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August 2013
September 18th, 2013 – How to Prepare, Engage and Continue Learning
September 18th, 2013 - How to Prepare, Engage and Continue Learnin 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 The University of British Columbia is dedicated to developing a better understanding of Indian Residential School histories, the policies that guided the operations of the schools, and their effects upon individuals and communities. An acknowledgement and understanding of this history is necessary to the development of more functional and productive dialogues…
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Incorporating Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Resources into Your Teaching and Learning
Free
This workshop is an opportunity for faculty, staff, and other interested parties to connect with educational resources that could be integrated and contextualized into their courses to raise awareness of the Residential Schools and their significance.
Find out more »Belkin Art Gallery “Witnesses: Art and Canada’s Indian Residential Schools” Exhibit
The exhibition Bearing Witness: Indian Residential Schools (working title) will feature artists who have produced work arising from the history of Indian Residential Schools in Canada and will be presented at the Belkin Art Gallery from September 6 to December 1, 2013.
Find out more »Belkin Art Gallery “Witnesses: Art and Canada’s Indian Residential Schools” Exhibit
Opening events, Saturday, September 7, 2013 1-2 pm: Performance of Joan Cardinal-Schubert’s “The Lesson” 2-4 pm: Opening remarks and reception
Find out more »Belkin Art Gallery “Witnesses: Art and Canada’s Indian Residential Schools” Exhibit
Events with artists: Sunday, September 8, 2013. 1:30-3 pm: Artists Talk: Jamesie Pitseolak and Tania Willard
Find out more »Technology and Reconciliation: Legacy of Indian Residential Schools
In support of the Truth and Reconciliation process at UBC, the UBC Learning Circle will be hosting a live and interactive workshop on the Legacy of Indian Residential Schools presented by Angela White, Workshop Coordinator with the Indian Residential School Survivors Society. Our network of 90 video conference units in health centres and band offices in First Nations communities across BC means that survivors, Elders, and community members who otherwise would not be able to travel to Vancouver for TRC events will have the opportunity to begin the healing process in their own homes and communities.
Find out more »Engaging Reconciliation in the Classroom: Critical Perspectives and Strategies
Featuring Indigenous and allied faculty, this event will provide participants with helpful critical perspectives and concrete strategies for initiating and moderating constructive conversations about reconciliation in the classroom and community alike.
Find out more »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 historical and current realities of the lives of Aboriginal people. Our invited speaker, Paulette Regan will present a talk about: Indian Residential Schools & Their…
Find out more »2013 Vancouver Human Rights Lecture: Human Rights and Today’s Aboriginal Children and Youth with Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, BC Representative for Children and Youth.
Thursday, September 12th, 7pm-9pm Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability, 2260 West Mall, UBC Point Grey. FREE. Doors open at 6pm, Sept. 12. Register online http://cstudies.ubc.ca/a/Course/2013-Vancouver-Human-Rights-Lecture/UP801/ or call 604.822.1444 to reserve a seat. In the 2013 Vancouver Human Rights Lecture, Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond will cover a range of topics including a description of living conditions and statistics on Aboriginal children in BC, and how we might go about addressing these unacceptable statistics. She will discuss recent work of the Representative's…
Find out more »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 in the Berger Inquiry (1974-77).
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