The Indigenous Strategic Plan: An Overview
By In the November edition of Edubytes, our editorial explores the development and implementation of UBC’s recently launched Indigenous Strategic Plan. Our guest editors include Alex Ash, Indigenous Strategic Planning Manager; Amy Perreault, Senior Strategist, and Bronte Burnette, Educational Resource Developer from the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology’s Indigenous Initiatives; Dr. Sheryl Lightfoot, Senior Advisor to the President on […]
UBC’s ISP and IRSI
By UBC’s 2020 Indigenous Strategic Plan (ISP) is now official, having launched on September 14th with a virtual celebration. The ISP continues the work of UBC’s 2009 Aboriginal Strategic Plan and responds to the calls to action of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP) and the calls for justice of the National Inquiry into Missing and Murdered […]
UBC community celebrates launch of new Indigenous Strategic Plan
By Created with input from more than 2,500 students, faculty and staff across our campuses – both Indigenous and non-Indigenous – as well as from Indigenous community partners, UBC’s new Indigenous Strategic Plan is an important milestone in UBC’s commitment to truth and reconciliation. Launched this month, the plan represents a university-wide response to the […]
Blue and Goldcast, Ep. 10: The Indigenous Strategic Plan
By On September 14th, UBC launched its 2021 Indigenous Strategic Plan. On this episode of Blue & Goldcast, Santa Ono sits down with Dr. Sheryl Lightfoot. She was one of the driving forces behind the strategic plan, and is Santa’s senior advisor on Indigenous Affairs. They discuss UBC’s commitment to decolonizing its campuses, pedagogy and […]
New Indigenous Strategic Plan establishes UBC’s role in upholding the rights of Indigenous Peoples
By Today marks a significant milestone in UBC’s commitment to truth and reconciliation: the university will celebrate the launch of its new Indigenous Strategic Plan (ISP). This makes UBC the first university in North America to commit to taking a human rights-based approach to its Indigenous strategic framework. The plan represents a university-wide response to the United […]
Opinion: UBC demonstrates that we all have a role in upholding the rights of Indigenous peoples
By UBC’s Indigenous Strategic Plan was developed with the guidance of Indigenous elders, leaders, and other experts, and through extensive dialogue with both Indigenous and non-Indigenous students, faculty, staff, and other members of our own community. The Truth and Reconciliation Commission said that the work of reconciliation must involve all levels and all sectors of […]