Introducing…Aboriginal Initiatives Practicum Student Rebecca Doughty
The Aboriginal Initiatives Team is excited to once again be partnering with the First Nations and Indigenous Studies Program to host a research practicum student. Fourth-year FNIS major, Rebecca Doughty, has been working since the fall with Aboriginal Initiatives on a “reboot” of What I Learned In Class Today. This spring, Rebecca will be conducting interviews […]
Classroom Climate Hits the Road!
Aboriginal Initiatives Strategist, Amy Perreault, and Classroom Climate and Educational Resource Developer, Hanae Tsukada recently returned from San Fransisco, California, where they shared their work on Classroom Climate at the Professional and Organizational Development (POD) Network in Higher Education conference, November 4-8, 2015. POD is a forty-year old, globally recognized professional organization serving faculty developers in […]
Taking Classroom Climate Online
Taking Classroom Climate Online CTLT Winter Institute Wednesday, December 9, 9:30 am – 11:30 am Lillooet Room 301, Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, 1961 East Mall Register now for Taking Classroom Climate Online, a faculty roundtable and discussion on how to address issues of identity in online and blended learning environments, considerations of place and location when […]
Classroom Climate Series Engages UBC with Aboriginal Topics
As part of the yearlong Classroom Climate series, CTLT Aboriginal Initiatives hosted three workshops in fall 2015.
Classroom Climate: Language Matters
Bridging the Knowledge Gap What can we do to “bridge the knowledge gap” – whether that be remediating our own knowledge gaps to avoid the kinds of problems identified by my student, or providing our students with a firmer grounding of basic information on Indigenous topics to raise the level of conversation in our courses? […]
Where Are We in the World? Announcing a New Film Series
Where Are We in the World? is a new film series that features sites around the Lower Mainland shaped by often ignored or hidden histories of struggle and agency.
Exploring the City Before the City
Susan Rowley and Jordan Wilson discuss the new exhibit at the Museum of Anthropology: ćǝsnaɁǝm, the city before the city. The exhibit aims to bring awareness to the deep-seated and often neglected Musqueam history beneath Vancouver.
unceded.
unceded. was on display in the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre from Jan.18-Feb.25, 2015. Find out more about this exhibit and visit the online archive.
Knowing the Land Beneath Our Feet
Learn more about Knowing the Land Beneath Our Feet, a new multimedia initiative at UBC.
Uncovering Indigenous Stories at this “Place of Mind”
Sarah Ling, Hanae Tsukada, Amy Perreault, and Drew Ann Wake share new digital resources that highlight UBC’s relationships with Indigenous peoples. Learn more about these teaching and learning tools.