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We are thrilled to extend our congratulations to CIS Faculty member, Daniel Heath Justice, for being awarded the Distinguished University Scholar Award of 2023! This award, presented every two years, serves as a testament to Dr. Justice’s outstanding scholarship in the areas of English and Critical Indigenous Studies. His commitment to these areas has been […]

CIS would like to give a warm welcome to Dr. Tricia Logan who will be joining as an Assistant Professor in FNIS! Tricia is a Métis scholar with more than 20 years of experience working with Indigenous communities in Canada. She has her PhD in History and has held roles at the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation, […]

Dr. Turin has been awarded the 2023 Dean of Arts Mentorship award. This award celebrates mentors in the Arts and those who foster a community of inclusion and respect at UBC. Mark Turin is described as a mentor who goes above and beyond to help and encourage students. His adaptive approach to mentoring enables him […]

Congratulations to Dr. Linc Kesler, who has been appointed as a member of the Panel on Responsible Conduct of Research (PRCR). Dr. Kesler’s role will be to help foster ethical research practices, as well as provide valuable advice on responsible research environments. Created by Canada’s three federal research agencies, CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC, the PRCR […]

September 7th, 2021 A total of ten UBC faculty members have been announced by the Royal Society of Canada (RSC) as new Fellows and as new Members of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists. Among them is Dr. Sheryl Lightfoot, Canada Research Chair of Global Indigenous Rights and Politics and FNIS Professor. Dr. […]

The University of British Columbia welcomes Dr. Bernard C. Perley as the new Director of the Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies in the Faculty of Arts. An Indigenous anthropologist and leading scholar in the field of language revitalization, Dr. Perley will assume the role for a five-year term starting July 1st, 2020. “We are pleased and fortunate […]

January 2021 Congratulations to FNIS Professor Daniel Heath Justice, who has been appointed Officer of the Order of Canada. Those appointed to the Order of Canada are recognized for their extraordinary contributions to the nation that inspire, teach and show the way forward to creating a better country. Daniel, who is a Cherokee Nation enrolled […]

April 2021 Congratulations to Dr. Candace Galla, Associate Professor with the Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies and Language and Literacy Education in the Faculty of Education, for her receipt of the Killam Research Fellowship award! For more information about the award, visit UBC’s Faculty Research Awards page. Dr. Galla’s research and scholarship focuses on Hawaiian […]

March 2021 Congratulations to Dr. Sheryl Lightfoot, Associate Professor with First Nations and Indigenous Studies, Political Science and School of Public Policy and Global Affairs, for her recent appointment as the North American member on the United Nations Expert Mechanism on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. In an interview with SPPGA, Dr. Lightfoot described EMRIP […]

January 2021 This past January, CIS hosted a live Q&A with Asivak Koostachin, lead actor in Red Snow by Marie Clements. To access the recording of the event, please contact cis.comms@ubc.ca. At the event, Asivak discussed his experience making the film in a dynamic conversation with CIS and UBC students. This past summer, Sarah Ann […]

December 2020 As we wrap up a truly unprecedented year for all of us, we at CIS want to celebrate our community togetherness and mutual support with a season’s greeting that acknowledges the challenges of this past year but looks forward to continued success and community health and wellbeing in the new year. Wosiki woliwon […]