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UBCIC and Heiltsuk Nation Announce Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond to Intervene in BC Human Rights Case Against Vancouver Police Department Over Racial Profiling and Wrongful Detainment
June 16, 2021
UBCIC and Heiltsuk Nation Announce Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond to Intervene in BC Human Rights Case Against Vancouver Police Department Over Racial Profiling and Wrongful Detainment
Discussions with attorney general about SNC-Lavalin were ‘troubling,’ legal expert says
Centre Director Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond recently spoke to The Star News about Jody Wilson-Raybould and the defence of law.
Dialogue of leaders highlights critical considerations for implementing the UN Declaration
The Centre has released a summary report examining some of the past and current efforts that have been made to transform Crown-Indigenous relations across Canada, along with providing critical considerations for implementing the UN Declaration in British Columbia.
Government of Canada, with First Nations, Inuit and Métis Nation leaders, announce co-developed legislation will be introduced on Indigenous child and family services in early 2019
Indigenous Services Minister Jane Philpott speaks about new federal legislation on Indigenous child and family services. This announcement is the result of intensive engagements from this year which focused on reducing the number of Indigenous children in care.
Province mandates UBC develop action plan in response to Truth and Reconciliation Commission
The Centre is featured in a recent Ubyssey article about implementing the TRC Calls to Action at UBC.
Six months after opening, the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre is inching toward becoming a formal centre
The Residential School History and Dialogue Centre was recently featured in The Ubyssey.
Speaking My Truth: The Journey to Reconciliation Book Launch at the Indian Residential School History & Dialogue Centre
The recent book launch event at the Centre was covered in the Ubyssey newspaper.
Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond joins Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre and Allard School of Law
Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond (Aki-Kwe), a renowned Indigenous Canadian judge, lawyer and advocate, has joined UBC as the inaugural director of the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre (IRSHDC).
Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond appointed director of UBC’s new Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre
The Centre was featured in a recent article in the Vancouver Sun.
UBC appoints former Indigenous judge and youth advocate as History and Dialogue Centre director
The Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre was recently featured in The Ubyssey.
Photos: Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre officially opens at UBC
The Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre was recently featured in the Georgia Straight.
UBC Opens Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre (IRSHDC) and Offers Statement of Apology Related to the Indian Residential School System
First Nations Summit covered the recent opening of the Centre on their website.
With the opening of the History and Dialogue Centre, Ono apologizes for UBC’s role in residential schools
UBC President Santa Ono apologized yesterday for the university’s institutionalized support of the injustices that happened to Indigenous people in residential schools. This event was covered by The Ubyssey.
UBC issues Statement of Apology
UBC President Santa Ono delivered a formal apology to Indian residential school survivors and, more generally, to Indigenous people, for the university’s involvement in the system that supported the operation of the schools.