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PODCAST

Coming February 3, 2022

Listen to the first episode of the Centre’s new podcast Love, Land & Spirit, a podcast series about connection, community, culture, and Indigeneity written and hosted by a team of four Indigenous youth.

VIDEO

November 30, 2021

For those who were unable to join us for the Dialogue Decolonizing Wellness: Indigenous Women’s Perspectives on Healthcare on November 30, 2021, the video is now available for viewing.

COLLECTIONS

December 7, 2021

View the Centre’s latest featured collection to learn more about the 2015 court case that released the Catholic Church from its obligations to Survivors.

Latest News

• COVID update: Omicron variant
  Please note, in light of the emergence of the Omicron variant of COVID-19 and in order to assure the safety of team and visitors, the Centre will remain […]
• Report Summarizes the First Indigenous Women’s Health-related Dialogue
  January 7, 2022 The Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre at UBC has released a new report to summarize the first Indigenous Women’s health-related dialogue held on […]
• Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, Aki-Kwe, receives Order of Canada
  December 29, 2021 The Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre’s Academic Director Dr. Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, Aki-Kwe, has been appointed an Officer to the Order of Canada, […]

The records offer diverse perspectives (former students, officials, journalists, scholars) and include Survivor testimonies, Truth and Reconciliation Commission hearings, photographs, maps, government documents, church documents, and newspaper articles.

Responding to Survivors’ desire to have a single point of access to residential school records, the Centre provides access to an online database containing digital copies of records from partner organizations. This single access point brings together records that are otherwise dispersed online and in physical spaces.

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The Centre is located on the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ speaking xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam people). We are privileged to work with the Musqueam First Nation and the Musqueam Archives as community partners.

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