Indigenous learners and communities continue to face unique challenges and systemic barriers in Canada’s educational system. Addressing these inequities is not only a matter of justice but essential to reconciling relationships and creating a more inclusive society—a society enriched by Indigenous knowledge systems.
We share a responsibility to ensure meaningful educational opportunities for Indigenous learners, to recognize the contributions of Indigenous knowledge in teaching and research, and to engage with Indigenous communities in realizing their goals and aspirations. When the cultural traditions and knowledge of Indigenous learners and communities are sustained through education and research, we all benefit.
The Faculty of Education at UBC is committed to empowering Indigenous learners and communities, while also ensuring non-Indigenous members of our education community are prepared to engage respectfully and critically with Indigenous knowledge, histories, and perspectives.
Together, we can prepare Indigenous and non-Indigenous leaders, educators, practitioners, and researchers to be advocates and changemakers. Informed by Indigenous knowledge, we can build healthy societies and a healthy planet. Your support is an investment in Indigenous futures—advancing reconciliation, equity, and inclusion for all.
Your gift will support graduate students and Indigenous community members with projects that advance resurgence, innovation and community wellbeing.
- Social Change Project Hub
A unifying space that celebrates connections between Indigenous peoples across nations in BC reflecting their cultural practices. - Indigenous-led social change three-year fellowships
Supports 25 fellowships for Indigenous graduate students to engage in collaborative, community-based projects. - Community-based Indigenous research certificate
Free, Indigenous research micro-certificate.
Your gift will engage academic leaders and scholars and build transformative academic spaces.
- Professorship in Indigenous Education
Supports the recruitment of a world-class researcher in Indigenous Education. - Secondment of Indigenous Knowledge Keepers and practitioners
Over the next five years, their leadership will strengthen our educational ecosystem (NITEP) with cultural knowledge, community-rooted perspectives, and transformative pedagogies. - Experiential and land-based learning
Pre-service teachers will engage in experiential learning that is rooted in relationships with the land and guided by Indigenous knowledge—traditional, ecological and contemporary.
Your generous gift will preserve our relationship to the land and its stories and teachings.
- Outdoor Indigenous Pedagogy Space
An outdoor living and learning environment that blends flexibility, accessibility, and a deep connection with nature. A dynamic hub for year-round educational and cultural activities, it is where Indigenous pedagogy, ceremony and storytelling can flourish.
Your generosity can empower Indigenous teachers to transform the way we teach and learn.
- Expanding and strengthening NITEP Field Centres
These centres enable students to begin their studies within their home communities without the need to relocate. Your gift can help establish new field centres and enhance existing sites to welcome more students and strengthen services. - Learn-and-Earn
With your support, an annual cohort of 30 Indigenous youth can graduate with work experience and earn qualifications through this partnership between the UBC Faculty of Education and the Vancouver School District.
With your support, we can create an environment that is inclusive and representative to support the cultural identity and wellbeing of Indigenous students.
- Indigenous scholarships
These scholarships not only provide financial relief but also serve as powerful affirmations of their potential and contributions. - Indigenous awards
Beyond financial assistance, awards spotlight leadership, community engagement, and resilience. - Emergency funding for Indigenous students experiencing unexpected hardship
Help ensure these learners can continue to pursue their educational dreams with emergency grant funding.
We invite you to join us on this path forward, advancing with each step toward solidarity and understanding, and leveraging the transformative power of education.
THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION
