UBC experts available to comment on resignation of B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell
UBC experts are available to offer a variety of perspectives on today’s resignation of B.C. Premier Gordon Campbell. POLITICAL SCIENCE Prof. Richard Johnston (Available 2-3:30 p.m., after 5:30 p.m.)...
View ArticleUBC Museum of Anthropology receives prestigious national landmark status
The University of British Columbia’s iconic Museum of Anthropology, designed by the renowned late architect Arthur Erickson, has received one of Canada’s most prestigious architectural awards. The...
View ArticleUBC launches Canada’s only journalism course to focus on First Nations and...
The UBC Graduate School of Journalism has launched the only university journalism course in Canada dedicated to improving the quality of Aboriginal representation by the news media. The course,...
View ArticleUBC offers new $20,000 scholarships for Aboriginal students
The University of British Columbia has launched two new major entrance scholarships to help attract and support outstanding Canadian Aboriginal high school students to UBC. The $5,000 Aboriginal Major...
View ArticleUBC anthropologists help return iconic rock art to B.C. First Nation
By Basil Waugh A massive piece of Aboriginal rock art, transported across the province nearly a century ago to reside in Vancouver, is finally heading home. Adorned with carvings which may predate the...
View ArticleNew UBC-Langara program to help more Aboriginal students get university degrees
The University of British Columbia and Langara College have partnered to create a transfer program to support First Nations, Métis and Inuit students working toward a university degree. The UBC-Langara...
View ArticleIdle No More Teach-in at UBC
Event: UBC First Nations House of Learning hosts Idle No More Teach-in Date/Time: Friday, February 1, 1-3 p.m. Location: First Nations House of Learning Sty-Wet-Tan, the Great Hall 1985 West Mall...
View ArticleStudent helps First Nations bring parenting values to life
By: Jean Kavanagh Aftab Erfan was intrigued when she learned that a Vancouver Island First Nation band had approached UBC’s School of Community & Regional Planning (SCARP) for help drafting and...
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A trailblazer in Aboriginal education
Jo-ann Archibald – photo by Don Erhardt Jo-ann Archibald is honoured by the American Educational Research Association. Jo-ann Archibald, a member of the Sto:lo Nation, has helped transform Indigenous...
View ArticleThe Language of Reconciliation
UBC will suspend classes on September 18th so that students, faculty and other members of the community can take part in Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada National Event. In this video, a...
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Confronting the past, looking to the future
Erica Baker is the coordinator for a student-directed seminar on reconciliation. Photo: Don Erhardt. A new seminar on the effects of Canada’s residential schools gives students a chance to contribute...
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UBC suspends classes for Truth and Reconciliation event
The University of British Columbia has taken the extraordinary step of suspending almost all classes on its Vancouver campus on September 18 to encourage its community to participate in the Truth and...
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Water, water everywhere
First Nations high school students came to UBC to learn about engineering and water treatment. UBC engineers are working with small communities to improve access to clean water Two or three times a...
View ArticleUBC responds to First Nations education act
The University of British Columbia greets with great interest today’s announcement of the First Nations Control of First Nations Education Act by Prime Minister Stephen Harper, Aboriginal Affairs and...
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Smoking out health risks
UBC researchers are studying smokehouses like this one near Ormond Lake, B.C. Photo: David Kitts New research examines the safety of First Nations smoked meat Thinly sliced pieces of sockeye salmon,...
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A new path through ancient forests
UBC students and professors examining waste materials produced by the Bella Coola Sawmill. Photo: Sean Pledger Professors, students and alumni are working with Aboriginal groups to find answers to big...
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First Nations PhD grads take knowledge back to community
UBC’s Okanagan campus celebrates its first two Aboriginal PhD graduates this week. Both say they are taking what they have learned back to their Okanagan communities in the Syilx traditional...
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UBC experts for comment on SCOC’s ruling on First Nation land claim
The Supreme Court of Canada has granted land title to the Tsilhqot’in First Nation. Photo: Wikimedia Commons UBC experts are available to comment on today’s landmark ruling by the Supreme Court of...
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UBC students reproduce traditional wood finishes by B.C.’s First Nations
Chewing and spitting out salmon eggs wasn’t what Jun Lee and Vinicius Lube thought they’d be doing to complete a project in their wood finishing class at the University of British Columbia. Red ochre...
View Article‘Journey canoe’ launch by Musqueam Indian Band and UBC
Event: ‘Journey canoe’ launch by Musqueam Indian Band and UBC Date/Time: Saturday August 6, 2016 1 p.m. – Canoe blessing 1:30 p.m. – Cultural performances 2 p.m. – Canoe launch Event details: For the...
View ArticleThe cultural legacy of the 2010 Winter Olympics
Sport wasn’t the only winning act of the 2010 Winter Olympics. Music, art, performances and programs riveted hundreds of thousands of onlookers who gathered in official venues and on city streets to...
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