Multiple Indigenous-focused initiatives receive UBC funding to help advance rights of Indigenous peoples
By A diverse range of Indigenous-focused projects will receive a significant funding boost this month to help transform innovative and impactful ideas into reality. Through the Indigenous Strategic Initiatives Fund (ISI Fund), UBC has committed a total of $4 million this academic year to helping advance the rights of Indigenous peoples as well as the […]
Indigenous Fisheries Action at UBC
By The Indigenous Strategic Initiatives (ISI) Fund has begun allocating money to successful Stream 2: Transformative Projects that will further the implementation of the Indigenous Strategic Plan (ISP). $1.5 million was set aside to fund Transformative Projects intended to advance one of the ISP’s six priority actions. The following article explores details about a successful […]
Reciprocal Archeological and Anthropological Training Programs
By The Indigenous Strategic Initiatives (ISI) Fund has begun allocating money to successful Stream 1: Innovative Projects that will further the implementation of the Indigenous Strategic Plan (ISP). $1.5 million was set aside to fund Innovative Projects intended to advance one of the ISP’s six priority actions. The following article explores details about a successful […]
Expanding support services for Indigenous graduate students
By The Indigenous Strategic Initiatives (ISI) Fund has begun allocating money to successful Stream 1: Innovative Projects that will further the implementation of the Indigenous Strategic Plan (ISP). $1.5 million was set aside to fund Innovative Projects intended to advance one of the ISP’s six priority actions. The following article explores details about a successful […]
Establishing a self-sustainable micro-forest on the UBC Okanagan campus
By Professor becomes the first Indigenous woman from Canada to hold position. UBC professor Dr. Sheryl Lightfoot has been appointed as a member of the United Nations committee to promote and protect the rights of Indigenous people. It’s the first time an Indigenous woman from Canada will hold the position of North American representative on […]
Student Food Security Project Advances ISP Actions in the Okanagan Valley
By The Indigenous Strategic Initiatives (ISI) Fund has begun allocating money to successful Stream 3: Student-led Projects that will further the implementation of the Indigenous Strategic Plan (ISP). $500,000 was set aside to fund Student-led Projects intended to advance at least one of the ISP’s 43 actions. The following article explores details about a successful […]
BREB introduces: Indigenous Research and Ethics Review
By As the Behavioural Research Ethics Boards (BREBs) work through the UBC Indigenous Strategic Plan and BC Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, they have recognized and responded to the concern that the BREB website did not provide clarity about how the Boards review Indigenous research. The Behavioural Research Ethics Boards at UBC […]
Student Project Initiates Online Hub to Encourage Indigenous-led Research & Relationship Building Opportunities
By The Indigenous Strategic Initiatives (ISI) Fund has begun allocating money to successful Stream 3: Student-led Projects that will further the implementation of the Indigenous Strategic Plan (ISP). $500,000 was set aside to fund Student-led Projects intended to advance at least one of the ISP’s 43 actions. The following article explores details about a successful […]
UBC Indigenous Strategic Plan funding sees student projects get off the ground
By Successful student recipients of the Indigenous Strategic Initiatives (ISI) Fund have been given the green light to start implementing their proposed Indigenous-focused, student-led projects with the backing of university funding. The Indigenous Strategic Initiatives Fund is a cross-campus initiative at the UBC Vancouver and UBC Okanagan campuses. The Fund directly supports the advancement of […]
Regreening Vancouver’s DTES to Combat Heat Island Effects
By The Indigenous Strategic Initiatives (ISI) Fund has begun allocating money to successful Stream 3: Student-led Projects that will further the implementation of the Indigenous Strategic Plan (ISP). $500,000 was set aside to fund Student-led Projects intended to advance at least one of the ISP’s 43 actions. The following article explores details about a successful […]