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Fran has more than 20 years of experience in senior management and direct engagement working with Indigenous peoples. Her areas of expertise include Indigenous adult and post-secondary education and training. Fran is currently the Executive Director of the Aboriginal Coalition to End Homelessness and was the inaugural Director of the Office of Indigenous Affairs at the University of Victoria. Fran is also an entrepreneur and owns a consulting business, Hunt-Jinnouchi Enterprises. She has a

When Dr. Helen Burt first joined UBC as an assistant professor of pharmaceutics in 1980, she could hardly have known that one day she would play a leading role in UBC's efforts at reconciliation. Yet, that's exactly what she has done. Several decades later, her work to co-create the Indigenous Research Support Initiative (IRSI) and support a community-driven approach to Indigenous research at UBC have resulted in institutional changes that will advance the institution's vision of being a global

Qwelminte Secwepemc are a collective of seven Secwépemc communities: Adams Lake Indian Band, Little Shuswap Lake Band, Shuswap Indian Band, Simpcw, Skeetchestn, Splatsin, and Tk’emlups te Secwepemc. In April of 2019, Qwelminte Secwepemc launched the TeamSku7pecen Intern Program , an initiative that builds capacity for the participating communities by inviting Indigenous university students to become active players for transformation in land and resource management in ways that uphold Secwepemc

Q&A WITH DR. ANDREA REID Indigenous fisheries scientist, conservation biologist, and Nisga’a Nation member Dr. Andrea Reid joins UBC’s Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries (IOF) this January as an Assistant Professor of Indigenous Fisheries Science and Principal Investigator of the new Centre for Indigenous Fisheries (CIF). Dr. Reid comes to UBC from Carleton University, where she completed her PhD in Biology and received the Governor General’s Gold Medal and University Medal for Outstanding

2020 was one of the most difficult years we have collectively faced, and with it now behind us, we’ve decided to publish a good news story on the blog to usher in the new year. To that end, we dedicate our first post of 2021 to welcoming the new Indigenous faculty and staff who joined UBC in 2020. These exceptional individuals will undoubtedly strengthen and enhance the university, and we are excited for the opportunity to support their work this year and into the future. President Santa Ono