Topics: EDI+Indigeneity
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
Health care leader Tania Dick joins UBC as its first Indigenous nursing lead
| Announcement
Edited: July 5, 2022 Tania Dick, a member of Dzawada'enuxw First Nations of Kingcome Inlet and a renowned Indigenous health care leader, has joined UBC as its first ever Indigenous Nursing Lead. The role was created at UBC Vancouver…
Racism in Indigenous health: It still exists
| Announcement
Indigenous healthcare, as Dr. Margaret Moss explains, covers at least two major areas: the treatment of Indigenous Peoples in the healthcare system and the lack of respect for Traditional Indigenous Knowledge.
3 things you can do to encourage diversity in STEM
| Announcement
Diversity in STEM: It’s a good thing. Although Anthonia set out to create a space inspired by the humanity of the Black experience, what she has found is that the scope has widened to include others as well.
Cicely Belle Blain in the Anti-Racism Speaker Series
Mar 22, 2022 | 4:30pm - 5:50pm | Event
Cicely Belle Blain, Bakau Consulting (they/them) is a Black, mixed, queer non-binary femme from London, United Kingdom now living on the lands of the Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh people.
Dr. Margaret Moss in the Anti-Racism Speaker Series
Feb 22, 2022 | 4:30pm - 5:50pm | Event
Margaret P. Moss is an enrolled member of the Mandan, Hidatsa, and Arikara Nation (Three Affiliated Tribes of North Dakota), and is also Dakhóta. Dr. Moss is the first and only American Indian to hold both nursing and juris doctor
SCARP's Housing Research Collaborative awarded $1.86 million in federal housing challenge
| Announcement
Edited: July 1, 2022
Anthonia Ogundele & Family in the Anti-Racism Speaker Series
Feb 9, 2022 | 4:30pm - 5:50pm | Event
In this edition of our Anti-Racism Speaker Series, one family has an inter-generational conversation on their experiences with role models and community within the engineering profession.
Anti-Racism Speaker Series
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BackgroundThe UBC Applied Science Anti-Racism Speaker Series invites Indigenous, Black, and people of colour (IBPOC) to speak about how colonial institutions have impacted the lived experiences of BIPOC communities, ranging from broader oppressive…
SSHRC grants awarded to UBC Applied Science-led research projects
| Announcement
Four research projects led by faculty members in the UBC School of Nursing and the School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture have received funding through the Insight Development Grant and
UBC Geering Up's climate change initiatives
| Announcement
UBC’s engineering outreach program, Geering Up, is made up of a team of UBC students who are working to shape pathways for K-12 youth to engage with the field of engineering in new an innovative ways and help fight climate change along the way.