Strengthening Indigenous community through research
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, […]
RavenSpace at UBC Press receives third Mellon Foundation grant to expand collaborative multimedia Indigenous publishing program
RavenSpace, a platform and hub for the publication of Indigenous community-driven works of cultural, educational, and social significance, has been awarded a three-year grant of $1-million (Canadian) from The Mellon Foundation’s Public Knowledge program. The Mellon Foundation’s generous financial contributions to RavenSpace have been instrumental from inception. With this third grant, RavenSpace will set off […]
Roots are taking shape for UBC Okanagan’s Indigenous Micro-Forest
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 […]
Orange Shirt Day | National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2022 at UBC Vancouver
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Orange Shirt Day | National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2022 at UBC Okanagan
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Indigenous-focused initiatives receive UBC funding to help advance rights of Indigenous peoples
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Xwi7xwa Library exhibit explores a Decade of Indigenous Languages
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 […]
UBC Indigenous Strategic Plan funding sees student projects get off the ground
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Indigenous initiatives design series: Decolonizing teaching and learning in STEM
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Indigenous anthropologist Dr. Kristen Barnett on decolonizing archaeology
When Dr. Kristen Barnett first started university, she didn’t know anything about archaeology except that “archaeologists take things.” Today, she’s among a small group of Indigenous archaeologists who are redefining the profession. Dr. Barnett, who joins the UBC Department of Anthropology in the fall of 2022, is committed to Indigenous archaeology – an approach that […]