Links
UBC Vancouver Aboriginal Portal
Indigenous Foundations
Indigenous Foundations
Our Truth Web & Print Media
web badges and posters
My role in reconciliation is ________________
A long banner lines the lobby of the Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS) inviting people to share their thoughts . . .
September 18th, 2013 – How to Prepare, Engage and Continue Learning
September 18th, 2013 – How to Prepare, Engage and Continue Learning Aug 13, 2013 10:00am – 11:30am Irving K. Barber Learning Centre – Room 302, Dodson Room Register: http://www.events.ctlt.ubc.ca/events/view/2727
FNSP 433A – The Politics of Indigenous-Settler Reconciliation in Canada
Offered during Term 1, this course explores the topic of reconciliation in relation to Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples in Canada in a unique learning setting.
Connecting Biology to September 18th (and Indian residential schools) in a first year class.
Students in Biology 121 spend about one-third of the term learning about, and discussing ecosystems, ecological communities and interactions. They also practice thinking critically and making predictions about the many effects that can result from the disruption of a single factor in a community. In the upcoming 2013 Fall term, students in one section of […]
Truth and Reconciliation at UBC: Confronting Our Legacies
Vancouver has just declared June 21,2013 to June 20, 2014 as the Year of Reconciliation. What is our role? What legacies have each of us inherited from Indian residential schooling in Canada? Sarah Ling shares her reflection on the UBC Truth and Reconciliation Student Conference held on April 5, 2013 as a student and presenter… […]
“MentorLink: A multilogue with leading professionals” Filmmaking “Reconciliation” around the world on campus
Are you interested in being mentored in filmmaking, adding to the experience that you have already gained? Do you want to make a documentary and meet students from around the world? Are you curious about “reconciliation” in other traditions and cultures? This July, you have an opportunity over the course of one month to meet […]
Belkin Art Gallery “Witnesses: Art and Canada’s Indian Residential Schools” Exhibit
Witnesses: Art and Canada’s Indian Residential Schools September 6 to December 1, 2013 Presented at the UBC Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery Curated by Scott Watson, Keith Wallace, Charlotte Townsend-Gault, Dana Claxton, Geoffrey Carr, Shelly Rosenblum, Tarah Hogue (Curatorial Intern). Witnesses: Art and Canada’s Indian Residential Schools will feature artists who have produced work […]
MOA Speaking to Memory: Images and Voices from St Michael’s Indian Residential Schools
Speaking to Memory: Images and Voices from St. Michael’s Indian Residential School This exhibition at the UBC Museum of Anthropology has grown out of a unique opportunity to present the personal experiences of First Nations children who attended St. Michael’s Indian Residential School at Alert Bay, British Columbia. During the late 1930s, one student at […]
UBC Guide for Faculty
A concise two page handout that has been created to inform UBC faculty about the TRC, the event on September 18th, and UBC’s suspension of classes on that day, and resources faculty might use in learning more and share with students.
Imagine Day Includes IRS Orientation
Imagine Day is an orientation for new UBC students. This year, Imagine Day activities will include material on the Indian Residential Schools and UBC’s involvement in the Truth and Reconciliation’s National Event in September.