Dr. Marker’s essay nominated for a Writing and Visual Award at the National Magazine Awards
You can read the article here: https://thetyee.ca/Culture/2020/06/19/Two-Dads-Fathers-Day-Story/
Dr. Cash Ahenakew – CRC Appointment
Congratulations Dr. Cash Ahenakew on your appointment as a Canada Research Chair in Indigenous People’s Wellbeing. Learn more on the Faculty of Education website: https://educ.ubc.ca/canada-research-chairs-annoucement/ Image provided by UBC Faculty of Education
Hannah Coderre – the Gina Blondin Memorial Ts”kel Award
Please join us in congratulating Hannah Coderre (MEd EDST 2020) for receiving the Gina Blondin Memorial Ts”kel Award for 2019/2020. The Gina Blondin award is bestowed annually “in memory of Georgina (Gina) Blondin, M.Ed. (Ts”kel Program) 1988, by the Government of the Northwest Territories, friends, and colleagues. The award is offered to a Ts”kel First […]
Dr. Amy Parent’s project RNL featured in the Vancouver Sun
Read more about this project which utilizes VR-technology to revitalize Nisga’a language: https://vancouversun.com/news/local-news/nisgaa-anthropologist-spearheads-new-effort-to-repatriate-family-house-pole-from-europe
Recording: Cities as Sites for Transformative Change
Watch the video on the CCIE website: https://ccie.educ.ubc.ca/cities-as-sites-for-transformative-change-how-and-why-universities-can-contribute/ Speakers: (See link for full bios) Maggie Low is an Assistant Professor at the School of Community and Regional Planning (SCARP) at the University of British Columbia (UBC), where she is the Co-Chair of the Indigenous Community Planning master’s concentration. Mumbi Maina is a Postdoctoral Fellow in […]
EfS students presented in front of the Mayor of Vancouver and 4 Post-secondary Presidents
Five student groups in the EfS program presented their projects to the mayor of Vancouver, 4 post-secondary presidents (including UBC’s very own Dr.Ono), 4 councillors and many city staff. Click each slide below to find out more.