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April 2013
I Have to Tell my Story: Exploring Residential School History & Present-Day Impacts
Free
‘Circles of Understanding’ - Interactive Theatre Project
Find out more »May 2013
Not Just a Symbolic Day! Truth and Reconciliation Commission Observance Day on September 18th
In preparation for the TRC National Event on September 18-21, and the suspension of classes on the 18th, UBC professors, students, and organizations are engaging in a series of events and initiatives.
Find out more »UBC Joins Sept 17 Canoe Gathering
Groups at UBC are planning involvement in the Sept 17th Canoe Gathering in False Creek. Interested? Check Back: information will be posted here soon.
Find out more »July 2013
September 18th, 2013 – How to Prepare, Engage and Continue Learning
Free
In preparation for the National Event on September 18-21, and the suspension of classes on the 18th, UBC professors, students, and organizations are engaging in a series of events and initiatives.
Please join us to share your ideas and learn what others on campus are doing in in preparation of this symbolic event.
Find out more »What is My Relationship to Canadian History? Time We Share
Free
As a first step toward envisioning our active engagement in the Truth and Reconciliation event at UBC on September 18th and beyond, this session aims to enhance our awareness of how we are related to Canadian history both personally and collectively.
Find out more »August 2013
Engaging Students in the Faculty of Science: September 18th Not Just a Symbolic Day
Free
In preparation for the National Event on September 18-21, and the suspension of classes on the 18th, UBC professors, students, and organizations are engaging in a series of events and initiatives.
Please join us to share your ideas for how to engage your students in the Faculty of Science.
Find out more »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…
Find out more »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 of artistic dissemination available at the Art+Reconciliation MOOC at rmooc.ca. Free, non-credit registration.
Find out more »September 2013
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.
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