This event is part of the 2023 Celebrate Learning Week, taking place from May 2–9, 2023. Leadership education plays a major role in students’ learning and development across many professional fields and disciplinary contexts. To learn from different perspectives, faculty members across disciplines of education, engineering, management, nursing, and social work have formed a new community […]
Settlers on Indigenous land are not just English-speaking or French-speaking. The hundreds of languages we learn, use, and teach at UBC add up to a complex picture of what we might call settler multilingualism. What do different models of multilingualism and monolingualism currently promoted today tell us about how we acknowledge, or undermine, Indigenous sovereignty? […]
This event is part of the 2023 Celebrate Learning Week, taking place from May 2–9, 2023. Join us in an exciting Augmented Reality (AR) experience on the UBC Okanagan campus. In this land-based learning activity, AR software will serve as your guide to locate, identify, and learn the Syilx names of Indigenous flora, giving you a […]
This event is part of the 2023 Celebrate Learning Week, taking place from May 2–9, 2023. What I Learned in Class Today is an educational resource that documents both student and faculty experiences, perspectives, and tools on navigating Indigenous content in the classroom at University of British Columbia – Vancouver Campus. The resource originated as an […]
UBC Okanagan | In-person This event is part of the 2023 Celebrate Learning Week, taking place from May 2–9, 2023. Krystal Withakay is an independent Syilx artist and knowledge keeper. Her life’s work is closely connected to sharing Syilx perspectives on land, natural resources, language, and laughter. Join Krystal for insight on how the land nourishes […]
This event is part of the 2023 Celebrate Learning Week, taking place from May 2–9, 2023. How does who you are shape what you know about the world? In recent years the practice of describing one’s positionality has extended beyond qualitative and social science research, and into mainstream teaching and learning spaces. “Articulating your positionality means […]
This event is part of the 2023 Celebrate Learning Week, taking place from May 2–9, 2023. Indigenous land is everywhere: beyond the city limits and within. There is immense power in the places where we live and learn. The land is one of our greatest and most abundant teaching partners. If you have ever been curious […]
This event is part of the 2023 Celebrate Learning Week, taking place from May 2–9, 2023. Through the What I Learned In Class Today project, participants will learn how to intentionally approach Indigenous content and topics in the classroom and will learn how this can make a supportive and positive learning experience for all students. This […]
This event is part of the 2023 Celebrate Learning Week, taking place from May 2–9, 2023. Registration is full for the morning session. We are hosting this same session in the afternoon of May 9. Please register for that session here. Guided by Indigenous perspectives, ways of knowing, ways of being about relationships and relationality, this […]
This event is part of the 2023 Celebrate Learning Week, taking place from May 2–9, 2023. Come and explore multi-modal Land Acknowledgements in the classroom on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam). Models of spoken, written, and video-based Land Acknowledgements will be demonstrated with an emphasis on accessibility (including ALT Text, captions, […]
This event is part of the 2023 Celebrate Learning Week, taking place from May 2–9, 2023. Registration is full for the morning session. We are hosting this same session in the afternoon of May 9. Please register for that session here. Guided by Indigenous perspectives, ways of knowing, ways of being about relationships and relationality, this […]
This event is part of the 2023 Celebrate Learning Week, taking place from May 2–9, 2023. Decolonization and Indigenization of teaching and learning is the responsibility of all members of the UBC community. This panel will discuss different activities, strategies, and approaches from across both campuses, delving into questions such as: What are educators at UBC […]
