Indigenous
Partner Funding Illustrates Scope and Diversity of UBC-Community Engagement
Community-led collaboration between Heiltsuk Nation, UBC’s Faculty of Forestry and School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA), Builders Without Borders and FP Innovations builds sustainable, healthy, culturally appropriate housing.
‘CUES’ Fund Illustrates Scope and Diversity of UBC-Community Engagement
Pictured above: BC Institute of Technology instructor Marcel Studer (centre) and an all-Heiltsuk construction crew in front of one of the Nation’s new Tiny Homes. In the Heiltsuk Nation’s central home of Bella Bella, nestled on the pristine and wild west coast of British Columbia, eight new and nearly identical tiny homes sit proudly in […]
Lhoosk’uz Dené village taps into clean water after a 20-year wait
After decades of relying on bottled water, the village now has a steady supply of clean drinking water straight out of the tap, thanks to a new water treatment plant crafted to their unique needs.
A Path to Cultural Safety
Determined to change the healthcare system to better support Indigenous people, Dr. Kurtz continues to have the honour of working with, learning from and walking alongside Shuswap Elder Jessie Nyberg.
Journey to Reconciliation
How two Syilx Elders are sharing the truth on the path to reconciliation. “You cannot have reconciliation before you know the truth.”
Bridging gaps in community health care
“When we start graduating more Indigenous health-care professionals, people start to see themselves in their care team.” Dr. Willow Thickson
Expressions of Reconciliation
Designed to help faculty and staff become better allies in the healing journey of reconciliation, the workshop consisted of four days of Indigenous education and self-reflection.
Nisga’a Scholar Launches UBC’s New Centre For Indigenous Fisheries
Q&A with Indigenous fisheries scientist, conservation biologist, and Nisga’a Nation member, Dr. Andrea Reid.
UBC Team Launches Art Initiative To Promote Mental Health Of Men In Prison
UBC school of nursing professor Helen Brown and her team deliver “art and reciprocity kits” to people disproportionately impacted by the Canadian criminal justice system
Allard Law’s Indigenous Community Legal Clinic Goes Virtual
Located in Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside, the ICLC provides free legal services to the Indigenous community throughout the province
Aboriginal Women’s Intervention Program Benefits Indigenous Women Experiencing Violence
UBC nursing professor and her colleagues evaluate culturally safe intervention program for Indigenous women who have left abusive partners.
Listen, Speak, See, Feel: Boosting Language Learning Through Ultrasound
eNunciate, a UBC-developed web-based biovisual tool, uses ultrasound technology with W̱SÁNEĆ First Nation to help reclaim their language.
NITEP Coordinators Work With Aboriginal Educators
NITEP teacher education program honours diverse Aboriginal traditions and philosophies
Awakening The Spirit: Revitalization Of Canoeing In Musqueam
Musqueam and UBC Social Work, Education and Forestry work together to revitalize traditional knowledge.
The University of British Columbia and St’át’imc First Nations partner to study salmon migration
For thousands of years, the St’át’imc First Nations around Lillooet, BC have benefitted from an abundant salmon resource on the Seton River. The Seton River watershed supports two populations of sockeye salmon as well as coho, Chinook, and pink salmon. However, hydroelectric development in the 1950’s saw the Seton Dam constructed on the Seton River. […]