Events

Check out some upcoming CIS events on the calendar below!

You can find more Indigenous-related events for Indigenous students, faculty and the wider community at UBC’s Indigenous Portal calendar.

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Upcoming Events

Past Events

• Dr Zoe Todd

  5th Dec 2023 4:00 pm to 5th Dec 2023 4:00 pm

  
  Dr Zoe Todd keynote address Centre for Climate Justice

• Dreamcatcher Workshop

  30th Nov 2023 12:30 pm to 30th Nov 2023 12:30 pm

  
  Join us in learning how to make your own dreamcatcher!   Come to the Longhouse from 12:20 to 2:30.

• Lau Ting Hui Talk: Decolonial Endurance: Indigenous World Making on the China-Myanmar Border

  27th Nov 2023 2:30 pm to 27th Nov 2023 2:30 pm

  
  Join Lau Ting Hui for her talk at room 604 in the Asian Center between 2:30 and 4:00 pm. This talk focuses on Indigenous Lisu subsistence farmers on the China-Mvanmar border and their experiences of Chinese colonial development. Based on long-term ethnographic fieldwork, I examine how Lisu practice decolonial world making to sustain relationships with...

• Chadwick Allen Talk: Earthworks in Transit: Indigenous Mound Building in the 20th and 21st Centuries

  27th Nov 2023 2:00 pm to 27th Nov 2023 2:00 pm

  
  In the twenty-first century, large-scale Indigenous mound building has been reactivated in what is now Oklahoma, where so many mound-building and mound-stewarding peoples were forcibly relocated in the nineteenth century. However, the building of contemporary earthworks is neither confined to the twenty-first century nor Oklahoma. In the twentieth century, during the height of the Red...

• Pumpkin Carving with AISA and CIS

  26th Oct 2023 2:30 pm to 26th Oct 2023 2:30 pm

  
  Get into the fall spirit with AISA and CIS! Join us for an afternoon of artistic expression and autumnal delight. Celebrate National Pumpkin Day and get creative by carving a pumpkin and bringing it to life. When: October 26th, 2023 from 2:30 pm to 4:00 pm Where: Buchanan E, Room 273

• Mario Kart Tournament with AISA and CIS

  26th Oct 2023 12:30 pm to 26th Oct 2023 12:30 pm

  
  Attention to all Mario Kart enthusiasts!   AISA and CIS are collaborating on an engine-revving Mario Kart tournament in the Community Engaged Documentation and Research (CEDaR) space. Whether you are a seasoned racer or a rookie to the tracks, get ready to play against other community members on the Nintendo Switch in the CEDaR space...

• Dreamweavers: Indigenous Poetry in Conversation

  25th Oct 2023 1:30 am to 25th Oct 2023 1:30 am

  
  Be a part of a transformative afternoon of Indigenous poetry hosted by the remarkable Billy-Ray Belcourt! Celebrate the launch of two revelatory works by emerging talents Samantha Nock and Brandi Bird. Listen to readings, get your copies signed, buy books from Iron Dog Books, and eat delicious snacks! Join us in the Sty-Wet-Tan Great Hall...

• Greenheart Treewalk

  5th Oct 2023 2:00 pm to 5th Oct 2023 2:00 pm

  
  CIS and AISA invite you to join us at the Greenheart tree walk at the UBC Botanical Garden! We will be meeting in the AISA lounge at 1:30 in Buchanan D. You can either meet us there at 1:30 or at the garden at 2pm! RSVP here.

• CoDHerS Opening Celebration

  4th Oct 2023 12:30 pm to 4th Oct 2023 12:30 pm

  
  CIS is co-sponsoring the open house celebration of the Collaborative Digital Heritage Studio (CoDHerS) opening. Join us in the Asian Centre! Lunch and refreshments will be provided. To find out more about the event click here.

• Orange Shirt Day

  30th Sep 2023 to 30th Sep 2023

  
  

• Beaded Orange Shirt Workshop

  27th Sep 2023 2:00 pm to 27th Sep 2023 2:00 pm

  
  Join CIS and AISA in creating beaded crafts in honour of Truth and Reconciliation Day! Come to Room 273 in Buchanan E, 1866 Main Mall to enjoy time crafting, snacking, and talking.

