Engage with Indigenous perspectives with the Indigenous Learning Pathways program

The Indigenous Learning Pathways (ILP) program is a self-directed, multi-course suite of training specifically designed for UBC staff and faculty to engage with in-depth resources on Indigenous-focused topics.  

Through a series of guided activities, reflections, and learning prompts, ILP orients learners to Indigenous-centered resources already available at UBC, providing tips and ideas for how they can be creatively included and utilized in professional development plans for yourself, your team, or your entire unit. 

Who is ILP for? 

ILP is especially targeted at new UBC employees to guide them in respectfully engaging with Indigenous perspectives, and new staff are encouraged to use their first year at UBC as a timeframe for completing the entire suite of courses.  

However, ILP is not just for new employees – this program is available for all current UBC staff and faculty. Whether you are creating a professional development plan for yourself, your team or your unit, or seeking ways to integrate Indigenous knowledges and perspectives into your curriculum, or simply seeking to orient yourself to Indigenous-focused resources and programming at UBC – this program is for you.  

ILP courses 

Engage with these four self-paced virtual courses as part of the ILP program. The courses must be completed in sequential order – this has been intentionally designed in order to ensure the best learning experience for participants. 

1. Beginning Your Learning Journey – introduces learners to cultural principles guiding the program, how to best use the courses based on your own role and learning areas, and the community involved in creating ILP as well as grounding learning journey ahead in our place on unceded Musqueam land.  

2. Engaging with Indigenous Knowledges and Perspectives – supports learners to reflect on their own professional development needs, orients them to the various types of Indigenous-focused resources available at UBC and tips on how to engage with Indigenous communities effectively and respectfully.  

3. