Strategy 17 – Indigenous Engagement

UBC librarians are embarking on a new collaborative research project that aims to address a fundamental problem in how open educational practices approach Indigenous Knowledges, and instead replicate colonial concepts of ownership and knowledge transfer. The research project, titled Foregrounding Indigenous Perspectives: Community and Collaborator Affinities and Conflicts in Open Education, recently received a grant […]

When she first arrived at UBC Okanagan, psychology student Jordyn Cates, who is from the Okanagan Indian Band in Vernon, wanted to connect with an Indigenous community within the university population. In her third year, Cates applied to participate in the Indigenous Research Mentorship Program (IRM) run by Indigenous Programs and Services. Started in 2015, […]

New funding from the Indigenous Strategic Initiatives Fund will enable relationship building with the Syilx Okanagan People to establish an Indigenous-inspired natural space for teaching and learning. The Indigenous Micro-Forest project will endeavour to establish a self-sustainable, green, biodiverse ecosystem on UBC Okanagan campus, guided by Indigenous traditional ecological knowledge to reintroduce and foster native species […]

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As part of Indigenous History Month in June 2022, Xwi7xwa Library launched a new exhibit, featuring materials from their Indigenous language collection, on display in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre (IKBLC). Leaving No One Behind, No One Outside, was curated by Kayla Lar-Son, Indigenous Programs and Services Librarian at Xwi7xwa Library, and student librarians […]