UBC experts on National Indigenous History Month
June is National Indigenous History Month in Canada. Several UBC experts are available to speak with media.
Dr. Warren Cardinal-McTeague
Métis and Cree from the communities of Lac La Biche and Fort McMurray
Assistant Professor, Department of Forest and Conservation Sciences
Email: warren.cardinal-mcteague@ubc.ca
Interview languages: English
Expertise:
- Indigenous-led science and education
- Indigenous leadership in genomics
- Indigenous governance of scientific data
- Indigenous research & teaching methods
- Art as a key method for science and education
Danilo Caron, MASc, EIT
PhD student, Department of Civil Engineering
Email: danilo.caron@ubc.ca
Interview languages: English
Expertise:
- Decolonizing civil engineering
- Incorporating Indigenous ways of knowing within engineering design and delivery
Dr. Janice Forsyth
Professor, School of Kinesiology
Email: janice.forsyth@ubc.ca
Interview languages: English
Expertise:
- Important role of sports in Indigenous resurgence today
- Sports and games as ‘quiet’ tools for resistance by the students, especially boys
- Sports and physical activities to ‘hide’ the health issues at that were rampant at school and promote schooling as a fun/productive place, all to enhance the process of assimilation
Dr. Christopher Hammerly
Assistant Professor, Dept. of Linguistics
Email: chris.hammerly@ubc.ca
Interview languages: English
Expertise:
- Language revitalization/reclamation, language documentation, Indigenous language technology
Andrea Hilland
Assistant Professor, Peter A. Allard School of Law
Email: hilland@allard.ubc.ca
Interview languages: English
Expertise:
- Intersection of Indigenous laws, Aboriginal rights, and environmental regulation
- Reconciliation in the legal system
- B.C.’s Single Legal Regulator legislation
hagwil hayetsk/Dr. Charles Menzies
Professor, Dept. of Anthropology, Institute for the Oceans and Fisheries
Tel: 604-822-2240
Email: charles.menzies@ubc.ca
Interview languages: English
Expertise:
- Traditional ecological knowledge, local ecological knowledge
- Coastal communities
- First Nations land claims
Dr. Shandin Pete (he/him)
He carries the name Bitterroot Salish from the Western Montana and Navajo from Arizona
Assistant Professor of Teaching, Dept. of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences
Tel: 604-822-2449
Email: shandin.pete@ubc.ca
Interview languages: English
Expertise:
- 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
