Latest news

• Career opportunity: Cultural Support Program Coordinator for IRSHDC and UBC FNHLApril 22, 2021
  Applications accepted until end of day May 13.
• Eighth UNDRIP discussion paper looks at BC’s DRIPA and proposed federal government legislation, Bill C-15April 21, 2021
  ‘Taking “All Measures Necessary” to Ensure Laws are Consistent with the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples’ is the latest paper in the Implementing UNDRIP in BC: discussion paper series.
• Indigenous leaders, experts urge Ottawa to quickly pass UNDRIP bill before electionApril 16, 2021
  Centre Academic Director Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, Aki-Kwe, recently spoke to the Canadian Press about federal legislation on UNDRIP.
• Cultural heritage webinar seriesMarch 31, 2021
  The Global Conversations on the Return of Cultural Heritage webinar series includes researchers and professors from across the globe.
• UBC honorary degree recipients include EldersMarch 31, 2021
  UBC is recognizing Indigenous Elders from the Secwepmc, Okanagan, Tahltan and Cowichan Nations at its commencement ceremonies in May.

Press releases

• To end racism against Indigenous peoples, we have to name it and speak upJanuary 18, 2021
  Centre Academic Director Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, Aki-Kwe, authored an op-ed in the Globe and Mail about racism in Canada.
• National partnership benefits residential school SurvivorsNovember 26, 2020
  The Centre has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the Shingwauk Residential Schools Centre in Ontario.
• Centre awarded funding for multi-year exhibition documenting Indian hospitals in BC and AlbertaJuly 14, 2020
  Collaborative exhibit sheds light on the forgotten history of “Indian” and tuberculosis hospitals from the 1940s to the early 1970s.
• New discussion paper series highlights UNDRIP implementation in BCMarch 10, 2020
  The Centre’s new discussion paper series aims to create dialogue about the Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act, and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.
• Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre congratulates BC on implementing a key Call to Action from the Truth and Reconciliation CommissionNovember 28, 2019
  The summary report highlights some of the issues raised at the November dialogue, including a technical review of the bill, a primer with more detailed explanation of DRIPA, and a summary of some of the key discussion at the session.

Media coverage

• Indigenous leaders, experts urge Ottawa to quickly pass UNDRIP bill before election
• Racism in health care review finds stereotypes drive ‘abusive interactions’ with Indigenous patients
• Digital archive to help National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation access Residential School Survivor stories
• Two-Spirit couple face racism and discrimination on journey to motherhood
• Racism in health care is taking a terrible toll on Indigenous People, report finds