Supporting our Two Spirit Friends and Relatives: The importance of allyship in healing
The Indian Residential School Survivors Society (IRSSS) in collaboration with UBC Learning Circle will be hosting a conversation about the importance of cultivating safe spaces for 2SLGBTQ+ people for healing. […]
UBC 23 24 Indigenous Cultural Safety Program Community Building Event
Wednesday, March 29, 2023, 12:00 – 1:00 pm, in-person, at the First Nations Longhouse Link to event: https://ubc2324.med.ubc.ca/event/ubc-23-24-students-facilitators-community-building-event/ The UBC 23 24 team is excited to invite the entire UBC […]
Indigenous youth: Nurturing the next generation
Community can be a cornerstone of identity and social connections can provide individuals with a sense of belonging, support, and guidance. That guidance may be influential, or even crucial, in […]
Indigenous Literatures from Coast to Coast: Round table with Louis-Karl Picard-Sioui, Nathan Adler and Sarah Henzi
Join UBC’s Department of French, Hispanic and Italian Studies (FHIS) for a conversation on contemporary Indigenous literatures with authors Louis-Karl Picard-Sioui and Nathan Adler, and Sarah Henzi, Assistant Professor at […]
Children’s Health and Wellbeing Assessment: A strengths-based app to measure FNIM children’s well-being with Dr. Nancy Young and Mia Bourque
The presentation will focus on the Aaniish Naa Gegii: the Children’s Health and Well-being Measure© (ACHWM), a strengths-based and culturally relevant app developed to measure the health and well-being of […]
ILS Book Talk Series with authors of “Valley of the Birdtail”, Doug Sanderson & Andrew Sniderman
Join Indigenous Legal Studies at the Allard School of Law for the return of in-person ILS Book Talk Series on March 6, 2023. We are pleased to host the authors […]
You Are On Indian Land: Crossing the Borders of Truth, Reconciliation and Redress
In this session of REDI’s Indigenous Speaker Series, we will have a conversation with Grand Chief Mike Kanentakeron Mitchell, director of You Are On Indian Land (1969), and learn more about […]
Dancing Through: An Indigenous Woman’s Journey through Cancer
Join us for a special screening of this documentary following Madelaine McCallum’s journey as an Indigenous woman grappling with a cancer diagnosis, navigating the western medical system, and ultimately using […]
Marlee Kline Lecture in Social Justice: Skirting Around Colonialism
ABOUT THE LECTURE: The Marlee Kline Social Justice Lecture honours the memory of Marlee Gayle Kline. This lectureship not only recognizes Marlee’s rich contribution to the law school community but […]
A Poem is a Possibility: writing toward a healthy outlook With Rena Priest
This offering looks at poetry as a tool for shifting the lens through which we view the world, and writing our way into new patterns of seeing. We’ll do writing […]
Feeling welcomed: Creating space for Indigenous voices in brain and mental health research
Research on Indigenous communities has historically been conducted using a one-sided approach, with researchers having little knowledge of Indigenous culture, minimal concerns surrounding community needs or desires, and without giving […]
Art makes tangible the pain inside our bodies, revealing and healing oppression with Sharifah Marsden
Trauma survivors are often threatened with their very lives if they say the words that describe the trauma. When words are too painful to find or speak, art softly sits […]
My Privilege, My Responsibility: A Higher Calling To Do Better in an Era of Truth, Reconciliation & Redress with Sheila North
In commoreration of February (14th), a day to honour the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, the Office of Respectful Environments, Equity, Diversity & Inclusion at the Faculty of Medicine invites […]
First Peoples’ Cultural Council: Revitalizing First Nations languages, arts and cultural heritage
This webinar will introduce you to the First Peoples’ Cultural Council, a unique organization in Canada and worldwide, that is a recognized leader in the revitalization of First Nations languages, […]
Unlearning and undoing systemic white supremacy and Indigenous-specific racism within the BC Office of the Provincial Health Officer With Dr. Kate Jongbloed and Dr. Danièle Behn Smith
About the Presenters: Danièle Behn Smith, MD, CCFP, MPH (she/her) (Eh Cho Dene & Metis/French Canadian) BC Deputy Provincial Health Officer, Indigenous Health Taanshi, Dágǫndı́h, Greetings with gratitude on the […]
Indigenous Health Administration and Leadership Program (IHALP): 2023 Information Session
Join us for the 2023 Indigenous Health Administration and Leadership Program information session! Learn about the IHALP certificate program that is designed to support Indigenous organizations and communities to build strength-based, holistic […]
How Ancestral Voyaging Mobilizes Knowledge of Biodiversity & Climate Change
Reception to follow xʷθəθiqətəm or The Place of Many Trees Liu Institute for Global Issues 6476 NW Marine Dr, Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z2 The future of the ocean is […]
Everything is Health: A Knowledge Translation Podcast with Madeline Elder and Nick Ubels
Join Maddie and Nick in conversation about Everything is Health, a podcast they made to summarize current research being done about health on the Downtown Eastside of Vancouver. This is […]
From Cultural Genocide to Cultural Safety: Setting Up a New Standard of Healthcare in BC
Join us virtually on Wednesday, January 18th, 2023 from 12:00 pm – 3:30 pm (PST), for “From Cultural Genocide to Cultural Safety: Setting Up a New Standard of Healthcare in […]
Indigenous Foundations 101: Getting Started
Incorporating Indigenous topics and voices into university classrooms is essential. Educational institutions have historically excluded Indigenous knowledges and privileged others. Not only is this an important pedagogical shift in curriculum, […]
Practice Guidance to Improve Cancer Screening Care for First Nations Families: A Focus on Cultural Safety and Tailored Resources with Dr. Kelsey Louie and Dr. Unjali Malhotra
Join this session to learn more about cancer service gaps impacting First Nations in BC and how primary and community health care providers can work towards improving screening care and […]
Indigenous Health and Climate Change: Passing on Solutions with Deborah McGregor
This presentation will explore the intersection between planetary health, climate change and the well being of Indigenous peoples. I will explore how Indigenous climate change knowledge holds the key to […]
Plaiting Stories: Reflections on Indigenous Networks
The English Language and Literatures graduate course Indigenous Literary Networks taught by Dr. Alice Te Punga Somerville is pleased to invite you to our research event, “Plaiting Stories: Reflections on […]
ISI Fund Stream 3 Student Proposals Brainstorm & Writing Session: December 13, 2022
This event will be held in-person. Do you have an idea of how to use up to $50,000 to bring the Indigenous Strategic Plan to action? Are you looking for […]
Empowering Indigenous Subject Matter Experts (SMEs) Through Research with Christopher Horsethief
Join us for a discussion focusing on the impacts of removing Indigenous Subject Matter Experts for conversations of weight. Visual data will explore several federally funded research projects re-legitimizing Ktunaxa […]