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
AI Reflections: Language and Artificial Intelligence
In this post, we’ll look at what happens when AI is used without community consultation, before turning to encouraging examples of communities working with AI to support language revitalization. Throughout those examples you will see evidence of respect for data sovereignty in the actions of the people involved.
Decolonizing Evaluation Interview Series: Warren Cardinal-McTeague
Welcome to the summer edition of our Decolonizing Evaluation Series! In this post, Emily and I share our interview with Dr. Warren Cardinal-McTeague, Assistant Professor in the Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences, where he speaks about his reflections on a graduate level course he developed on Indigenous data sovereignty.
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.