The rapid rise of Sto:lo businesses is nothing short of exponential, and an upcoming event will spotlight the recent phenomenon. “People have little idea about the extent of it,” said Mike Watson, general manager of Sto:lo Community Futures, about the rise of entrepreneurship in Sto:lo communities across the Lower Mainland. Plans for Sto:lo Business Match, […]
S’eliyemetaxwtexw — new name for UFV Art Gallery By Anne Russell on September 18, 2014 In celebration of UFV’s 40th anniversary, the Visual Arts department presents a new title for the gallery space at the Abbotsford campus. The new name, S’eliyemetaxwtexw Art Gallery, will be officially recognized on Tues, Oct 16 at noon in Abby […]
UFV and Stó:lō team up to offer staged reading of The Berlin Blues By Anne Russell on September 16, 2014 The University of the Fraser Valley Theatre department, Stó:lō Nation, and the Stó:lō Research & Resource Management Centre are co-presenting staged readings of Ojibway playwright Drew Hayden Taylor’s play The Berlin Blues as part of […]
2014 greenSPEAK Seminar Series Tuesday, April 1, 2014 Shirley Hardman, Senior Advisor Indigenous Affairs and Chantelle Marlor offered a joint Seminar Indigenous Perspectives and understanding biological or ecological knowledge. More and more work is being done to tie together Resource Management, Environmental Studies, and Aboriginal Ecological Knowledge, so that balanced relationships with their environments facilitate comprehensive understanding of […]
Dr. Lynne Davis’ Keynote speech can be found in full on the Resources-Videos page. Below, a summary: Posted by Carol Mammel Dr. Lynne Davis from Trent University spoke to the profound sharing, as she prepared to give her presentation. Beautiful, beautiful energy had begun the journey with its sacred beginning, with the sweat lodge, the […]
Sr. Administrators Governance, Partnerships, and Building Alliances How do aboriginal groups work with post-secondary institutions? How do Indigenous and non-indigenous faculty build alliances to support indigenization? A need to work more closely Band funding an issue Academy not always neutral: funding — goes to community or institution? More representation needed at all levels: […]
Hiring, Retention, Tenure, & Promotion Workshop Breakout II Breakout Group 3 (Senior Administrators 1) Facilitator: Ken Tourand Note taker: Alyson Seale We have been indigenizing for a long time “It’s all about relationship building” Overwhelming Indigenizing can be overwhelming and we will need support in order to do this successfully Indigenization […]