On Saturday, May 23rd, the First Nations House of Learning hosted its biannual graduation celebration at the First Nations Longhouse to honour participating Indigenous graduates from the Spring Class of 2026. Indigenous students were called into Sty-Wet-Tan Great Hall through its ceremonial door, whereupon each was ceremoniously transformed from student to graduate as families, friends, […]

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 […]

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 […]