Stories

Classroom Climate Series Engages UBC with Aboriginal Topics

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

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? […]

Exploring the City Before the City

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.

Knowing the Land Beneath Our Feet

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.

A Landless Territory: How Do We Articulate Cyberspace Within the Discourse of Indigenous Studies?

David Gaertner discusses the importance of Indigenous new media and provides local examples.