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Indigenous Graduation Celebration Fall 2024
By Chio Gonzalez on December 5, 2024
See the First Nations House of Learning’s story on this fall’s Indigenous graduation celebration, including a video recording of the event.
Creating a medical program that is equitable and accessible to all
By Faculty of Medicine on October 24, 2024
How UBC’s Indigenous and Black Student MD Admissions Pathways are transforming medical education — and health. Each spring, Meghan MacGillivray sets up the Sty-Wet-Tan Great Hall at UBC’s First Nations Longhouse to celebrate the outstanding achievements of Indigenous medical graduates from the Faculty of Medicine’s MD undergraduate program. The ceremony marks a significant milestone for the […]
First Nations House of Learning presents: Confronting Indian Residential School Denialism
By Chio Gonzalez on October 8, 2024
On November 14, 2024, the First Nations House of Learning hosted an unique educational experience on the subject of confronting Indian residential school denialism.
From Oral Tradition to Comics: Partnership leads to Graphic Novel
By Community Engagement on October 2, 2024
A new project has brought together a team of Indigenous graphic artists to create a series of short comics based on archival recordings of Elders from the Homalco First Nation. Captured in the early 1990s, these recordings explore life in the Homalco First Nation’s traditional territory in Bute Inlet, with Elders recalling their childhoods and […]
Connection and community-building: Indigenous Student Orientation at UBC Vancouver
By Kevin Ward on September 23, 2024
UBC is welcoming another cohort of Indigenous students into its campus community during annual Indigenous Student Orientation programming at UBC Vancouver. Each year, the First Nations House of Learning (FNHL) organizes orientation events that go beyond providing a tailored introduction to university life.
Connection and community-building: Indigenous Student Orientation at UBC Vancouver
By Michaela Kelly, UBC Media Relations on September 19, 2024
UBC is welcoming another cohort of Indigenous students into its campus community during annual Indigenous Student Orientation programming at UBC Vancouver. Each year, the First Nations House of Learning (FNHL) organizes orientation events that go beyond providing a tailored introduction to university life. FNHL allows a space for First Nations (status or non-status), Métis and […]
How changing a subject heading in UBC Library’s catalogue can support Indigenous research
By Anna Moorhouse on August 8, 2024
If you’ve been searching UBC Library’s catalogue lately, you may notice a change that went live earlier this year. Xwi7xwa Library, working with the library’s Technology, Discovery, & User Experience (TDUX) team, has changed the First Nations House of Learning (FNHL) Subject Heading Aboriginal Canadians to Indigenous Peoples. Over 17,000 headings were changed as a result of this decision, […]
Indigenous data sovereignty can help save British Columbia’s wild salmon
By Chio Gonzalez on August 6, 2024
Non-Indigenous scientists increasingly realize that Indigenous data are key to solving today’s environmental challenges.
Appointment of Dr. Jan Hare, Dean, Faculty of Education
By VPAO on June 27, 2024
It is our pleasure to announce that the UBC Board of Governors has accepted the President’s recommendation to appoint Dr. Jan Hare as the Dean of the Faculty of Education for a five-year term, commencing July 1, 2024. Dr. Hare, an Anishinaabe-kwe scholar and educator from the M’Chigeeng First Nation in northern Ontario, is a […]
Crossing the threshold
By Faculty of Medicine on June 24, 2024
In a ceremony filled with culture and tradition, eight Indigenous medical students and two Indigenous midwifery students graduated from UBC’s Faculty of Medicine On May 21, Indigenous Elders and community members, alongside family members, friends, faculty and staff, gathered in the Sty-Wet-Tan Great Hall of the UBC First Nations Longhouse to honour and celebrate the […]