The Centre works collaboratively with partners at UBC, and with Indigenous communities and organizations across British Columbia to address the ongoing impacts of Residential Schools and other Canadian colonial policies.
Working from a strengths-based framework, the Centre is committed to being a welcoming and accessible space for Survivors, Intergenerational Survivors and their families as well as Indigenous students, faculty, staff, community and researchers. It is a place that values reciprocal relationality, holistic wellness, teaching and learning.
Your gift will support the Centre’s programming and initiatives including:
The Centre is also engaged at a high level at UBC to implement UBC’s Indigenous Strategic Plan which aims to guide UBC’s engagement with Indigenous peoples and its commitment to reconciliation, as articulated and called for by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada.
Your gift will support the important work of the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre to provide access to important records, facilitate meaningful dialogue, illuminate a previously hidden history, and enact UBC’s commitment to reconciliation.
