FNHL Fusion Basketball Team Wins Nitobe Cup
Congratulations to the FNHL Fusion basketball team who took home the Nitobe Cup last weekend in the UBC Rec Tier 2 CoRec Basketball League. It was a nail biter at times but the team came through and won the championship game with a healthy lead, defeating the only undefeated team in the league. The team […]
A Powerful Musqueam Welcome to UBC
On November 3rd, UBC opened the Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability (CIRS), the most sustainable building in North America. Kwes Kwestin (Jim Kew), Cultural Representative for the Musqueam Indian Band, spoke to attendees at the opening celebration on behalf of Musqueam. Read his full remarks.
Aboriginal Leaders, UBC Scholars Gather for Dialogue on Indian Residential Schools
The First Nations House of Learning welcomed nearly 200 senior university administrators, national Aboriginal leaders, faculty members, and residential school survivors on November 1st for a dialogue on the history and legacy of the Indian residential schools and the role that contemporary educational institutions can play in addressing them.
New Aboriginal Student Orientation Offered at UBC
From August 15- 31st 2011, nine new-to-UBC Aboriginal students took part in the Jump Start orientation program. Traditionally a program for international students, 2011 was the first year that an Aboriginal cohort was included alongside international students.