An invitation from Dermot Kelleher, Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Vice-President, Health.
Dermot Kelleher, Dean, Faculty of Medicine and Vice-President, Health
invites you to join a virtual event on
Tuesday, September 27, 2022
10:00–11:30 am PT.
Given the discussion topic, this event may go beyond 11:30 am
Please join us in coming together in a concerted effort to reflect on the purpose of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, also known as Orange Shirt Day.
Learn more about the event and the Faculty of Medicine’s 2021 Apology and Response to the TRC Calls to Action.
We gratefully acknowledge that the UBC Faculty of Medicine and its distributed medical programs, which includes four university academic campuses, are located on traditional, ancestral, and unceded territories of Indigenous peoples around the province.
The UBC Vancouver-Point Grey academic campus is located on the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), and UBC operations in Vancouver more generally are also on the territories of the Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) and səlil̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) peoples.
The UBC Okanagan academic campus is located on the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the Syilx Okanagan Nation.
The University of Northern BC Prince George campus is located on the traditional territory of the Lheidli T’enneh, who are part of the Dakelh First Nations.
The University of Victoria is located on the traditional territory of the lək̓ʷəŋən-speaking peoples — the Songhees and the Esquimalt, and the W̱SÁNEĆ peoples.
This message was sent to all faculty, staff and learners in the Faculty of Medicine.
