Student, staff, and faculty representatives on Indigenous engagement joined the event’s moderator, Dr. Dory Nason, Associate Professor of Teaching within the Institute of Critical Indigenous Studies and the Social Justice Institute, in dialogue about deepening the University’s commitment to Indigenous wellbeing within and beyond the classroom.
Panelists shared their insight on questions around problematic classroom encounters; the role of non-Indigenous people and those new to Indigenous engagement in furthering UBC’s uptake of the 2020 Indigenous Strategic Plan (ISP); and the importance of relationality in guiding initiatives of change. From these responses arose a central theme of doing this work with care, of weaving ethics of reciprocity, responsibility, and heart-centered work from the classroom up to the highest reaches of administration.
Please read the full article here: https://indigenousinitiatives.ctlt.ubc.ca/2021/04/29/wilict-panel-discussion/