• Dr. Candace Brunette-Debassige Talk: Tricky Administrative Spaces: Indigenous Women Administrators’ Experiences in Canadian Universities

  19th Sep 2023 10:30 am to 19th Sep 2023 10:30 am

  
  CIS and the Peter Wall Institute for Advanced Studies are hosting a lecture by Dr. Candace Brunette-Debassige on the structural and ideological issues surrounding institutional-Indigenization work in Canadian universities. The talk will focus on the lived experiences of Indigenous women administrators striving to advance Indigenous women administrators. The talk will take place at the Indian...

• Indigenous Politics in Chile 50 Years After the Coup

  16th Sep 2023 10:00 am to 16th Sep 2023 10:00 am

  
  CIS is co-sponsoring a one-day workshop that seeks to revisit the legacies of the military coup that overthrew the Unidad Popular government of Salvador Allende.

• CIS Director Dr. Bernard Perley Talk: Having Reservations: Ethnographing Consequential Insecurities

  14th Sep 2023 12:30 pm to 14th Sep 2023 12:30 pm

  
  Dr. Bernard Perley, the CIS Director will be presenting his talk: Having Reservations: Ethnographing Consequential Insecurities at the Anthropology & Sociology Building. Come to ANSO 6303, Room 134 to hear an illuminating talk on the possibilities of ethnography in social justice.

• Ice cream day

  6th Sep 2023 to 6th Sep 2023

  
  Celebrate back to school and come pick up some ice cream from CIS.

• Dumplings and Flags

  9th Aug 2023 12:00 pm to 9th Aug 2023 12:00 pm

  
  CIS is hosting a celebration of global Indigeneity! Join us  at the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Center for food and games designed around Indigenous flags.    

• NDN Taco-Making Workshop

  29th Jun 2023 11:00 am to 29th Jun 2023 11:00 am

  
  CIS, FNHL, and the ILC are hosting an NDN taco-making workshop. You can join to make bannock, tacos, or come later just to have lunch! Come to the First Nations Longhouse at 11am-12pm for the workshop and at 12pm-1pm just for lunch.

• UBC Decolonization Tour

  28th Jun 2023 11:00 am to 28th Jun 2023 11:00 am

  
  Come along with the CIS and the Belkin Art Gallery on a decolonization walking tour. The tour will highlight site-specific artworks by Indigenous artists, raising questions about issues of place, space and identity. The tour will begin at 11am from the Belkin Art Gallery.

• Decolonizing Cartography

  21st Jun 2023 1:00 pm to 21st Jun 2023 1:00 pm

  
  Come along with CIS to check out the interactive “Indigenous Peoples Atlas of Canada” map for Indigenous Peoples Day! You can drop by the IKB Peña Room anytime between 1pm-3pm.

• Gloria Mellesmoen Talk: “Community” Morphemes: A Theory-Informed Reanalysis of Reduplication in ʔayʔaǰuθəm

  19th May 2023 11:00 am to 19th May 2023 11:00 am

  
  Gloria Mellesmoen considers reduplication (doubling sounds), which is used to build up words in all 23 Salish languages. Due to the context-dependent nature of reduplicative morpheme forms, a challenge arises when trying to pin down a single meaning to an expansive and near limitless set of sounds.   Come to BuTo 225 or join via...

• Biodegradable Blessings: Prayer Flags and Ephemeral Materiality in Indigenous Himalayas.

  17th Apr 2023 12:30 pm to 17th Apr 2023 12:30 pm

  
  CIS is co-sponsoring an interdisciplinary workshop – Biodegradable Blessings: Prayer Flags and Ephemeral Materiality in Indigenous Himalayas. April 17th at the Asian Centre from 12:30 – 2:30 pm.

• FNIS 400: Practicum Presentations

  12th Apr 2023 9:30 am to 12th Apr 2023 9:30 am

  
  FNIS 400 Students’ Practicum Presentations will take place on April 12th, 2023 from 9:30am – 12:30pm at the Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre. We welcome guests to attend in-person if possible, and we will also be hosting an online space for guests to join us remotely. To RSVP, please respond to this survey April 2nd, 2023....

