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  • IMPORTANT NOTICE: West Mall Rd between Memorial Rd and University Blvd is closed now through to October 2026, along with the west section of Agriculture Rd, affecting access to the First Nations Longhouse. During this time, walking access to the Longhouse via Agriculture Rd isn’t possible. Read More

  • FNHL Statement on 16th Anniversary of ‘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

  • FNHL Presents: White water canoeing down the rivers of Indigenous Literature!?!? A Talk by Drew Hayden Taylor

    Watch a video recording of a special talk by acclaimed Indigenous writer and humourist Drew Hayden Taylor, presented by FNHL. Read More

  • Indigenous Graduation Celebration Fall 2025

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

  • Student art exhibition: Indigenous Symbols and Signifiers

    The Faculty of Arts and First Nations House of Learning are honoured to showcase six Indigenous UBC students who were invited to visually represent cultural symbols that hold deep meaning in their identities, histories, and traditional teachings. From September 18 to October 9, visit the Hatch Art Gallery to view their works. Read More

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FNHL Statement on 16th Anniversary of ‘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 to reflect Métis artist Jaime Black’s “REDress Project” in 2010, which included displaying red dresses as “an aesthetic response to this critical national issue.” FNHL […]

Indigenous Graduation Celebration Spring 2026

On Saturday, May 23rd, 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 2026. Indigenous students will be called into Sty-Wet-Tan Great Hall through its ceremonial door, whereupon each will ceremoniously transform from student […]

FNHL Presents: White water canoeing down the rivers of Indigenous Literature!?!? A Talk by Drew Hayden Taylor

On March 5, 2026, the First Nations House of Learning presented “White water canoeing down the rivers of Indigenous Literature!?!?,” an entertaining talk by acclaimed Indigenous writer and humourist Drew Hayden Taylor, who took the audience on a journey covering his wide-ranging career. Watch the following video to learn about the origins of his literary […]
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