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September 2013
Inuit Residential School Histories and the New Nunavut Social Studies Curriculum
Inuit and northern educators, with community partners, have developed and implemented locally-relevant education programs founded on Inuit culture and language. An exemplar of this work is the recently completed grade 10 social studies module for schools in Nunavut and the Northwest Territories (developed in partnership with the Legacy of Hope Foundation), The Residential School System in Canada: Understanding the Past – Seeking Reconciliation – Building Hope for Tomorrow. The threads of curriculum change, residential schools history and social studies education…
Find out more »Truth and Reconciliation Commission National Event: Vancouver
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada West Coast National Event; Opening ceremony, public and private testimonials, film viewing, educational sessions, archival displays and vender offerings to be held at the Vancouver Pacific Coliseum, and Agrodome. Full schedule of events to be posted in September 2013 on the TRC website.
Find out more »TRC National Event: UBC suspension of classes
UBC has taken the extraordinary step of suspending classes on September 18th so that students, faculty, and other members of the UBC community might more fully participate in this historic Truth and Reconciliation event and the other events around the city supporting it.
Find out more »MOA Speaking to Memory: Images and Voices from St Michael’s Indian Residential Schools
This exhibition 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.
Find out more »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!
Find out more »Sharing Our Truth: September 18th programming at the First Nations House of Learning
On Sept. 18, CTLT and other UBC units will be hosting a full day of programming at the UBC Longhouse. You are encouraged to drop by for however long you are able to and participate with other members of the university who will be on campus that day.
Find out more »Open-Ending & Architecture: Design in the First Nations Context
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 18 9:30AM – 12:30PM #104 LASSERRE BUILDING As part of the West Coast National Event of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission activities at UBC, four members of the Architecture Program of the UBC School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture will take this significant opportunity discuss their involvement working in project-based collaborations with First Nations communities in British Columbia and Yukon. The topics will address a broad set of issues and varieties of collaboration, including the professional, technical and…
Find out more »Workshop: Whose Knowledge Counts? Schools as Oppressors and Liberators
If you aren't able to attend the national Truth and Reconciliation Commission event on Wednesday, you are invited to join an experiential workshop (3:00 – 4:30 pm) with UBC Jump Start and the Simon K.Y. Lee Global Lounge & Resource Centre to engage in a critical discussion around school and knowledge.
Find out more »“I Have to Tell My Story” Exploring Residential School History & Present-Day Impacts through Interactive Theatre
I Have to Tell My Story is created and performed by Aboriginal Elders and youth and will be facilitated by David Diamond, Artistic and Managing Director, who will continue a process of handing over the facilitation to two of the Circles of Understanding workshop participants, Sam Bob and Susan Powell.
Find out more »MOA Speaking to Memory: Images and Voices from St Michael’s Indian Residential Schools Openning Reception
This exhibition 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.
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