The University of British Columbia
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xʷc̓ic̓əsəm: The Indigenous Health Research and Education Garden at UBC Farm
xʷc̓ic̓əsəm: The Indigenous Health Research and Education Garden (IHREG) at the UBC Farm received a traditional name from Musqueam Indian Band. The meaning of the name is “The Place Where Things Grow”. UBC’s Point Grey Campus is located on the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Musqueam People. These lands have always been a place of […]
Indigenous Research
Sharing our Wisdom: A Holistic Aboriginal Health Initiative was developed by community to engage Aboriginal participants in learning about traditional healing practices, to facilitate a healthier life for participants, and to work towards the prevention of risk factors for health issues.
Medicine Collective
The Medicine Collective is a a group of Indigenous Elders and Knowledge-Keepers sharing traditional teachings and supporting workshops to reconnect and restore our relationships to lands and peoples that live on Turtle Island.
Place-Based Learning
The UBC Faculty of Land and Food Systems has partnered with the Ustlahn’s Social Society, Squamish First Nation, to offer a Community-Based Experiential Learning field course. In this course, students work with Aboriginal people through a community-centered experience.
WELCOME m̓i ce:p kʷətxʷiləm
The Musqueam people have lived in the present location for thousands of years. Their traditional territory occupies what is now Vancouver and the surrounding areas. The name ‘Musqueam’ relates to the river grass, məθkʷəy̓. The Musqueam people are known as “People of the River Grass”.
Indigenous Knowledge
“Nothing belongs to you of what there is. Of what you take, you must share.” – Chief Dan George
The CRUW program
The Culturally Relevant Urban Wellness (CRUW) seeks to empower Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal youth through strength-based programming grounded in both evidence-based research, and the wisdom and lived experience of Aboriginal elders and traditional knowledge keepers.
Research and Education
Aboriginal Food Security
Ethnobotany
Place-Based Learning