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Photo by Don Erhardt

Feast Bowl Meal Brings Together the UBC Community

Once a month a group of students, faculty and staff come together and harvest produce at the Institute for Aboriginal Health Garden at the UBC Farm, and then prepare a community meal together at the UBC longhouse.

Melanie Alvarez at the UBC First Nations Longhouse. Photo by Don Erhardt.

Cultural Barriers Crunched by Numbers

When Melania Alvarez’s son was placed in a lower-level math class in junior high school, she was caught off guard. The Mexican-born mathematician, then working in Wisconsin, knew that Rodrigo had an aptitude for math.

IHHS 408: Topics in Aboriginal Health – a Community Based Experience

IHHS 408: Topics in Aboriginal Health – a Community Based Experience

The UBC College of Health Disciplines and Division of Aboriginal People’s Health offers a practice-based Aboriginal health elective open to health science students…

Francine Cunningham, who is working on her MFA in creative writing, was one of 32 award recipients from UBC.

32 Aboriginal UBC students receive scholarships from the Irving K. Barber British Columbia Scholarship Society

Thirty-two UBC students are among the 167 Aboriginal students in B.C. who today were awarded scholarships by the Irving K. Barber British Columbia Scholarship Society…

Dr Jo-ann Archibald at the launch of the Faculty of Education's Year of Indigenous Education

Largest Class of Aboriginal Doctoral Students Graduate from UBC Faculty of Education

Eleven Aboriginal doctoral students will graduate from the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Education this year – the largest number to graduate from an education faculty in any Canadian university in one year.

The Inquiry exhibition is on display from October 29 to November 13. It tells the story of the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry.

Berger Inquiry: A Hands-on History Exhibition at Allard Hall

UBC Law is hosting a special exhibition in the Franklin Lew Forum from October 29 to November 13 that tells the story of the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry.

Dr. Daniel Heath Justice, Chair of the First Nations Studies Program

New Chair of UBC’s First Nations Studies Talks Native Politics and Indigenous Fantasy Novels

Author and educator Daniel Heath Justice has joined UBC as both the new chair of its First Nations Studies Program, and as an associate professor in the Department of English…. ArtsWIRE spoke with Justice about his new role, his goals for the First Nations Studies Program, and about his success as a fantasy author.

First Nations House of Learning Cross-Cultural Understanding Series

First Nations House of Learning Cross-Cultural Understanding Series

Building on last year’s Dialogue on the Indian Residential School System, a series of events will be held at the First Nations Longhouse to provide the University community a chance to learn more about this history, promote dialogue, and plan future initiatives.

Amy Perreault and Sarah Ling

Aboriginal Initiatives: Classroom Climate Series

The development of academic and professional programming in the area of classroom climate is relatively new and unexplored. Aboriginal Initiatives programming at the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) responded by creating an innovative professional development series called Aboriginal Initiatives: Classroom Climate.

New UBC-Langara program to help more Aboriginal students get university degrees

New UBC-Langara program to help more Aboriginal students get university degrees

The University of British Columbia and Langara College have partnered to create a transfer program to support First Nations, Métis and Inuit students working toward a university degree.