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Xwi7xwa Library FNHL Series

From October 14 to November 4 Xwi7xwa Library (Karleen Delaurier-Lyle) will be hosting a series of presentations and workshops offered both virtually and in person (FNHL Longhouse Boardroom – 1985 West Mall). October 14 (1-2:30PM): Exploring Resources Does your assignment require peer-reviewed sources but you aren’t sure what that means? Are you unsure of the differences between […]

Giant Floor Map – Public Access October 6

Join us on October 6 from 12:30AM-3:30PM in the Sty-Wet-Tan (Great Hall) in FNHL Longhouse (1985 West Mall) ! Check out our giant Indigenous Peoples Giant Floor Map. The map is accompanied by various resources related to topics such as Language, Treaties, and more! To browse all topics see here: https://cangeoeducation.ca/en/maps/indigenous-peoples-atlas-of-canada/ 

Virtual Drop-In Hours

From Monday to Friday 11AM – 3PM you can now access us virtually for research support! Join Zoom Meeting Meeting URL: https://ubc.zoom.us/j/66781313244?pwd=VVB1WVJhVU91bjBobkRWVUkyc2lXdz09 Meeting ID: 667 8131 3244 Passcode: 465519

Relation to Research: Traditional Knowledges in Academic Libraries with X̱wi7x̱wa Library

Relation to Research: Traditional Knowledges in Academic Libraries with X̱wi7x̱wa Library Come join us on an informative session as we learn from Kayla and Karleen how to: access materials for Indigenous knowledges so that problematic scholarship is not perpetuated, how to acknowledge self in relation to research, how to utilize knowledges as voices of our […]

Women’s Memorial March

On behalf of Xwi7xwa Library our student librarian, Justina Bruns, writes on Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, Two-Spirit people (MMIWG2S) movements and resources. This blog brings attention explicitly to the MMIWG2S living in the Downtown Eastside and the 31ts Annual Women’s Memorial March. For generations, we stand as Indigenous women, girls, and Two-Spirit people […]