Indigenous Initiatives
Welcome to Indigenous Initiatives at UBC’s Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology. We are grateful to the Musqueam Nation on whose ancestral and unceded territory our learning, teaching, and collaborations take place. Members of the Musqueam community enrich our programming by sharing their knowledge, ideas, history, language, culture, resources, and support.
The Indigenous Initiatives team develops and offers programming, resources, and consultations focused on Indigenous engagement in curriculum, pedagogy, classroom climate, professional development and evaluation. The team supports faculty, teaching assistants, staff, and students to create and facilitate learning spaces where respectful and meaningful dialogues can take place.
Recent Stories
Decolonizing Evaluation Interview Series: Wendy Bond, Asma-na-hi Antoine, Sam Filipenko
Welcome to our very first Indigenous Initiatives interview series exploring decolonizing approaches to evaluation! Across this series, we’ll be speaking with colleagues from across the University of British Columbia who hold different roles and responsibilities, but who are all deeply engaged in research and evaluation work.
AI Reflections: Faculty Spotlight on Alexander Ross
We recently had the privilege of sitting down with Dr. Alexander Ross from the School of Information to hear his perspectives on AI and its impacts on teaching and learning at UBC.
AI Reflections: Perpetuation of Bias
Here we have shared examples of how colonial bias and racism are embedded into AI algorithms, in applications as wide ranging as image generators to our legal system. We round out this post by sharing some interventions Indigenous peoples are creating to resist the embedding of ongoing colonial harm into our technological systems.