Creating a medical program that is equitable and accessible to all
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
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
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 […]