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Cathy Busby WE ARE SORRY, 2009

Cathy Busby’s WE ARE SORRY 2013 at the UBC Koerner Library

As part of the exhibition Witnesses: Art and Canada’s Indian Residential Schools at the UBC Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, artist Cathy Busby’s WE ARE SORRY 2013 is on view at the UBC Walter C. Koerner Library. This exhibition is a collaboration between the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery and the Walter C. […]

Sept 12 Library Workshop

UBC Library Staff and SLAIS Students Participate in Workshop

On Sept 12, UBC Librarians, Library staff, and students from the School of Library, Archival and Information Studies Program are learning about and discussing the roles of library and information workers with the TRC.

Helen Halbert

Learning technologies, information practice, and the Indian Residential School System

Students in LIBR 569A will tools in Blackboard Connect to reflect on problem-based scenarios that illustrate the disconnect between accepted library and archival practice and respectful engagements with Indigenous peoples and cultures. Course content will also introduce students to a range of technologies and how their use meets the needs of or conflicts with contemporary […]

UBC Class Suspensions

UBC Class Suspensions

UBC will suspend most classes on September 18th so that the university community may more fully participate . . . See the Video . . .

Paulette Regan

PIMS-Statistics-Math: Truth and Reconciliation Event

In preparation for the West Coast National Event of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in Vancouver from September 18-21, the UBC Statistics Department, the UBC Mathematics Department and the Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences (PIMS) have organized an introductory seminar for students, faculty, and staff. This seminar will present a meaningful introduction to the […]

TRC Biology

Weaving together First Nations’ traditional knowledge and UBC Biology.

Come to the Longhouse on Sept. 18th and check out our displays on The Science of Cedar, The Symbolism and Genetics of the Spirit Bear, and The Coast Salish Wool Dog!

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Truth and Reconciliation: What does this have to do with Cell Biology??

Science teaches us to examine and evaluate evidence. Our hypotheses and beliefs should be tested with rigour, …

Adrian Stimson performance (Buffalo Boy declares war)

Reconsidering Reconciliation – Thompson River University

Event: Reconsidering Reconciliation is a month-long artist residency held at the Centre for innovation in Culture and the Arts in Canada (CiCAC) at Thompson River University, Kamloops, from July 15-Aug15, 2013. The resultant exhibition runs from Aug 15 – Sept 15 at the TRU Art Gallery. More information including photographs, articles, videos, and other forms […]

Sustainability Truth and Reconciliation Submission

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 . . .

Lisa Jackson

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 […]