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Getting to the TRC

The TRC event will be held at the PNE grounds located in East Vancouver at the intersection of E. Hastings and Renfrew streets. View Larger Map Transit information In the “Departing From” field, type: UBC LOOP, UNIVERSITY BLVD @ EAST MALL, UBC (or your location) In the “Going To” field, type: PNE, E HASTINGS ST […]

Sharing Our Truth: September 18th programming at the First Nations House of Learning

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.     9:00-10:00am (PNE broadcast) Welcome to the […]

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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) at the First Nations House of Learning with UBC Jump Start and the Simon K.Y. Lee Global Lounge & Resource Centre to engage in a critical discussion around […]

Sk’aad Ga Gud ad is~Learning balance

Sk’aad Ga Gud ad is~Learning balance

UBC Forestry together with the Haida Gwaii Higher Education Society are taking a new approach to natural resource education with their collaborative, community-based semesters in natural science and socio-economic approaches to natural resource management.     Undergraduate students from all across Canada are experiencing a different kind of education whilst being immersed in the local […]

“Generations”: Truth and Reconciliation Week Events at the Learning Exchange

“Generations”: Truth and Reconciliation Week Events at the Learning Exchange

Long before settlers began building residential schools, indigenous communities passed knowledge down from generation to generation. From September 12 to 27, the UBC Learning Exchange [http://learningexchange.ubc.ca] will be hosting an exhibition called “Generations”; a thought-provoking multimedia exhibit in which three generations of Dene leaders from the Northwest Territories share how they learned from their elders.