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Feast Bowl Meal Brings Together the UBC Community
By FNHL Staff on December 13, 2012
Video Platform Video Management Video Solutions Video Player Once a month a group of students, faculty and staff come together and harvest produce at the Institute for Aboriginal Health Garden at the UBC Farm, and then prepare a community meal together at the UBC longhouse. This event is funded by a Healthy Workplace Initiative Program […]
First Nations House of Learning Cross-Cultural Understanding Series
By Thane Bonar on October 23, 2012
Building on last year’s Dialogue on the Indian Residential School System, a series of events will be held at the First Nations Longhouse to provide the University community a chance to learn more about this history, promote dialogue, and plan future initiatives.
Aboriginal Initiatives: Classroom Climate Series
By Amy Perreault and Sarah Ling on October 3, 2012
The development of academic and professional programming in the area of classroom climate is relatively new and unexplored. Aboriginal Initiatives programming at the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) responded by creating an innovative professional development series called Aboriginal Initiatives: Classroom Climate.
New UBC-Langara program to help more Aboriginal students get university degrees
By Thane Bonar on September 27, 2012
The University of British Columbia and Langara College have partnered to create a transfer program to support First Nations, Métis and Inuit students working toward a university degree.
Remembering Elder Rose Point
By Thane Bonar on July 5, 2012
All of us at the First Nations House of Learning were deeply saddened to learn of the passing of Elder Rose Point. Rose was an inspiration to generations and will not be forgotten by those of us who have been touched by her kindness, strength, and wisdom. Our hearts go out to the Point family during this time.
Elder Larry Grant Featured by UBC Chinese Canadian Stories Project
By Sarah Ling on April 27, 2012
Elder Larry Grant, our Elder-in-Residence at the First Nations House of Learning, is well-known and much appreciated for welcoming students, faculty, staff, and guests to the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Musqueam (hyperlink to Musqueam website), hən’q’əmin’əm’-speaking people…
Registration Open for Student-Led UBC Global Indigenous Conference
By Thane Bonar on April 20, 2012
On May 5th and 6th the second annual Global Indigenous Conference will take place at the UBC First Nations . This year’s theme is “Uniting Nations, Taking Action: Aboriginal Perspectives on Sustainability, Development, and Cultural Determination.” The conference will take place on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Musqueam Nation.
UBC offers new $20,000 Scholarships for Aboriginal Students
By Thane Bonar on March 21, 2012
The University of British Columbia has launched two new major entrance scholarships for First Nations, Métis and Inuit students entering UBC undergraduate programs from secondary school, in an effort to attract and support the most accomplished and promising Aboriginal students from across Canada.
Alumnus and M.Ed Student Rupert Richardson on His University Experience
By Rupert Richardson on March 15, 2012
Rupert Richardson, a recent NITEP graduate, is now an M.Ed. student in the Education Studies Department and works for the Institute for Aboriginal Health and College for Health Disciplines. Here he shares some of his story.
300 Aboriginal Youth Become “UBC Students For A Day”
By Thane Bonar on February 22, 2012
More than 300 Aboriginal high school students will become “UBC students for a day” when the 19th Annual National Aboriginal Achievement Awards come to Vancouver this week….