Welcome Indigenous Education Programs!
Students from Ts’kel: Indigenous Educational Leadership and Resurgence Ed.D. Pathway program, Master of Education in Indigenous Education (MEIE) program, the Learn and Earn summer program, and NITEP students returning from their practicum have all recently joined the UBC Vancouver campus community! To welcome all these amazing students and future educators, we have partnered with the […]
Everyone is Welcome!
Visit us for research help, to see our collections, or to find a place to study. At X̱wi7x̱wa Library everyone is welcome! Image credit: Paul Joseph X̱wi7x̱wa Library (pronunciation) is a centre for academic and community Indigenous scholarship. Our collections and services reflect Indigenous approaches to teaching, learning, and research. To learn more about the […]
X̱wi7x̱wa Winter Recap 2024
X̱wi7x̱wa Winter Recap 2024/25 March 19th is the last day of winter and our branch is excited to share what we’ve been up to this season. First we kicked off with Winter Solstice! We celebrated by sharing some resources about storytelling and winter. You find materials from our collection by searching here for winter, “oral […]
Arts Multilingual Week 2025
Faculty of Arts Multilingual Week 2025 The Peña Room at IKBLC will be full of student-centered activities to celebrate the many languages spoken at UBC and beyond, from March 6 – 14. For more information and schedule, visit the Arts website or follow them on Instagram. We are contributing resources from our collection to 3 pop […]
34th Annual MMIWG2S Memorial March
This post contains upsetting information that may cause you distress. Please take a moment to decide if you are in a suitable emotional space before reading on. The Government of Canada has set up a national, toll-free crisis line to provide support for anyone who requires assistance. This line is available free of charge, 24 […]
The Puppet Storytellers: Weaving Tales Through Craft – Kids Take Over UBC 2025!
The Puppet Storytellers: Weaving Tales Through Craft Join Amai Campbell-Kamangirira and the First Nations House of Learning (Longhouse & Xwi7xwa Library) for storytime sessions in both hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ and English! Then unleash your creativity and step into the world of storytelling through art with The Puppet Storytellers: Weaving Tales Through Craft. In this hands-on workshop, participants […]
Métis Week 2024
The week of November 16th (November 10-16) Xwi7xwa Library is celebrating Métis Week 2024! We decorated the branch and pulled some resources for you to learn more about Métis and the contributions of Honourable Louis Riel. We even have some colouring pages and word searches you can take home with you 😊 If you can’t […]
X̱wi7x̱wa Fall Recap 2024
Fall has come and gone! From welcome back events to volunteering at Indigenous graduation, our staff have been busy these last few months. For the second year in a row our branch participated in the UBC Library Crawl where we welcomed visitors with tea, desk buddies, and snacks. Our Acting Head, Kayla Lar-Son, couldn’t help […]
Call for Proposals – Keeping it ReAL 2024 & BCALS Knowledge and Idea Exchange
Call for Proposals Extended to October 15 Keeping it ReAL 2024 & BCALS Knowledge and Idea Exchange Keeping it ReAL 2024 is a free workshop for librarians, archivists, library workers, and students interested in research. Our aim is to foster a research culture in British Columbia’s academic libraries and to create an open and supportive […]
10 Texts by Indigenous Authors of BC to Read for Orange Shirt Day
September 30th is National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. Known amongst Indigenous and grassroots organizations as Orange Shirt Day, it honours and upholds Survivors and intergenerational Survivors of the Indian residential school system, while commemorating those who never returned home. This year, UBC English Language & Literatures partnered with X̱wi7x̱wa Library to spotlight 10 texts written by […]