Indigenous Stories at UNBC

  • Dr. Margo Greenwood appointed to CIHR Institutes Advisory Board

    September 28, 2016

    UNBC professor Dr. Margo Greenwood has been appointed to the Institutes Advisory Board on Health Innovation with the Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR). Dr. Greenwood is an... more

  • Dr. Rheanna Robinson and Dr. Paulette Regan

    Education key to reconciliation, says Truth and Reconciliation Commission researcher

    August 26, 2016

    Universities such as UNBC can play a key leadership role in establishing and maintaining respectful relationships between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people. That was one of the key... more

  • Dr. Nadine Caron receives national Indigenous health award

    June 21, 2016

    In recognition for her work in advocating for Indigenous rights and cultural safety, Dr. Nadine Caron has received the 2016 Dr. Thomas Dignan Indigenous Health Award from the Royal College of... more

  • Lane, Little Bear Scheduled to Receive Honorary Degrees

    April 27, 2016

    Prince George, BC – Internationally acclaimed writer Patrick Lane and Aboriginal educator Dr. Leroy Little Bear are scheduled to receive honorary degrees at the 2016 convocation at UNBC’s... more

  • Research

    Cutting-edge health care launches in the North

    April 18, 2016

    Dr. Nadine Caron, an affiliate UNBC faculty member with the Northern Medical Program, is leading a project to establish a biobank that will be the first of its kind in B.C. Northern BC is... more

  • Impact of Giving

    Aboriginal Alumni to lead speaker series at UNBC

    January 15, 2016

    Prince George, BC – The University of Northern British Columbia will launch its inaugural Aboriginal Alumni Speaker Series next week as a way to celebrate aboriginal achievements while... more

  • Daniel Weeks and Clay Poutney
    Our President

    Building Reconciliation

    Our country is having many conversations around reconciliation. Educating our community is an important step. As the chief commissioner of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission stated... more

  • Students make an origami raven.
    Our Students

    Ravens for Reconciliation

    Folding a small square of black origami paper isn’t as easy as it seems. Even as one watches a video along with help from UNBC First Nations Centre staff, knowing that the end result... more

  • Dr. Travis Holyk and Dr. Henry Harder
    Our Research

    Strengthening Indigenous mental wellness

    Healthy individuals rooted in healthy communities is the focus of a unique Indigenous research partnership more than a decade in the making. Thanks to collaboration between UNBC and... more

  • Leona Prince
    Our Alumni

    Dreaming big

    Dreams play an important role in Indigenous culture. They provide meaningful connections to a person’s past, present, future, and traditions. When Leona Prince was gifted a dream from... more

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