Indigenous Graduation Celebration Spring 2024
On Saturday, May 25th, starting at 11am, the First Nations House of Learning will be hosting a graduation celebration at the First Nations Longhouse to honour participating Indigenous graduates from the Spring Class of 2024. Indigenous students will be called into Sty-Wet-Tan Great Hall through its ceremonial door, whereupon each will ceremoniously transform from student […]
Indigenous Graduation Celebration Fall 2022
On Saturday, November 26th, the First Nations House of Learning hosted a graduation celebration at the First Nations Longhouse to honour participating Indigenous graduates from the Fall 2022 class, including participating graduates from the Class of 2020 and 2021, who due to COVID-19 protection measures had missed out on an in-person event. The event saw […]
Indigenous Graduation Celebration Spring 2022
On Saturday, May 28th, the First Nations House of Learning hosted a graduation celebration event at the First Nations Longhouse to honour 60 participating Indigenous graduates from the Fall 2021 and Spring 2022 classes, from a combined total of 260 Indigenous graduates at UBC Vancouver. The event saw Indigenous students walking through the Longhouse’s ceremonial […]
Aboriginal grad on the value of a Sauder business education
March 10, 2017 – BCom Althea Wishloff found the support she received from UBC Sauder’s Ch’nook initiative gave her what she needed to secure a future in finance. The beginning Wishloff knew she had a head for math so assumed science was the logical route at university. But after a few months at UBC, the […]
FNHL Graduation Celebration 2016
June 13, 2016 – On Saturday, May 28th, at the UBC First Nations Longhouse, 40 Aboriginal grads out of over 170 overall celebrated with family, friends and supporters the successful completion of their programs. Below is a video record of the event, taken from the live webcast that day. This year’s celebration included a keynote […]
BCom undergrad is getting Aboriginal students excited to study at Sauder
January 8, 2016 – If Althea Wishloff could make one thing clear to young Aboriginal students contemplating a degree in business, it would be “you can do it too.” With a Gitxsan First Nations background, the fourth-year BCom student is an active proponent in B.C.’s Aboriginal community promoting business education. A self-confessed math addict from […]
UBC-Langara partnership breaks down education barriers for Aboriginal students
MEDIA RELEASE September 25, 2015 – The University of British Columbia and Langara College announced today a formal partnership to fully establish a university transfer program for Aboriginal students. The UBC-Langara Aboriginal Transfer Program began three years ago as a pilot project, but will now become a lasting agreement. It helps First Nations, Metis and Inuit students […]
$1M fund to open doors for Aboriginal women studying business
September 22, 2015 – A $1-million gift from the family of Warren and Maureen Spitz will fund a new awards program at UBC’s Sauder School of Business benefiting Aboriginal women pursuing business studies. The Spitz Fellows Program was created in collaboration with the philanthropic Toronto-based family and accepted its first student this month. “Our hope […]
FNHL Graduation Celebration 2015 Webcast
May 28, 2015 – On Saturday, May 23rd, over fifty graduates of more than 200 Aboriginal grads from the Spring Class gathered in the First Nations Longhouse for the Aboriginal Graduation Celebration. The event was streamed live to more than a hundred viewers unable to attend in person. Watch the recording of the event here. […]
UBC Psychology graduate making science cool with Aboriginal teens
May 14, 2015 – Growing up, Ryan Tomm didn’t know he would be a scientist one day. It was a series of decisions that led him on his eventual path to study and do research at UBC. His research explores the effects of aging on decision-making, executive functions and cognitive flexibility. Understanding the brain “I […]