Category: Aboriginal
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“Everybody’s got a story worth sharing”: Uncle Randy and the power of story telling
In this podcast, recorded at the end of 2022, Kathleen and Anwen sit down with VIU Elder in Residence, Uncle Randy Fred and discover their shared respect and joy for […]
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Open Education Resources and New Textbooks: Update from BCcampus
The latest from The BCcampus Open Education team, Lauri Aesoph, BSc, Manager, Open Education New textbooks Knowing Home: Braiding Indigenous Science with Western Science – Book 2 This new work […]
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Holding space: How VIU students are shaping the dialogue around Indigenous perspectives
by Kathleen Bortolin I step off the elevator onto the fifth floor of the library, hot coffee and security fob in hand. It’s June and quiet on campus, students and […]
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A global perspective on Indigenous teaching and learning: What can we learn from New Zealand
As part of our commitment to supporting professional development in incorporating Indigenous knowledge and perspectives into teaching and learning at VIU, the Centre for Innovation and Excellence in Learning, together […]
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Aboriginal Education: Humility Through Service
By Sherryl Maglione (Miss Magz), Cowichan Campus, ABE English Instructor, Vancouver Island University As an Aboriginal educator, teaching Aboriginal students has, over time and very simply, become my focus, passion, […]
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Honoring Murdered and Missing Aboriginal Women in the Classroom
By Sherryl Maglione (Miss Magz), Cowichan Campus, ABE English Instructor, Vancouver Island University February 2014 Conversation Teacher: So, where do you ladies live? Students: North of town about twenty minutes. […]
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What to say about teaching and learning?
by Rob Ferguson, Teaching Faculty Member and Co-Chair, Department of Recreation and Tourism Management, Faculty of Management, VIU What to say about teaching and learning? For me, linking these two […]
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A lesson I bring to my VIU students
By Susan Lymbery, Teaching Faculty Member, Faculty of Academic and Career Preparation and Faculty of Arts and Humanities, VIU I’d been twenty-five years out of high school when my […]