Performance / Ceremony / Event

Vancouver Island University students, staff, and faculty are invited to join us in Shq'apthut (Blg 170) and create a heart with a message about reconciliation. We will have the hearts posted across campus. Bring your own brown bag lunch.

NOTE: Due to capacity limits, all attendees MUST be registered through Eventbrite:

https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/hearts-across-campus-tickets-173670100947

Services for Aboriginal Students will be doing a live screening of Phyllis Webstad's Truths.

Learn from Phyllis Webstad, founder of Orange Shirt Day, as she and her family share truths of their Residential School experiences through the new book, Beyond the Orange Shirt Story.

This showing will be an in-person event at Shq'apthut, Blg 170. 

Capacity numbers are limited, so registration through Eventbrite is required.

Office of Indigenous Education and Engagement would like to invite you to come, witness, and be a part of this traditional welcome for our Indigenous students. This feast provides an opportunity from our four Nations on Vancouver Island (Kwakwaka'wakw, Nuu chah nulth, Coast Salish, and Metis) to provide a traditional welcome.

Schedule for the Day

10:00-10:45am                   Nuu chah nulth Protocol

11:00 – 11:45am                Kwakwaka’wakw Protocol (and at lunch)

Monday, June 21 is National Indigenous Peoples Day -- a day “for all Canadians to recognize and celebrate the unique heritage, diverse cultures and outstanding contributions of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples." 

Monday, June 21 is National Indigenous Peoples Day -- a day “for all Canadians to recognize and celebrate the unique heritage, diverse cultures and outstanding contributions of First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples." 

Join us for the spring  Semélshun Aboriginal Graduation Recognition Celebration on Zoom. Please email Kim Warkentine at kim.warkentine@viu.ca for Zoom information.

Protocol Session facilitated by Cowichan Tribes Elder Marlene Rice (Hwiem')

This introductory session will be facilitated by Cowichan Tribes Elder Marlene Rice (Hwiem'). Marlene will provide an understanding of the Hwtheeyqut Sy’uwen Protocol Handbook that she has prepared for the Cowichan Campus which has been created as a guide. Marlene works at the Cowichan Campus.

Join us for our next Culture Night!

Happening Wednesday, March 24th at 7:00 pm on Zoom and Facebook Live. Performances by Patrick Aleck and Madelaine McCallum.

With Shelley Joseph and Kwin Thompson

Wednesday, January 27th at 7:00 pm.

Zoom Meeting ID: 650 4006 5132
Password: 360709