UBC experts on National Indigenous History Month
Press Release
May 31, 2023
June is National Indigenous History Month in Canada. Several UBC experts are available to speak with media.
Danilo Caron (he/him)
PhD student, Department of Civil Engineering
Email: danilo.caron@ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English
- Decolonizing civil engineering, incorporating Indigenous ways of knowing within engineering design and delivery
*limited availability June 9-15
Dr. Christopher Hammerly
Assistant Professor, Department of Linguistics
Email: chris.hammerly@ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English
- Language revitalization/reclamation, language documentation, Indigenous language technology
*unavailable June 24-28
hagwil hayetsk / Dr. Charles Menzies
Professor, Department of Anthropology
Email: charles.menzies@ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English
- Indigenous governance, natural resource management, post-secondary sector, Impact Benefit Agreements, rights and title, basketball in coastal Indigenous communities, repatriation
Dana-Lyn McKenzie
Senior Manager, EDI and Indigeneity, Faculty of Applied Science/Faculty of Land and Food Systems
Email: danalyn.mackenzie@ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English
- Lead for implementing the Indigenous Strategic Plan in two faculties
- Works with Indigenous student advisors, EDI and raising Indigenous awareness
- Co-chairs EDI and Indigenous Engagement Committees in both faculties
- Coast Salish and a practising part-time lawyer, member of Hwlitsum First Nation
- Originator and lead for the Intergenerational March commemorating Orange Shirt Day
Dr. Bruce Granville Miller
Professor Emeritus, Department of Anthropology
Email: bruce.miller@ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English
- Indigenous-mainstream relations and histories, Indigenous legal/justice historic practices, apology/reconciliation, anthropology of the Coast Salish, Indigenous peoples around the world, Indigenous peoples and the BC Human Rights Tribunal
*unavailable June 19-25
Dr. Shandin Pete (he/him)
He carries the name Bitterroot Salish from the Western Montana and Navajo from Arizona
Assistant Professor, Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
Email: shandin.pete@ubc.ca
Interview language(s): English
- Earth science experiential and Indigenous learning (EaSEIL), developing a toolkit for assessing student understanding of how Indigenous topics intersect with their field of study, a review of Salish astronomical knowledge, Salish Ethno-hydrological observation and river behaviour, a conceptual framework for Indigenous research methodologies for science knowledge production
UBC events to mark National Indigenous History Month: See what’s happening.
Contact
Erik Rolfsen
UBC Media Relations
Tel: 604-822-2644
Cel: 604-209-3048
Email: erik.rolfsen@ubc.ca
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