by Amei-lee Laboucan | Nov 26, 2020 | News, Press releases
Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre in Ontario The Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre (IRSHDC) at the University of British Columbia (UBC) has...
by Amei-lee Laboucan | Jul 14, 2020 | Highlights, News, Press releases
Telfer, Jean. “Coqualeetza Residential School in Sardis, Chilliwack, BC,” circa 1935-1939. The Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre (IRSHDC) at the University of British Columbia (UBC) has received more than $200,000 for a Virtual Museums...
by Amei-lee Laboucan | Mar 10, 2020 | News, Press releases, Publications
The Residential School History and Dialogue Centre is launching a new Discussion Paper series to help inform understandings and dialogue about the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous...
by Amei-lee Laboucan | Nov 28, 2019 | News, Press releases, Publications
On November 4, 2019, the Indian Residential School History & Dialogue Centre (IRSHDC) at the University of British Columbia (UBC) arranged a special dialogue session on Implementing the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UN...
by Amei-lee Laboucan | Dec 6, 2018 | News, Press releases, Publications
Statement for Immediate Release: December 6, 2018 The Indian Residential School History & Dialogue Centre brought leaders together to explore how to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples in British Columbia. On October 11,...
by Amei-lee Laboucan | Apr 28, 2018 | Media coverage, News, Press releases
Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond. Credit: Office of the Representative for Children and Youth Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond (Aki-kwe), a renowned Indigenous Canadian judge, lawyer and advocate for children and Indigenous restorative justice, has joined UBC as the inaugural...