Welcome Johnny Mack!
The First Nations Studies Program at UBC is very pleased to welcome Johnny Mack (Nuu-chah-nulth) as our newest faculty colleague. A Trudeau Foundation scholar currently finishing his Ph.D. in Law at...
View ArticleSeptember 12th – Engaging Reconciliation in the Classroom: Critical...
In anticipation of the important conversations accompanying the Truth and Reconciliation Commission events at UBC, the First Nations Studies Program, in partnership with the Liu Institute, will hold a...
View ArticleCongratulations to Dr. Linc Kesler on Prestigious Yale Award!
FNSP would like to extend a very warm congratulations to Dr. Linc Kesler on being awarded Yale University’s prestigious 2013 Wa-Na-Xi-Lay Hunkah (Henry Roe Cloud) Native Alumni Achievement Award! Dr....
View ArticleFirst Nations Studies Student Association Meet n Greet
First Nations Studies Student Association would like to invite you to a Meet n Greet dinner at Double DD’s Greek and Pizza Restaurant on Friday, October 18th. Everyone is invited to come out and meet...
View ArticleFirst Nations Studies Student Association Coffee House
LOTUS, African Awareness Initiative and FNSSA would like to invite you to the first Longhouse coffee house evening of the year. It is on Thursday, October 24th, from 6:00 – 9:00pm. There will be an...
View ArticleNovember 13th – Leanne Simpson Lecture at SFU Woodwards
FNSP is delighted to announce that Leanne Simpson, Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg writer, storyteller and scholar, will be visiting Vancouver to give a talk entitled, “Restoring Nationhood: Addressing Land...
View ArticleNovember 8th – Musqueam Youth Group Fundraiser Dinner
Come down to the Musqueam Cultural Centre on November 8th, 2013 for a fundraiser dinner to help send a Musqueam Youth Group to New Zealand to return the Te Ara: Maori Pathways to Leadership exhibit....
View ArticleNovember 6th – Meet Beau Dick
The Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory at the University of British Columbia is pleased to announce Beau Dick as the AHVA Artist in Residence, from September to December 2013. During his...
View ArticleDr. Glen Coulthard Article for Indigenous Nationhood Movement
FNSP faculty member Dr. Glen Coulthard has written an article entitled “For our nations to live, capitalism must die” for the Indigenous Nationhood Movement website. It has also been featured on...
View ArticleTonight! Leanne Simpson on “Addressing Land Dispossession in Canadian...
All are welcome to join us tonight (November 13th) for: Addressing Land Dispossession in the Canadian Reconciliation Discourse, a special discussion with speaker Leanne Betasamosake Simpson – writer,...
View ArticleNovember 20th – Responses to RezErect Panel at Bill Reid Gallery
Join us on Wednesday, November 20th for an evening of discussion and responses to the RezErect exhibit at The Bill Reid Gallery. The panelists will include: Alida Kinnie Starr, artist featured in...
View ArticleNovember 29th – FNSP 433A Community Presentations
FNSP 433A: The Politics of Indigenous-Settler Reconciliation in Canada will be having an event to present back to the community what this unique course has explored on reconciliation over the past few...
View ArticleNow Available: Footage from Leanne Simpson’s Talk at SFU Woodward’s
Last week, Leanne Betasamosake Simpson – writer, scholar, organizer and storyteller of Michi Saagiig Nishnaabeg ancestry and a member of Alderville First Nation – gave a powerful talk at SFU...
View ArticleFNSP Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Sarah Henzi Interviewed
FNSP Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Sarah Henzi was recently interviewed on CBC’s French radio program, Boreal Hebdo. Boreal hebdo is a French-language radio magazine dedicated to covering the political,...
View ArticleFNSP Office Holiday Closures
The FNSP office will be closed Friday, December 20th, and will reopen on Thursday, January 2nd, 2014. Everyone here at FNSP would like to wish you warm, happy, and restful holidays. Take care of...
View ArticleIHHS 409 International Indigenous Experiences of Colonization Cancelled
IHHS 409 International Indigenous Experiences of Colonization, a web-based course, has unfortunately been cancelled.
View ArticleWaneek Horn-Miller to speak at the UBC Student Leadership Conference
Waneek Horn-Miller, Aboriginal activist and Olympic Athlete, is the closing keynote for this year’s UBC Student Leadership Conference (SLC). Waneek Horn-Miller, a Mohawk from the Kahnawake Mohawk...
View ArticleIHHS 408: Topics in Aboriginal Health – A Community-based Experience
UBC Aboriginal People’s Health is once again offering IHHS 408, entitled Topics in Aboriginal Health – A Community Based Experience. The course has had much success in past years, which provides an...
View ArticleJanuary 24th – Mi’kmaq Warriors Society Event at SFU Harbour Centre
Members of the Mi’kmaq Warriors Society who have been arrested and incarcerated will be on a speaking tour in January and February to raise awareness about their struggle against fracking, their...
View ArticleJanuary 24th – Scholar Andrea Smith Lecture on Decolonizing the Anti-Violence...
Leading academic, feminist, and anti-violence activist Andrea Smith will be giving a keynote lecture as a part of UBC’s Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Her lecture, titled “Decolonizing the...
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