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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 FNHL Staff 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 […]
Indigenous Events
By FNHL Staff on May 30, 2024
Visit the Indigenous Events calendar to learn what’s coming your way.
UBC Library digitizes Indigenous language dictionaries
By Anna Moorhouse on April 11, 2024
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. […]
Indigenous Graduation Celebration Spring 2024
By FNHL Staff on March 20, 2024
PLEASE NOTE: This story has been relocated to the First Nations House of Learning’s new site. Click on this post to be taken to it.
Susan Point artwork installed at UBC Sauder
By FNHL Staff on December 1, 2023
UBC Sauder proudly unveiled a new art piece entitled “Cultural Guardians” by xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) artist Susan Point. Installed in UBC’s Henry Angus CPA Hall, the Cultural Guardians will reside in the heart of UBC’s Vancouver campus, located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Musqueam, and will serve as a reminder of Sauder’s […]
Reconciliation, one keystroke at a time
By UBC Brand on May 31, 2023
A new font to typeset Salish languages is the result of a unique collaboration between UBC, Musqueam and Syilx What does reconciliation actually look like in practice? It’s often seen through policies, ceremonies or strategic plans. But in practice, it’s a process that unfolds slowly, through a whole lot of emails, phone calls, knowledge sharing […]
‘Truth before reconciliation’: A message from the President and Provost
By UBC President & Provost on January 17, 2023
A Message to UBC Vancouver on behalf of the President and Vancouver Provost January 17, 2023 – To quote the UBC Indigenous Strategic Plan, “Truth before Reconciliation,” all of our actions need to be based on a fundamental commitment to truth, to openness and transparency, and to humility. We know that this has been a […]