Join ACA@UBC for a tour of The Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre (IRSHDC) at UBC! The IRSHDC addresses the colonial legacy of residential schools and other policies imposed by the Canadian government on Indigenous Peoples, and ensures that this history is acknowledged, examined and understood within the UBC community. Drawing on community engagement, emergent technologies and creative and collaborative approaches, the IRSHDC aims to facilitate a variety of engagements and support informed dialogue and more transparent information practices. As a framework that seeks to privilege respectful, equitable and innovative access to records and information, the IRSHDC’s developing systems and space of inquiry can model a new platform for information stewardship, particularly relating to collections that hold records of traumatic events – one that is pluralistic and seeks to support agency.

The tour will be an introduction the the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre, with a focus on its community based archival practices. 

Date and Time: Monday, October 17th, 2022 at 2:00 pm

Where: The Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre at UBC (right beside the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre)