Introducing a CIS and AISA event facilitating fresh air, connection, and good company!🌱 Join us in the AISA Lounge at 1:30 PM, Wednesday October 8th for an opportunity to meet fellow students and explore UBC's beautiful Botanical Garden. All students welcome!☀️

How does trauma shape claims to Indigeneity? Join Dr. Audra Simpson for “Occupying Selves” or “How to be an Indian via Unciteable Pain” — a lecture on identity, trauma, and “ethnic fraud.” 📍 UBC Liu Institute 🗓 Oct 14 | 7–9 PM 🔗 https://t.co/DZjpJih353 #IndigenousStudies

Our new issue features this research note by Candace Galla (@UBC_CIS), Anastasia Zhuravleva, and Firth McEachern. Head to our website to read the full article! #bcstudies #newissue #issuerelease #nativehawaiian #relationaltechnologies #linguistics #criticalindigenousstudies

Our new issue features this reflection by Patrick Pennefather (@ppennefather ; @TheatreUBC ; @FilmUBC ; @ubc_eml), David Gaertner (@UBC_CIS), and Kris Krüg (@vancouver_ai). Head to our website to read the full article! #bcstudies #newissue #issuerelease #ai #vancouver #newmedia

Head to https://t.co/IpZABN2pse to register now! (@UBC_History @UBC_CIS @AllardLaw @edstubc @CCJ_UBC @UBCGeog @MOA_UBC @UBCPhilosophy @GRSJInstitute @UBCAnth @SFUHistory @Van_History @KPUHistory)

CIS professor Dr. Mark Turin co-authored the piece "Trump's English language order upends America's long multilingual history" for The Conversation. Notably, the piece features a Canadian angle and an Indigenous angle. Read here: https://t.co/EU4drGvaRc

CIS Professor Dr. Candis Callison will be instructing PPGA 591Z: Climate Change, Media, and Indigenous Peoples and Policy in W2024 Term 2!

Interested in Indigenous environmentalism? CIS professor Dr. Pasang Yangjee Sherpa is teaching this Asian Studies course that will examine the works of Indigenous scholars from different parts of Asia to understand how they illuminate Indigenous environmentalism.

CIS is undergoing a regularly scheduled external review by the University.  How to Submit: 📄 Write a statement no more than 2 pages 🖋️ Sign your statement ✉️ Email your statement to Dr. Dylan Robinson: artsadmin.rc@ubc.ca

Cultural Interpreters Tour at the Museum of Anthropology next week! No sign up required, learn more here: https://t.co/N5FXMpYR53

🍲CIS Community Soup Lunch🍲 Join us on Wednesday, November 27th for our first CIS Community Soup Lunch, hosted by the CIS Events Committee! We'll be serving hot, homemade soup from 12pm - 2pm. Come by for a warm bowl and good company!

Tomorrow is a day to remember the contributions of Louis Riel in defending Métis freedoms and paving the way for Indigenous rights.🌟♾️

Join Naomi Klein, Dr. Kendra Jewell, Erin Blondeau, and Chris Russill for a discussion on how fantastical conspiracy theories are shaping climate discourse and far-right agendas while threatening Indigenous rights. 📅 19 NOV @ 4PM PT via Zoom 📲 RSVP: https://t.co/k9Ts7aQIXZ

Join us in honouring Indigenous Veterans Day today, November 8. This day honours the memory of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Veterans and their contributions to military service within their own communities, the country, and globally.

Today, we celebrate the richness and vibrancy of Inuit culture. We raise the voices of the people who call the Arctic their home. 🌟

Murray Sinclair 1951 - 2024 Read our statement here: https://t.co/LEgI5AuG7j

Musqueam Day is intended to celebrate the justice seekers who, on November 1, 1984, won the Guerin v. The Queen case in the Supreme Court of Canada.

Join us next week for our beaded poppy workshop, just in time for Indigenous Veterans Day and Remembrance Day. Learn traditional Plains Indigenous beading techniques and bead your own poppy pin! When: Tuesday, November 5th from 2pm - 3:30pm Where: CIS Meeting Room (Buch E 273)

Don’t miss this upcoming Go Global Seminar with Asian Studies and CIS professor Dr. Pasang Yangjee Sherpa. Applications close December 5! To learn more, visit the link in bio, or attend the information session Friday November, 1 from 2:30 – 3:30 at Asian Center Seminar Room 604!

We'll be handing out Halloween candy all next week! 🎃 Stop by the CIS Main Office (Buchanan E266) anytime between 8:30am and 4:30pm to trick or treat with our staff! See you next week 👻