AI Reflections: Faculty Spotlight on Daisy Rosenblum – Part 1
By Interviewee: Daisy Rosenblum, Interviewer: Amy Perreault and Emily Bridge posted on Aug 05, 2026
Daisy Rosenblum She/Her/Hers Assistant Professor First Nations and Endangered Languages Program, Faculty of Arts Earlier this spring, we had the pleasure of sitting down with Dr. Daisy Rosenblum to talk about AI and its impacts on teaching and learning at UBC and on community-based language work. This is part 1 of 2. Daisy is an Assistant Professor in the First Nations and Endangered Languages Program within the Institute for Critical […]
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AI Reflections: Language and Artificial Intelligence
By Emily Bridge & Carissa Block posted on Jul 16, 2026
Indigenous languages are much more than a means of communication; they contain entire universes of understanding and ways of being that are unique to each Indigenous nation. As Dr. Lorna Wánosts’a7 Williams shares, “our languages are really important for our sense of identity, our sense of who we are. Our languages also help us to understand our lands.” Connection to ancestral languages improves health and wellbeing for individuals and communities, something that […]
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Decolonizing Evaluation Interview Series: Warren Cardinal-McTeague
By Interviewer: Paulina Semenec & Emily Bridge, Interviewee: Warren Cardinal-McTeague posted on Jul 02, 2026
Welcome to the summer edition of our Decolonizing Evaluation Series! In this post, we share our interview with Dr. Warren Cardinal-McTeague, Assistant Professor in the Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences, where he reflects on a graduate level course he developed on Indigenous data sovereignty. Interested in its innovative design and timely focus, we connected with Warren to discuss his pedagogical […]
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Decolonizing Evaluation Interview Series: Wendy Bond, Asma-na-hi Antoine, Sam Filipenko
By Interviewer: Paulina Semenec, Interviewees: Wendy Bond, Asma-na-hi Antoine, Sam Filipenko posted on Feb 18, 2026
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. Together, they help shape how knowledge is gathered, interpreted, and mobilized within the institution and […]
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AI Reflections: Faculty Spotlight on Alexander Ross
By Alex Ross, Emily Bridge, Carissa Block posted on Feb 13, 2026
Alexander Ross He/Him/His Assistant Professor School of Information, Faculty of Arts 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. Alex is a critical communications scholar, with a focus on media theory and the political economy of […]
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