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Statement and resources in response to the findings of the remains of 215 children at Kamloops Indian Residential School

By Bronte Burnette posted on May 31, 2021

(Content Warning: Residential Schools; Ongoing Trauma)
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Doing This Work With Care: What I Learned in Class Today Renewed Project Panel Discussion

By Bronte Burnette and Keirra Webb posted on Apr 29, 2021

On March 8, CTLT’s Indigenous Initiatives department welcomed the UBC community to a virtual screening and panel discussion of the Faculty Perspectives film created by the What I Learned in Class Today: Educational Experiences and Institutional Responses Renewed Project.
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What I Learned In Class Today Project: A Framework of Relationality to Further Indigenous Initiatives at the University

By Keirra Webb posted on Mar 29, 2021

A motivating question for the What I Learned in Class Today: Educational Experiences and Institutional Responses project is the extent to which university-wide and national policies of Indigenous engagement, such as the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) Calls to Action and the UBC Indigenous Strategic Plans (ISP), have prompted tangible, positive change in the experiences of Indigenous […]
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What I Learned In Class Today Project: Anti-Oppressive Learning Environments

By Keirra Webb posted on Feb 26, 2021

Creating a classroom environment that values the wellbeing and educational goals of all students in the room is by no means an easy task; but it is a commitment that faculty across disciplines at UBC are seeking to fulfill by adopting strategies of anti-oppression and anti-dominance.
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What I Learned in Class Today Project: Effects of the Knowledge Gap

By Keirra Webb posted on Feb 05, 2021

Indigenous Tokenization and Expectations of Expertise: The movement to ‘bridge the knowledge gap’ around Indigenous topics in postsecondary classrooms is not new
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