• Global Indigenous Leadership on Climate Action conference

  11th Apr 2023 to 11th Apr 2023

  
  Global Indigenous Leadership on Climate Action conference on April 11th at the IRSHDC. Featuring CIS’s own Bernard Perley and Pasang Sherpa.

• Drum Making workshop

  28th Mar 2023 4:00 pm to 28th Mar 2023 4:00 pm

  
  Join AISA and CIS for a drum making workshop where you will learn to make your own drum. Located in the AISA student lounge in Buchanan D.

• Meet the Faculty

  28th Mar 2023 11:00 am to 28th Mar 2023 11:00 am

  
  Meet the Faculty event hosted by Dr. Glen Coulthard and Dr. Pasang Sherpa. Get to know your professors better in a casual setting. Tea and bannock will be provided.

• Student rock climbing

  21st Mar 2023 5:00 pm to 21st Mar 2023 5:00 pm

  
  Join us at the Aviary climbing gym in the nest for some indoor rock climbing. No experience required. Please RSVP: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_55ct7venfG3Q5f0  

• Meet the Faculty

  16th Mar 2023 11:00 am to 16th Mar 2023 11:00 am

  
  Our first Meet the Faculty event this year will be hosted by Dr. Daniel Justice and Dr. Grace Point. Get to know your professors better in a casual setting. Tea and bannock will be provided.

• Longhouse student Lunch

  7th Mar 2023 12:00 pm to 7th Mar 2023 12:00 pm

  
  CIS will be hosting the student lunch at the First Nations Longhouse, on March 7th at 12:00 pm.

• 6th Feb 2023 11:00 am to 6th Feb 2023 11:00 am

  
  Join us for an Indigenous Poetry bus tour. Hosted by Professors David Gaertner and Daisy Rosenblum, as well as Poets Fiona Tinwei Lam and Debra Sparrow. RSVP here: https://ubc.ca1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_blugAeqF6EuCBsG

• Volleyball game

  3rd Feb 2023 5:00 pm to 3rd Feb 2023 5:00 pm

  
  Join us for a friendly Volleyball game. All experience levels welcome.

• Indigenous Graduation Celebration Spring 2022

  25th May 2022 11:00 am to 25th May 2022 11:00 am

  
  On Wednesday, May 25th 2022, join us for a graduation celebration to honour our Indigenous students who have completed their final Fall 2021 and/or Spring 2022 courses! We welcome students and their guests to celebrate this momentous milestone with us in the Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre from 11:00am—1:00pm, where there will be sit down meal service, speeches for the Graduates, photo slide shows and more! We hope to see you there.

• FNIS & FNEL Anniversaries

  20th May 2022 to 20th May 2022

  
  Today marks the important anniversary of both the First Nations and Indigenous Studies (FNIS) and the First Nations and Endangered Languages (FNEL) departments, here at UBC. Join us in acknowledging the meaningful work that both programs engage in with students and community alike.

• Research Talk: Krista ᐅᓗᔪᒃ Zawadski

  20th Apr 2022 10:00 am to 20th Apr 2022 10:00 am

  
  Join us for Krista ᐅᓗᔪᒃ Zawadski’s research talk on April 20th at 10 am via Zoom. Zawadski will be delivering a talk, “Collecting from Within: Inuit Knowledge and Museum Collections.” Access the Zoom link here.

• Research Talk: Daniel Sims

  13th Apr 2022 10:00 am to 13th Apr 2022 10:00 am

  
  Join us for Dr. Daniel Sims’ research talk on April 13th at 10 am via Zoom. Dr. Sims will be delivering a talk, “A Forgotten Land: Tsek’ehne Concepts of Wilderness and Development in the Finlay-Parsnip Watershed of Northern British Columbia, 1871-1956.” Access the Zoom link here.

• FNIS 400: Practicum Presentations

  30th Mar 2022 10:45 am to 30th Mar 2022 10:45 am

  
  FNIS 400 Students’ Practicum Presentations will take place from 10:45am-3:30pm on Wednesday, March 30th. The event will be virtual via Zoom. To RSVP, please respond to this survey. Please see the FNIS Practicum Presentation Poster here.

