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July 12, 2018

Eric Simons wins UBC Public Scholars Award

Congratulations to PhD student and Indigenous/Science researcher Eric Simons, who has received a UBC Public Scholars Award. This award supports innovative collaborative scholarship and provides funding for a stipend and research allowance. For more information about the Public Scholars Initiative,...

June 25, 2018

Rhy McMillan speaks about sourcing obsidian belongings from archaeological sites

Indigenous/Science researcher Rhy McMillan speaks about using geochemical techniques to determine the sources of obsidian used by Indigenous people to make stone tool belongings.

June 25, 2018

Cluster poster presented at RFG Conference 2018

The Indigenous/Science research cluster's approach and ambitions were presented as a poster at the Resources for Future Generations Conference 2018 in Vancouver. The full poster can be viewed here .

June 25, 2018

Wisdom on reconciliation and decolonization from Chief Lee Crowchild

May 31, 2018

Conversations on Indigenous/Science Research and Partnerships

As part of our Indigenous/Science seminar series, Denis St. Claire and Iain McKechnie will be discussing their partnership with the Tseshaht First Nation, and Dr. Catherine Chauvel will be describing her geochemical research on artifact-exchange networks in French Polynesia. Check out our events...

May 3, 2018

Indigenous/Science Seminar Series

The first Indigenous/Science Research Cluster Seminar willl take place on Thursday May 10 at 1:00 pm in the Museum of Anthropology (MOA) Room 214a (next to the MOA Cafe).

April 20, 2018

Meetings of the Partnership, Reflections, and Materials Analysis Subgroups

Each of our 3 sub-cluster groups (Partnership, Reflections, and Materials Analysis) held meetings in March and April. Summaries of these meetings and their outcomes can be found under the 'Meeting Summaries' tab.

April 3, 2018

Indigenous support for the March for Science

Indigenous scientists, agency professionals, tribal professionals, educators, traditional practitioners, family, youth, elders and allies from Indigenous communities and homelands all over the living Earth endorse and support the April 14 March for Science. They say, "Let us remember that long...

April 3, 2018

Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre

On April 9, 2018, the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre at UBC was opened to the public in a ceremony that included a statement of apology, delivered by President Santa J. Ono, to Indian residential school survivors and, more generally, to Indigenous people, for the university’s...

March 12, 2018

Friends, Research, and Misunderstandings

"Anthropological research is built upon friend-like relationships. This is our strength and our weakness." In this blog post on "Anthropology @ UBC", Charles Menzies refelcts on how research, especially anthropological work, is founded on personal relationships. These afford us extraordinary...

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Eric Simons wins UBC Public Scholars Award

Rhy McMillan speaks about sourcing obsidian belongings from archaeological sites

Cluster poster presented at RFG Conference 2018

Wisdom on reconciliation and decolonization from Chief Lee Crowchild

Conversations on Indigenous/Science Research and Partnerships

Indigenous/Science Seminar Series

Meetings of the Partnership, Reflections, and Materials Analysis Subgroups

Indigenous support for the March for Science

Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre

Friends, Research, and Misunderstandings