by Amei-lee Laboucan | Jun 28, 2021 | Highlights, News, Press releases
The Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre (IRSHDC) at UBC has released a new discussion paper exploring considerations for addressing missing children, unmarked burials and mass graves at residential schools. The paper, Considering the legal...
by Amei-lee Laboucan | Jun 25, 2021 | News, Press releases
The Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre (IRSHDC) at UBC welcomes the agreement the Sisters of St. Ann (SSA) have reached with the Royal BC Museum (RBCM) and Archives to provide enhanced access to the records they hold related to their work in...
by Amei-lee Laboucan | Jun 21, 2021 | Event, News
The month of June is designated as National Indigenous Peoples Month, with the June 21 designated specifically as a day to celebrate Indigenous Peoples. The Centre acknowledges that Survivors, Indigenous community members and Indigenous Peoples across Canada, who...
by Amei-lee Laboucan | Jun 17, 2021 | Highlights, News
The Centre welcomes the passing of Bill C-15, the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act. The bill will affirm the UN Declaration as a universal human rights instrument with application in Canadian law. Building on support for former...
