ISP Toolkit in Action Panel – An Opportunity to Learn from Colleagues

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Event Description

To help guide implementation of the Indigenous Strategic Plan (ISP), the Office of Indigenous Strategic Initiatives (OISI) developed a set of tools which both academic and operational units can use to help situate themselves in relation to Indigenous engagement and create a plan that aligns their work with the ISP’s eight goals and 43 actions.

Many units, teams, and departments have begun working with the ISP toolkit over the past two years. This panel is an opportunity to learn from their experiences and ask questions that will help you move forward with the ISP toolkit.

The session is presented by OISI and the Indigenous Initiatives team at the Centre for Teaching Learning and Technology (CTLT). It is open to all staff, faculty and students at UBCV and UBCO.

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Moderator

Vicki Lynne George (Wet’suwet’en) is the Associate Director, Office of Indigenous Strategic Initiatives and was a key team member in the development of the 2020 UBC Indigenous Strategic Plan. She is also a UBC FNIS alumna and provided input and advice for the 2009 UBC Aboriginal Strategic Plan. Vicki returned to UBC in 2019 with 23 years of legal experience and she has extensive knowledge of Indigenous history, particularly in BC. Since her undergrad, she has been a frequent guest speaker at UBC, SFU, companies and organizations sharing her practicum research project on the “Constitution Express.”

 

 

 

Panelists

Russell Willms is new to the UBC Okanagan Campus since January 2022, now serving in the role of Interuniversity Sport Coordinator for Heat Athletics. Prior to this, he spent almost 14 years as the Director of Athletics at Canadian Mennonite University in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Since 2017, he became profoundly committed to utilizing the platform of university sports to support reconciliation initiatives on campus and in the community.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Evan Mauro is a Lecturer in the Coordinated Arts Program at UBC, where he teaches academic writing, literature, and community engagement. His research is in cultural studies and critical theory, American literature, global modernisms, and critical university studies.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nicole Balsdon is the Teaching & Learning Coordinator at the Beaty Biodiversity Museum on Musqueam Traditional Territory at UBC’s Vancouver Campus. In her role, she works with a large team of staff, students, and volunteers to help visitors understand the value of biodiversity through formal and informal programming. This summer, she’s guided a team of museum staff to collaboratively work through the ISP toolkit with the support of CTLT and is looking forward to sharing her experience and learn from the other panelists.

 

 

 

 

 

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This event will hosted online on Zoom.