UBC Library digitizes Indigenous language dictionaries
As part of an ongoing effort by the UBC Library Digitization Centre and cIRcle, UBC Library is making Indigenous language dictionaries more accessible by digitizing these works and making them available through UBC Open Collections. “Within the province of British Columbia, there are 32 First Nations languages—eight are severely endangered and 22 are nearly extinct. […]
Strengthening STEM pathways for Indigenous youth
A look back at the early impacts of seed2STEM, an innovative UBC summer research program for Indigenous youth in B.C. As a child, Shana George always loved science class. But it wasn’t until she spent a summer during high school working in a UBC research laboratory that she realized the possibilities that could come from […]