This page lists advisors with faculties, schools and departments who are available to work with Aboriginal students. Contact the advisor that applies to you to help you to plan course timetables and make sure you meet your program’s requirements.
Faculty of Applied Science
Engineering Student Services
Claudia Buffone
Associate Academic Advsior
Phone: 604-827-1840
Email: claudia.buffone@ubc.ca
Engineering site
School of Architecture
Trish Poehnell
Architecture Student Services Coordinator
Phone: 604-822-2779
Email: ppoehnell@sala.ubc.ca
Architecture site
School of Landscape Architecture
Tara Deans
Student Services Coordinator
Phone: 604-822-3445
Email: tdeans@sala.ubc.ca
Landscape Architecture site
Faculty of Arts
Karlene Harvey
Academic Advisor, Indigenous Students
Phone: 604-827-5467
Email: arts.indigenous@ubc.ca
Arts Indigenous Student Advising (AISA) site
School of Audiology and Speech Sciences
Anthony Herdman
Associate Professor
Phone: 604-827-4853
Email: aherdman@audiospeech.ubc.ca
Audiology and Speech site
Sauder School of Business
Sheila D’Souza
Academic Advisor | Undergraduate Office
Phone: 604-827-3726
Email: Sheila.DSouza@sauder.ubc.ca
Bachelor of Commerce site
School of Community and Regional Planning
Leonie Sandercock
Professor
Phone: 604-822-0225
Email: leonies@mail.ubc.ca
Indigenous Community Planning site
Faculty of Dentistry
Dr. Riki Gottlieb
Clinical Professor
Associate Dean, Admissions and Student Affairs
Phone: 604-822-5747
Email: riki.gottlieb@dentistry.ubc.ca
Dentistry site
Education: Indigenous Teacher Education Program
Alexis Okabe
Program Advisor
NITEP, Faculty of Education
Phone: 604-822-5238
Email: alexis.okabe@ubc.ca
NITEP site
Education: Ts’’kel Graduate Studies in Education
TBA
Phone:
Email:
Ts’’kel site
Extended Learning
Karen Rolston
Director
Phone: 604-822-1435
Email: karen.rolston@ubc.ca
Extended Learning site
Department of French, Hispanic & Italian Studies
Daniela Boccassini
Professor of Italian
Phone: 604-822-4006
Email: daniela.boccassini@ubc.ca
French, Hispanic & Italian Studies site
Faculty of Graduate Studies
Rebecca Jules
Specialist, Indigenous Graduate Initiatives
Phone: 604-822-6965
Email: rebecca.jules@ubc.ca
Indigenous Graduate Students site
School of Kinesiology
Deborah Gromer
Associate Academic Advisor
Phone: 604-822-4512
Email: deborah.gromer@ubc.ca
Kinesiology site
Graduate School of Journalism
Andrea Yan
Program Coordinator & Graduate Advisor
Phone: 604-822-1513
Email: andrea.yan@ubc.ca
Journalism site
Faculty of Land and Food Systems
Joel Liman
Senior Advisor and Recruiter – Aboriginal Students
Phone: 604-827-1570
Email: joel.liman@ubc.ca
Aboriginal Initiatives site
Allard School of Law
Lee Schmidt
Associate Director, Indigenous Legal Studies
Phone: 604-822-2177
Email: lschmidt@allard.ubc.ca
Indigenous Legal Studies site
UBC iSchool (Library, Archival and Information Studies)
Lisa Nathan
Assistant Professor
Phone: 604-822-1574
Email: lnathan@interchange.ubc.ca
UBC iSchool site
Faculty of Medicine
James Andrew, Lil’wat Nation
Indigenous Student Initiatives Manager
Faculty of Medicine | MD Undergraduate Admissions
Phone: 604-822-8921
Meghan MacGillivray, Métis Nation
MD Indigenous Initiatives and Admissions Coordinator
Faculty of Medicine | MD Undergraduate Admissions
Phone 604-822-6185
Email: indigenous.md@ubc.ca
School of Music
Rayne Graham
Student Advisor
Phone: 604-827-5502
Email: music.advisor@ubc.ca
Music site
School of Nursing
Dr. Leanne Currie
Associate Professor
Phone: 604-822-7485
Email: leanne.currie@nursing.ubc.ca
Nursing site
Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences
Carol Kuang
Recruitment and Admissions Officer (E2P PharmD Program)
Phone: 604-822-0344
Email: undergrad.pharm@ubc.ca
PharmD site
Department of Pyschology
Dr. Benjamin Cheung
Indigenous Initiatives Coordinator
Phone: 604-822-3007
Email: bycheung@psych.ubc.ca
Psychology Undergraduate site
School of Population and Public Health
Dr. Chris Richardson
Assistant Professor, Acting Advisor
Phone: 604-827-4023
Email: chris.richardson@ubc.ca
Population and Public Health site
Faculty of Science
Joel Liman
Senior Advisor and Recruiter – Aboriginal Students
Phone: 604-827-1570
Email: joel.liman@ubc.ca
Aboriginal Initiatives site
School of Social Work
Christine Graham
Program Advisor
Phone: 604-822-4119
Email: sowk.advisor@ubc.ca
Social Work site