Navigating Thanksgiving
Elke meets two VIU Elders and an Indigenous Studies student to discuss how they observe a holiday that harbours complicated origins. How do they...
Shq’apthut
Monumental $49 million settlement for Snuneymuxw First Nation
By Managing Editor Molly Barrieau November saw a record-breaking deal in the fight for land reserves for Canadian First Nations. 79 acres of...
Third totem pole raised to represent a coastal First Nations’ language
By contributor Spencer Sheehan-Kalina On October 12, First Nation communities and VIU celebrated the raising of a totem pole on the Nanaimo Campus,...
VIU Services: Shq’apthut
Above: Shq'apthut on VIU's Nanaimo campus via viu.ca Shq’apthut: A Gathering Place was built in 2009 as a designated area that reflects and...
Paradigm shift: Redefining our Indigenous relationships
Above: A full house for the panel discussion on the call to action of Canada's TRC and the Declaration of the Rights of Indigenous People at VIU on...