UBC Okanagan hosts Indigenous perspectives on science and systemic racism
This message was sent to all faculty and staff at UBC Okanagan on behalf of the Office of the Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Okanagan.
January 12, 2021
A message from Ananya Mukherjee Reed, Provost and Vice-President, Academic, UBC Okanagan
Dear colleagues,
Over the past several months, our campus has been facilitating bold discussions on systemic racism in academia through the Provost’s Speaker Series on System Racism. This has been in support of President Ono’s commitment for UBC to address racism and injustice both within our institution and beyond.
For our upcoming webinar, I am honoured to be joined by Elder Albert Marshall, Mi’kmaw Nation, the leading thinker who coined the term Two-Eyed Seeing / Etuaptmumk as a guiding principle for collaborative work; Dr. Jeannette Armstrong, Canada Research Chair in Okanagan Indigenous Knowledge and Philosophy, UBC Okanagan; and Aaron Prosper, a young scholar playing a leading role in the Mi’kmaw Nation Cancer Care Strategy in Nova Scotia. This is the second webinar in a three-part series focused on science and systemic racism; the third and final part will explore the views of Black scientists.
I encourage everyone to register for the next installment of our series on January 20:
Indigenous Perspectives: Science and Systemic Racism
Wednesday, January 20 | 1:30pm
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The panellists will lead a discussion on Indigenous Perspectives and Science and Systemic Racism, which will be followed by a moderated Q&A.
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