UVic has invested $500,000 into the Raven Fund in support of Indigenous enterprises as catalysts for social change and prosperity. It is the university鈥檚 first impact investment
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John Borrows is available to media to discuss the introduction of a bill by the federal government to implement the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
John Borrows, Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Law at UVic, is a 2020 recipient of the Governor General's Innovation Award, announced today. Borrows talks about how Indigenous laws and protocols are helping to protect First Nations during the COVID-19 pandemic and how Indigenous laws and the new Canada-US-Mexico Agreement will provide a healthier and an economically stronger future for First Nations.
John Borrows, Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Law at UVic, is a 2020 recipient of the Governor General's Innovation Award, announced today. Borrows talks about how Indigenous laws and protocols are helping to protect First Nations during the COVID-19 pandemic and how Indigenous laws and the new Canada-US-Mexico Agreement will provide a healthier and an economically stronger future for First Nations.
Donor funding expands a lab鈥檚 research, and teaching and outreach programs in community-driven applied conservation science.
Indigenous leader Ry Moran becomes Canada鈥檚 first-ever Associate University Librarian鈥擱econciliation at UVic Libraries. In this new role, Moran will be looking to partner with Indigenous communities and work to directly address the need to help preserve and sustain Indigenous knowledge, as well as introduce Indigenous approaches to knowledge into the daily work of the Libraries.
Ry Moran, an Indigenous leader who guided the creation of a national archive that includes thousands of stories from residential school survivors, is appointed as the inaugural associate university librarian 鈥� reconciliation at UVic. It is the first position of its kind at a Canadian university.
番茄社区 experts are available to media to discuss various aspects of the current Wet'suwet'en-Coastal GasLink dispute including protests and blockades, broader issues of Indigenous law and governance structures, environmental review processes, the impact of colonial policies and where the public discussion should go next.
An interview about recent UVic research that argues for a fundamental shift in how government treats Indigenous rights and knowledge.聽
The federal government is failing to meaningfully engage with Indigenous knowledge in environmental decision-making, setting the stage for more conflict over pipelines, two 番茄社区 researchers say.
UVic Librarian Pia Russell was inspired by the findings from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) to accomplish a fourth university degree, graduating in one of the first cohorts in UVic鈥檚 new masters in public history program.
On Nov. 5, the First Nations Education Foundation announced the Language Revitalization Pole will be installed in Port Alberni. The university was honoured to be asked by the foundation in January 2019 to be the original intended location and also now supports the FNEF's decision to pursue a new location.
Helping one another to advance respect and reconciliation
The fourth in a series of articles exploring how staff and faculty across campus are implementing UVic鈥檚 Strategic Framework.
Securing funding for a new national centre for Indigenous law and reconciliation, and launching the world鈥檚 first Indigenous law degree program, are just two of the significant steps UVic has taken this year to advance its commitment to foster鈥�
