by Amei-lee Laboucan | Jun 28, 2020 | News
Photo credit: Nipissing University Yukon University has appointed Dr. Mike DeGagné as the eighth president and vice chancellor, beginning his five-year term on July 1, 2020. He succeeds Dr. Karen Barnes, who retired after two terms. Yukon University, previously Yukon...
by Amei-lee Laboucan | Jun 25, 2020 | News
The University of Victoria Libraries’ have appointed Ry Moran as the inaugural associate university librarian – reconciliation. Moran, a member of the Red River Métis, is the founding director of the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) at the...
by Amei-lee Laboucan | Jun 25, 2020 | News
The Honourable Steven Lewis Point. The University of British Columbia has named former Lieutenant Governor the Honourable Steven Lewis Point as the university’s 19 chancellor. Point is a member of the Skowkale First Nation and has ties to the Musqueam First...
by Amei-lee Laboucan | Jun 21, 2020 | News
As part of Indigenous Peoples Month, 13 dancers from coast to coast will gather online in a unique event Dancing to Honour. The event is sponsored by the UBC Transform Health Justice research cluster (which includes partners such as the School of Nursing, and Faculty...
by Amei-lee Laboucan | Jun 21, 2020 | Event, News
The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) is hosting an event with Intergenerational Survivors discussing “Two Spirit” — what does it mean, where did it come from, and how do Indigenous roles of gender and identity help in redress and...