• Rattlemaking Workshop

  24th Mar 2022 6:00 pm to 24th Mar 2022 6:00 pm

  
  Please join the Indigenous Committee and the Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies for a rattle making workshop on March 24th 2022 at 6:00pm – 8:30pm Where: This is a hybrid event. For in-person, visit the AMS Nest Room 2504. For Zoom: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/62439365811?pwd=N1l0S1RJeXBqc1RxRnNUR1V1dk1Vdz09 Who: Any Indigenous Committee member, and FNIS or FNEL student. 10 spots are...

• ISSA: Red Rose Tea, Talk, & Timbits

  17th Mar 2022 3:00 pm to 17th Mar 2022 3:00 pm

  
  Join the Indigenous Studies Student Association at the UBC Rose Garden for Red Rose Tea, Talk, & Timbits on Thursday March 17th, from 3-4pm. If it is raining, we will meet in Buchanan E-273. We hope to see you there!

• CIS x AISA: Longhouse Lunch

  16th Mar 2022 12:00 pm to 16th Mar 2022 12:00 pm

  
  CIS and AISA are cohosting an FNHL Lunch on Wednesday March 16 from 12pm-2pm. For more details, email Siera Stonechild, CIS’ Outreach and Engagement Specialist (siera.stonechild@ubc.ca).

• CIS Wellness: On-the-Go Breakfast

  25th Nov 2021 12:00 pm to 25th Nov 2021 12:00 pm

  
  Join us on Thursday, November 25th, 12-2pm, for our on-the-go breakfast event. We’ll be in E-273 (Second floor of Buchanan E) making energy bites and smoothies. This event is open to all FNIS and FNEL students! Hope to see you there!

• UBC Reads Sustainability with Dallas Hunt

  18th Nov 2021 4:00 pm to 18th Nov 2021 4:00 pm

  
  Join UBC Sustainability for a reading by Dallas Hunt from CREELAND, a collection of poetry concerned with connections to home and language, even from great distances, and the power of these connections as part of a process of creating, living, and flourishing. “The poems in this collection are preoccupied with the role of Indigenous aesthetics...

• Longhouse Lunch: CIS and AISA

  17th Nov 2021 12:00 pm to 17th Nov 2021 12:00 pm

  
  We have teamed up with Arts Indigenous Student Advising to co-host the Longhouse Lunch on November 17th from 12pm to 2pm! Stop in to meet your advisors, chat with some upper year Arts students, and learn more about what CIS and AISA do! See you on the 17th!

• “ISSA” Scary Movie!

  28th Oct 2021 12:00 pm to 28th Oct 2021 12:00 pm

  
  This Thursday October 28th, from 12-2pm, join the Indigenous Studies Students’ Association (ISSA) and CIS for our Halloween event! Come out to E-273 (second floor of Buchanan E, south end of the hallway). We’ll be showing a Halloween classic, handing out colouring sheets, popcorn & goodie bags. Feel free to wear your costume! This event...

• ISSA’s First Meeting

  21st Oct 2021 12:00 pm to 21st Oct 2021 12:00 pm

  
  The Indigenous Studies Students’ Association is having our first meeting of the year this Thursday, October 21st! Please join us from 12-2pm in the Buchanan E Meeting Room (room 273) for bannock, tea and conversation. All students are welcome to attend! ABOUT ISSA: ISSA is a student run collective partnered with the Institute for Critical...

• CIS Director Bernie Perley Talk: Language Fantasies in Technotopia: Hammers, Rabbits, and Plugs…Oh My!

  8th Oct 2021 3:30 pm to 8th Oct 2021 3:30 pm

  
  On Friday October 8th from 3:30 to 5pm, join CIS Director Bernie Perley for a talk with UBC Linguistics, “Language Fantasies in Technotopia: Hammers, Rabbits, and Plugs…Oh My!” Learn more here.

• Orange Shirt Day

  30th Sep 2021 to 30th Sep 2021

  
  September 30 is an annual day to recognize and raise awareness about the residential school system in Canada, join together in the spirit of reconciliation, and honour the experiences of Indigenous Peoples. Between the late 1800s and 1996, more than 150,000 First Nations, Métis and Inuit children attended Indian residential schools – Orange Shirt Day...

