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Welcome Michelle St. John: FNSP Artist-in-Residence for February 2015
Michelle St. John will be joining FNSP for the month of February as the Artist-in-Residence. She’ll be working on her documentary film, Colonization Road, and throughout the month will meeting with...
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March 5th –“But You Don’t Look Aboriginal,” a Lecture with Michelle...
Light skin or dark skin, brown eyes or blue – the identities of First Nations people are based on more than family and culture. The right claim to heritage is often a political one with roots in...
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March 9th – Public Talk by FNSP Artist in Residence Michelle St. John...
Michelle St. John, the FNSP Artist in Residence for the month of February, will be delivering a talk about her journey as both a professional actor and artist. Michelle is a two-time Gemini Award...
View ArticleSummer 2015 Approved Course List Now Available!
The 2015 Summer session Approved Course List has now been published! To access it, please click here.
View ArticleFNSP 400 Practicum Presentation Schedule
At the heart of the First Nations Studies Program major is FNSP 400, the research practicum that pairs students with an Indigenous organization in the area. At the end of the winter term, the practicum...
View ArticleSTATEMENT ON STUDENT SAFTEY AND SUPPORT
STATEMENT ON STUDENT SAFETY AND SUPPORT As an academic program, our priority is to ensure that our students receive the best education we can provide that prepares them for making a meaningful...
View ArticleARCL 306 Added to the Summer ACL
ARCL 306 (6 Credits) Coastal Field Archaeology: Huu-ay-aht First Nation has been added to the Summer 2015 Approved Course List. Description: ARCL 306 (6 Credits) Coastal Field Archaeology: Huu-ay-aht...
View ArticleRESEARCH PRACTICUM PRESENTATIONS
Students enrolled in this year's FNSP 400 Research Practicum course are delivering their presentations to a public audience at the UBC Longhouse on March 25th
View ArticleTONIGHT: “From Vancouver to Ferguson, Gaza & Beyond: Resisting Settler...
FNIS faculty member Dr. Dory Nason will sit as a panelist for the Liu Institute event titled “From Vancouver to Ferguson, Gaza & Beyond: Resisting Settler Colonial/Racial Violence.” The event will...
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April 4th – 1st Annual UBC Pow-Wow hosted by FNSSA and InSA
The First Nations Studies Student Association (FNSSA) and Indigenous Students Association (InSA) would like to invite you to UBC’s first annual pow-wow! We want to acknowledge that this event is taking...
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Congratulations to our Practicum Students!
Last Wednesday students enrolled in the 400-level research practicum delivered their presentations to a public audience at the UBC Longhouse. The First Nations and Indigenous Studies Program would like...
View ArticleApril 14th – The Ayotzinapa Disappearances and Mexico’s Human Rights Crisis:...
On September 26, 2014, Mexican state security forces attacked a group of students from the teachers’ college in Ayotzinapa, Guerrero, killing 6 people and forcibly disappearing 43 others who have never...
View ArticleApril 16th – Dialogues in Critical Indigenous Studies II
Dialogues in Critical Indigenous Studies II will bring together eight Indigenous scholars to discuss Indigenous politics. This year, speakers will focus on the theme global Indigenous politics....
View ArticleEDCP 431 96A has been added to the Summer ACL!
EDCP 431 96A (3 Credits) Special Study in Social Studies: History At its theoretical core this course is based on the interpretive nature of history, making explicit and central such fundamental...
View ArticleCongratulations to Dr. Glen Coulthard and Dr. David Gaertner for their...
The First Nations and Indigenous Studies Program (FNIS) faculty member Glen Coulthard and sessional instructor David Gaertner have been formally recognized by Dean Gage Averill for their outstanding...
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FNIS at UBC Welcomes Dr. Sarah Hunt!
The First Nations and Indigenous Studies Program (FNIS) at UBC is delighted to welcome Dr. Sarah Hunt as our newest faculty member! Dr. Hunt will be joining FNIS and the Department of Geography in...
View ArticleApril 27th & 28th –“Connections: the Place and Practice of Northern Research”...
Connections: the Place and Practice of Northern Research will be a two-day symposium that aims to bring together students, faculty and community members to build interdisciplinary research networks and...
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May 19th –“Metis in Space: Live from the UBC Longhouse”
In otipêyimisiw-iskwêwak kihci-kîsikohk (Métis In Space), Molly and Chelsea drink a bottle of (red) wine and, from a tipsy, decolonial perspective, review a Sci-Fi movie or television episode featuring...
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May 15th-16th – Endnotes 2015: “Dis/quieting Desires” with Dr. Dory Nason
This conference will take place at Green College, UBC on May 15-16, and will feature a community panel, alternative careers panel and creative events in addition to traditional academic panels. The...
View Article2015 Winter ACL is now available!
The First Nations and Indigenous Studies Program (FNIS) is please to announce that the Approved Course List (ACL) for the 2015/2016 Winter Session in now available! Please use this document when...
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