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  • FNHL Statement on “Red Dress Day”

    Read FNHL's statement on the National Day of Awareness for Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and Two Spirit People (2SLGBTQI+), also known as “Red Dress Day." Read More

  • First slide, go to Fall 2024 Indigenous Graduation Celebration.

    Indigenous Graduation Celebration Fall 2024

    See our story on this fall's Indigenous graduation celebration, including a video recording of the event. Read More

  • Second slide, go to the Confronting Indian Residential School Denialism event.

    First Nations House of Learning presents: Confronting Indian Residential School Denialism

    On November 14, 2024, the First Nations House of Learning hosted an unique educational experience on the subject of confronting Indian residential school denialism. Read More

  • Third slide, go to Indigenous Student Orientation at UBC Vancouver.

    Connection and community-building: Indigenous Student Orientation at UBC Vancouver

    UBC is welcoming another cohort of Indigenous students into its campus community during annual Indigenous Student Orientation programming at UBC Vancouver. Each year, the First Nations House of Learning organizes orientation events that go beyond providing a tailored introduction to university life. Read More

  • ‘Thank you’ gathering for Verna Kirkness, Ni-Jing-Jada (“Longhouse Lady”)

    On the eve of National Day of Indigenous Peoples, about 100 friends, associates, and admirers of Cree scholar and lifelong educator, Dr. Verna Kirkness, CM OM, came together from across UBC Vancouver and beyond to celebrate her career and legacy, and to say ‘thank you’. Read More

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First Nations Metis and Inuit University Orientation drum making

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šxʷta:təχʷəm is a social space run by and for Indigenous students.
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Indigenous Grad Celebrations

Learn about past and upcoming Indigenous Graduation Celebrations.
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FNHL Statement on “Red Dress Day”

Today, May 5th, is National Day of Awareness for Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls and Two Spirit People (2SLGBTQI+), also known as “Red Dress Day,” a term coined by Métis artist Jaime Black as “an aesthetic response to this critical national issue.” FNHL joins with Indigenous peoples and others everywhere to recognize this […]

Indigenous Graduation Celebration Spring 2025

On Saturday, May 24th, starting at 11am, the First Nations House of Learning will be hosting a graduation celebration at the First Nations Longhouse to honour participating Indigenous graduates from the Spring Class of 2025. Indigenous students will be called into Sty-Wet-Tan Great Hall through its ceremonial door, whereupon each will ceremoniously transform from student […]

First Nations House of Learning presents: Confronting Indian Residential School Denialism

On November 14, 2024, the First Nations House of Learning hosted an unique educational experience on the subject of confronting Indian residential school denialism, with panelists Dr. Sean Carleton, Associate Professor of History and Indigenous Studies at the University of Manitoba, Michelle Good, author of Five Little Indians, and Dr. Andrew Martindale, Professor at the […]
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