• ILC x CIS Beading Circle

  29th Sep 2021 3:00 pm to 29th Sep 2021 3:00 pm

  
  Join the ILC and CIS from 3pm to 5pm for our bi-weekly beading circle! Any Indigenous person affiliated with UBC is welcome to attend. If you wish to participate in beading be sure to have beading thread, a beading needle, size 11/0 seed beads, and any additional jewelry hardware. We hope to see many of...

• ILC x CIS Beading Circle

  15th Sep 2021 3:00 pm to 15th Sep 2021 3:00 pm

  
  Join the ILC and CIS from 3pm to 5pm for our bi-weekly beading circle! Any Indigenous person affiliated with UBC is welcome to attend. If you wish to participate in beading be sure to have beading thread, a beading needle, size 11/0 seed beads, and any additional jewelry hardware. We hope to see many of...

• ILC x CIS Beading Circle

  18th Aug 2021 3:00 pm to 18th Aug 2021 3:00 pm

  
  Join the ILC and CIS from 3pm to 5pm for our bi-weekly beading circle! Any Indigenous person affiliated with UBC is welcome to attend. If you wish to participate in beading be sure to have beading thread, a beading needle, size 11/0 seed beads, and any additional jewelry hardware. We hope to see many of...

• ILC x CIS Beading Circle

  4th Aug 2021 3:00 pm to 4th Aug 2021 3:00 pm

  
  Join the ILC and CIS from 3pm to 5pm for our bi-weekly beading circle! Any Indigenous person affiliated with UBC is welcome to attend. If you wish to participate in beading be sure to have beading thread, a beading needle, size 11/0 seed beads, and any additional jewelry hardware. We hope to see many of...

• Distinguished Indigenous Speakers Series: Dr. Raven Sinclair

  2nd Mar 2021 5:00 pm to 2nd Mar 2021 5:00 pm

  
  On Tuesday, March 2, 2021, join Dr. Raven Sinclair for her discussion addressing the Sixties Scoop. The event, organized through the UBC School of Social Work, will go from 5 pm – 6:30 pm. Click here for more information.

• Red Snow: Q&A with Asivak Koostachin

  22nd Jan 2021 7:00 pm to 22nd Jan 2021 7:00 pm

  
  On January 22, 2021, CIS will be hosting a live Q&A with Asivak Koostachin, star of Red Snow (2019). The film is about Dylan, a Gwich’in soldier from the Canadian Arctic, caught in an ambush in Kandahar, Afghanistan. His capture and interrogation by a Taliban Commander releases a cache of memories connected to the love...

• Massy Reads: On Interrogating the Colonial Frame

  18th Nov 2020 7:00 pm to 18th Nov 2020 7:00 pm

  
  On Wednesday, November 18, 7-8:15pm PST, join UBC Authors Hannah Turner (School of Information) and David Gaertner (Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies) for a Public Humanities Hub conversation, “Massy Reads: On Interrogating the Colonial Frame.” The event will be moderated by Daniel Heath Justice (Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies). The book launch series is co-hosted...

• National Aboriginal Veteran’s Day

  8th Nov 2020 to 8th Nov 2020

  
  On November 8, 1994, National Aboriginal Veterans Day was established by the federal government to honour the thousands of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis who served in the world wars, the Korean War, and later conflicts. The day is often marked by remembrance of those Indigenous soldiers who were killed in the wars, but also...

• Decolonize THIS (media) with Angela Sterritt

  27th Oct 2020 12:30 pm to 27th Oct 2020 12:30 pm

  
  The UBC School of Journalism, Writing, and Media and the Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies are pleased to invite you to Decolonize THIS (media), a special talk featuring 2020 UBC Asper Visiting Professor and award-winning journalist, Angela Sterritt and moderated by UBC Associate Professor, Dr. Candis Callison. Register for this free, virtual event here. For...

• Decolonizing Citations Workshop

  22nd Oct 2020 2:00 pm to 22nd Oct 2020 2:00 pm

  
  On Oct 22, 3-4:30 PM MST (2-3:30 PST), learn about “citational politics,” existing templates for citing Indigenous Elders/Knowledge Keepers, and current initiatives at X̱wi7x̱wa to further legitimize citing Indigenous Elders/Knowledge Keepers in academia. For more information and registration, click here.