Librarian & Information Organization Professional
Our newsletter is sent out monthly with topics of interest that include past and future events, links to stories published on our site, and media/articles that caught our team’s attention during that month. I began writing these for our team in October 2020 to the present.
This editorial shared opportunities to learn more about the history and legacy of Residential Schools, and provided opportunities to reflect and engage with the healing and reconciliation process.
Co-facilitated with my colleague, Hannah Coderre, this workshop showcased our different CTLT Indigenous Initiatives supported resources and ways that faculty and staff can use them in classroom and workplace discussions.
The one page newsletter brief serves to help others know more about the scope in communications and highlighting news, events, and resources related to Indigenous engagement across UBC campus. This document includes who our audience is, what guides our decisions in what we share in the newsletter, and how to submit related items to our newsletter.
The WILICT website is home to the research from this over 10 year project. Part of my role is website management and updating through WordPress.
When I teach and facilitate, I model how important it is to approach Indigenous topics with humility and responsibility in mind. Once a month, I cohost my team’s Virtual Coffees, where we invite the UBC community in for consultations and discussion on thoughtfully engaging with Indigenous content and representation. In this space, I share resources, activities, and act as a sounding board for new ideas to integrate into coursework.
CTLT Indigenous Initiatives and HR Workplace Learning & Engagement launched Respect, Sincerity & Responsibility: Land Acknowledgements @ UBC, a Workplace Learning Canvas course intended to guide you when creating a land acknowledgement. It explores what land acknowledgements are, their importance, and addresses barriers people face when creating an acknowledgement.
This workshop was recorded on YouTube as the facilitation team of the Virtual Land Acknowledgements at UBC workshop walked learners through the new online learning tool, and reflect as a team on the process behind its development.
On March 8, CTLT’s Indigenous Initiatives department welcomed the UBC community to a virtual screening and panel discussion of the Faculty Perspectives film created by the What I Learned in Class Today: Educational Experiences and Institutional Responses Renewed Project. My colleague, Keirra Webb, and I co-wrote this article to highlight the themes of the discussion.
With the release of new faculty perspectives videos from the WILICT renewed project (What I Learned in Class Today), our project team hosted multiple PD and discussion groups on the faculty perspectives videos.