Latest news

• Disrupting Conventional Systems with Emily LarsonJuly 19, 2020
  Digital systems consultant Emily Larson talks about technology and social justice.
• Kim Lawson joins Centre as Research and Community Liaison LibrarianJuly 17, 2020
  In this role, Kim is leading the development of educational and engagement initiatives, providing reference and instruction services, and collaborating on digital collections development at the Centre.
• 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.
• Vaughn Palmer: Vowing to reveal the truth of anti-Indigenous racism in health care systemJuly 13, 2020
  Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond, Aki-kwe, director of the Centre, is investigating anti-Indigenous racism in B.C.’s health care system.
• Interactive technology at the Centre nabs UX design awardJuly 12, 2020
  The Centre’s technology won the “UX For Good Award” at the 2019 Vancouver UX Awards.

Press releases

• 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.
• Dialogue of leaders highlights critical considerations for implementing the UN DeclarationDecember 6, 2018
  The Centre has released a summary report examining some of the past and current efforts that have been made to transform Crown-Indigenous relations across Canada, along with providing critical considerations for implementing the UN Declaration in British Columbia.
• Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond joins Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre and Allard School of LawApril 28, 2018
  Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond (Aki-kwe), a renowned Indigenous Canadian judge, lawyer and advocate, has joined UBC as the inaugural director of the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre (IRSHDC).

Media coverage

• Vaughn Palmer: Vowing to reveal the truth of anti-Indigenous racism in health care system
• Privacy promised in investigation into racism in B.C. healthcare system
• Racism in BC healthcare system inquiry launches survey for Indigenous Peoples
• ‘No celebrations’: Indigenous communities, leaders share Canada Day frustrations
• B.C. investigating allegations ER staff played ‘game’ to guess blood-alcohol level of Indigenous patients