Changing the Lens Workshop Participants Wanted!

“Changing the Lens” is a UBC theatre project exploring cultural identity that is developing an exploration of Indian Residential School history. Would you like to get involved? Contact changingthelens@gmail.com

Rising UP! Celebrating Indigenous Youth Arts and Performance.

Rising UP! Celebrating Indigenous Youth Arts and Performance.

Join us on September 26th, 2013 for Rising UP! Celebrating Indigenous Youth Arts and Performance.  Taking place just one week after the historic Truth and Reconciliation National Event in Vancouver, this […]

Our Truth: Truth and Reconciliation at UBC

Our Truth: Truth and Reconciliation at UBC

From irsi.aboriginal.ubc.ca: “The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada was established to gather testimony on survivors’ experiences of the Indian Residential Schools. From the 18th to the 21st of September […]

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 […]

English 110, 013. Dr. Laura Moss.

English 110, 013. Dr. Laura Moss.

In this first year English class, concentrated on Canadian Literature, the students will be studying the history of the Indian Act, the role of residential schools in the Canadian education […]

Inquiry: Talking about Indigenous rights through classroom debate

Inquiry: Talking about Indigenous rights through classroom debate

This fall, UBC professors may be looking for interesting ways to encourage their students to think about Indigenous rights. Inquiry is a hands-on exhibition that invites students to immerse themselves […]

Engaging Reconciliation in the Classroom: Critical Perspectives and Strategies

Engaging Reconciliation in the Classroom: Critical Perspectives and Strategies

In anticipation of the important conversations accompanying the Truth and Reconciliation Commission events at UBC, the First Nations Studies Program, in partnership with the Liu Institute, will hold a teach-in […]