Giving

Gifts help UBC to reach its goals of supporting Indigenous education and community engagement and expanding Indigenous programs.

Gifts from alumni, parents, students, corporations, foundations and other friends of UBC helps the University to reach its goals of supporting Indigenous education and community engagement and expanding many of its leading Indigenous programs. Donations can be made to programs, departments, or initiatives on campus, or donors can contribute to areas of greatest need.

If you would like to donate to the First Nations House of Learning, please peruse this site to learn about our programs and initiatives, then Contact Us to arrange your gift. Or you can contact Kari Streelasky, UBC Development, to make arrangements.

If you would like to support other Indigenous engagement activities at the University, visit Indigenous Initiatives at UBC Development and Alumni Engagement to learn more.

We are extremely grateful for any assistance that we receive. Every gift makes a difference. Your support enriches the experiences of Indigenous students, and through them, our community and our world.

Please see the stories below to learn how others have supported the First Nations House of Learning and Indigenous engagement at UBC.

Giving Stories

Indigenous high school students get inspired at UBC

This past May, the Verna J. Kirkness Science and Engineering Education Program and UBC hosted 31 Indigenous high school students, where they immersed themselves into campus life, including enjoying quality time in science and engineering labs doing hands-on research. In addition to being mentored by professors and graduate-level students, the grade 11 and 12 students […]

Bell Family Legacy Supports First Nations House of Learning

June 5, 2018 – Retired Canadian diplomat and Corporate Director, John P. Bell, a graduate of UBC Commerce class of 1962, recently provided for a gift in his will to support the First Nations House of Learning at UBC, which is housed in the First Nations Longhouse. His father, businessman and philanthropist Jack Bell, was […]

Program gives Aboriginal secondary students up-close look at university science studies

May 26, 2017 – Imagine the excitement of being a grade 11 student from a small community immersed in a major Canadian university environment doing actual science lab research for one week. This is exactly what Keden Cole and Susan Silvey got to do from May 15 to 19 at the University of British Columbia. […]

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