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Podcast: The World is in Crisis – What Role Should Our Universities Play?

With today’s world in crisis, what should the role of the university be? And why are our public universities so underfunded? And how can they continue to serve their communities? Annette Henry (GRSJ Emerita) and Michelle Stack (GRSJ Faculty Associate/Education UBC) tackled these big questions and more on the Don’t Call Me Resilient podcast recorded live in front of an audience at UBC.

Whalers Washing House returns to its home on Nootka Island after 120 years

Elder Margaretta James (GRSJ Masters Student) was part of a Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation delegation that recently went to New York to retrieve what may be the largest treasure of a First Nation ever taken to the U.S.

Margaretta James Receives King Charles Coronation Medal

Heartfelt congratulations to GRSJ grad student, Elder Margaretta James (Mowachaht/Muchalaht First Nation) who has been awarded a prestigious King Charles Coronation Medal in recognition of her work with the Mowachaht/Muchalaht nation of the

V. Pauahi Souza Receives Most Impactful Paper Award

Congratulations to GRSJ PhD Candidate V. Pauahi Souza who recently received the Most Impactful Paper Award at the 2025 International Conference on Language Documentation & Conservation (ICLDC) at University of Hawai'i Mānoa. Pauahi was a

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