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CBIE Award to Indigenous WIL program
UVic’s unique exchange that connects Indigenous students studying here with co-op work terms with Indigenous centres at Australian universities has received a national award that celebrates its innovative program design.
Update from FNEF about legacy pole
On Nov. 5, the First Nations Education Foundation announced the Language Revitalization Pole will be installed in Port Alberni. The university was honoured to be asked by the foundation in January 2019 to be the original intended location and also now supports the FNEF's decision to pursue a new location.
Strategic Framework helps hands-on learning
Bryn Armstrong’s co-op office is different than most—she’s spending the fall keeping an eye on grizzly bears and other large carnivores in the Great Bear Rainforest.
Historic agreement met in traditional ceremony
A groundbreaking agreement governing the protection and use of Carey Newman’s monumental art installation, the Witness Blanket was finalized on Oct. 16.
Indigenous fashion exhibit
A new exhibit at Legacy Downtown showcases high fashion designs by contemporary Gitxsan couturier Sug-ii-t Lukxs (Yolonda Skelton) and is curated by Carolyn Butler-Palmer, UVic’s Legacy Chair in Modern and Contemporary Arts of the Pacific Northwest.
International dignitaries visit UVic
On Sept. 30, UVic hosted 51 dignitaries from 47 countries showcasing our world-leading research and to emphasize UVic’s focus on internationalization, clean energy and oceans. The university’s ongoing commitment to Indigenizing the academy was also highlighted.
A passion for learning, curating and decolonizing
While a passion for Indigenous arts has been driving Melissa Granley’s studies in the art history and visual studies department, it was her connection with the natural world that initially attracted her to UVic.
Food, land and culture define Gwich'in partnership
Environmental studies master’s graduate, Tracey Proverbs, credits her supervisor Trevor Lantz and the environmental studies program for the opportunities she experienced during her graduate degree.
Ceremony welcomes Indigenous faculty members
At a ceremony in the First Peoples House Ceremonial Hall, several Indigenous faculty asked permission to work in the traditional territory of the Esquimalt and Songhees peoples.
Hul’q’umi’num’ language and Google Earth
An initiative led by anthropologist Brian Thom and Indigenous languages teacher yutustanaat Mandy Jones (Snuneymuxw First Nation) is a highlight of a new Google project featuring 55 Indigenous languages in 27 countries and was launched on the UN’s International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples.
Empowering Indigenous artists
The ACE for Artists program tailors the award-winning ACE entrepreneurship training program to Indigenous artists, helping them connect their passion to a business plan by developing the tools they need to become financially successful.
Borrows, winner of Canada Council Molson Prize
John Borrows, one of Canada’s foremost law scholars and Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Law at UVic, is the winner of the 2019 Canada Council Molson Prize in social sciences and humanities.
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