Walking the Talk: A Conversation with UBC Educators on Indigenous Engagement
Indigenous Engagement in the Age of Online Learning The transition to online learning during the Covid-19 pandemic has compelled UBC educators to reconsider their now-virtual classroom environments in order to ensure student wellbeing and academic success.
Statement and resources in response to the findings of the remains of 215 children at Kamloops Indian Residential School
(Content Warning: Residential Schools; Ongoing Trauma)
Doing This Work With Care: What I Learned in Class Today Renewed Project Panel Discussion
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.
What I Learned In Class Today Project: A Framework of Relationality to Further Indigenous Initiatives at the University
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 […]
What I Learned In Class Today Project: Anti-Oppressive Learning Environments
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.
What I Learned in Class Today Project: Effects of the Knowledge Gap
Indigenous Tokenization and Expectations of Expertise: The movement to ‘bridge the knowledge gap’ around Indigenous topics in postsecondary classrooms is not new
Indigenization Q & A: Christina Hendricks, Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology, Academic Director
Christina Hendricks, CTLT’s Academic Director, recently shared some reflections on what she has been learning in her role to support Indigenization as a leader on UBC-Vancouver campus through supporting and creating equitable spaces for Indigenous people, perspectives, and knowledges at UBC.
What I Learned In Class Today Project: Acknowledging the Affect
Over a decade since the original project debuted, instructors continue to discuss both the difficulties and the importance of addressing the affective side of the classroom so they can hold conversations with care.
CTLT Indigenous Initiatives Welcomes New Staff, Hannah Coderre
CTLT Indigenous Initiatives is pleased to welcome Hannah Coderre.
What I Learned in Class Today Project: Indigenous Student Support In and Beyond the Classroom
Indigenous student voices have always been at the heart of the WILICT project and this collaboratively created article outlines opportunities to better support students in and beyond the classroom.