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Last week, we had a chance to talk with Dr. Terri Aldred, an outreach primary doctor with Carrier Sekani Family Services and Site Director for UBC’s Indigenous Family Practice Program, about the COVID-19 pandemic. Dr. Aldred spoke about steps that CSFS is taking to keep people safe, Indigenous responses to the pandemic, and ways people and communities can stay healthy. With communities self-isolating and some restricting access, CSFS is now offering virtual care and telehealth to clients. The 10

As many reading this article will know, beginning shortly after its inception in late 2016, IRSI has hosted or co-hosted a series of engagement gatherings at UBC, Musqueam, and around the province. Starting with the conceptualization and creation of IRSI, the timeline on the right shows the history of engagement gatherings and dialogues held over the past three years. Each gathering brought together Indigenous leaders, administrators and community members, academic researchers, librarians

Métis scholar Dr. Robert Henry has worked alongside Indigenous street youth and gang members across the Prairie Provinces for more than a decade. An Assistant Professor at the University of Saskatchewan in the Department of Indigenous Studies, Dr. Henry uses an innovative and collaborative research methodology called photovoice which effectively allows participants to tell—and show—their own stories, in their own ways. The visual narratives that emerge are intimate and moving, often showing

Free, Prior, Informed consent is a collective right for Indigenous peoples protected by international human rights standards and recognized in Article 32.2 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP). While UNDRIP provides a framework for the right of Indigenous people, the declaration itself is not legally binding. That changed in BC today, however, when at 10 a.m. BC introduced UNDRIP into legislation, becoming the first jurisdiction in Canada to legally

Debra Sparrow was born and raised on the Musqueam Indian Reserve. She is self-taught in Salish design, weaving and jewellery-making. An acclaimed weaver, Debra has been deeply involved with the revival of the Musqueam weaving tradition for more than 30 years. Her artwork is exhibited nationally and internationally, including at the Museum of Anthropology at UBC, Vancouver International Airport, The Royal BC Museum, The Canadian Museum of History, the Burke Museum in Seattle, and the Smithsonian