question. They are a nursing student who will be starting a community care plan assignment in Port Alberni. They need to find research on the local First Nation (Tseshaht), but don’t know what search terms to use. What would […]
Breathing life back into their language: A collaborative e-dictionary project with Klahoose, Tla’amin, Homalco, and K’ómoks Nations
Today, fewer than 47 native speakers of ʔayʔaǰuθəm remain, all of whom are over the age of 60. To help preserve their traditional language, four sister nations—Klahoose, Tla’amin, Homalco, and K’ómoks—are working alongside researchers from UBC and the University of Alberta to develop an ʔayʔaǰuθəm e-dictionary, set to be featured on FirstVoices. To learn more […]
New report aims to remove roadblocks to freedom for the wrongfully convicted
On January 5, Robert Mailman and Walter Gillespie were acquitted of murder in New Brunswick, 40 years after their conviction. In her ruling, Chief Justice Tracey DeWare explained how new information led her to believe “serious mistakes” at their 1984 trial contributed to their wrongful conviction. Police failed to disclose evidence at trial that supported […]
Fish Tales: How storytelling is engaging a community and boosting a historic site
Please visit https://www.arts.ubc.ca/news/fish-tales-how-storytelling-is-engaging-a-community-and-boosting-a-historic-site/ to read the story.
UBCO adds Indigenous Knowledges theme to Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies programs
UBC Okanagan has created a new pathway for students pursuing Indigenous studies, announcing that applications are now open for the Indigenous Knowledges theme in the Interdisciplinary Graduate Studies programs. The program—iʔ sqilxʷ aʔ cmiy̓ t scmypnwíłnsəlx in Nsyilxcn—marks a significant stride in embedding Indigenous perspectives and wisdom within higher education. UBC Okanagan is the first […]