News
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December 19, 2023
CBIKS - Center for Braiding Indigenous Knowledges and Sciences
I/S members Alison Wylie and Andrew Martindale are part of a large international initiative that was recently awarded $30 million from the NSF for work focused on braiding Indigenous knowledge and science.
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December 19, 2023
SSHRC Impact - Connections Award
I/S member Andrew Martindale was awarded the 2023 SSHRC Impact Connections Award. See the SSHRC, UBC notices and read his acceptance speech here.
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December 8, 2022
An Illustrated Guide to GPR
Eric Simons has developed an accessible and illustrated guide to ground-penetrating radar (GPR) and its application in the search for unmarked burials.
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October 31, 2022
UBC GPR work at Kuper IRS Featured in CBC Podcast
UBC's work with the Penelakut Tribe to locate missing children from the Kuper Indian Residential School featured in a new documentary podcast by Duncan McCue.
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October 29, 2022
I/S Team Members Take National Role
I/S team members appointed to the National Advisory Committee on Missing Children and Unmarked Burials.
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October 29, 2022
Musqueam-UBC GPR Course Planned for Spring 2023
Discussions are underway with UBC and Musqueam about the possibility of hosting another version of the ground-penetrating radar course for Indigenous community members.
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June 1, 2021
Remembering Dr. Michael Marker
It is with much sadness that we learned of the passing of Dr. Michael Marker in January of this year. Michael had a long and productive career as a scholar and activist for Indigenous rights, including those of his own Lummi community. We new him as a kind and thoughtful person who generously…
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January 5, 2021
New Colloquia Series: Responsible Trust in Science
REASONABLE TRUST IN SCIENCE – DATA SCIENCE A colloquia series presented by: Science and Technology Studies, and the Public Humanities Centre. These colloquia will be hosted online on Wednesdays, 12:30-2:00. Zoom link information is pending. Dominic Oldman (ResearchSpace, British…
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August 14, 2020
Working Tools Seminar Series Recordings Online
The I/S's twice postponed Working Tools workshop has been rescheduled as a Zoom seminar series for the Fall of 2020. Postponed once by a January snowstorm and then again by the COVID-19 pandemic, this workshop on digital pltaforms for data sharing and knowledge co-production between…
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March 13, 2020
Where Did Our Belongings Come From?
RESCHEDULED. We are pleased to announce the new time for one of last year's talks: Friday, January 15 at 3pm (PST) via Zoom: “Where Did Our Belongings Come From? Identifying long-distance transport of obsidian across in the ancient pacific northwest based on Indigenous-led…
