We aim to encourage, promote, and facilitate engagement with Indigenous issues in our department, in alignment with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Calls to Action.
Psychology Indigenous Initiatives Committee
This committee brings together faculty, students, and staff with an interest in developing and implementing new initiatives aligned with UBC’s Indigenous Strategic Plan.
- Benjamin Cheung (Indigenization Advisor to the EDI Committee, Faculty)
- Kalina Christoff Hadjiilieva (Faculty)
- Irein Thomas (Graduate student)
- Rebecca Todd (Chair, Faculty)
- Catharine Winstanley (Faculty)
- Sheila Woody (Faculty)
Our committee is organizing a series of monthly events designed to Celebrate INdigenous Culture and History (CINCH). All department members are welcome! Please come along and join us as we explore Indigenous films, performances, activism, and literature.
CINCH Events
Indigenous Learning
New to thinking about Indigenous issues and how to get started on your own Truth and Reconciliation journey?
Consider enrolling in the Indigenous Learning Pathway, a self-directed multi-course training program developed by UBC that supports faculty and staff to engage with resources on Indigenous-focused topics.
IBPOC Resources
UBC’s Point Grey Campus is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam) people. The land it is situated on has been a place of intergenerational learning for the Musqueam people from time immemorial.
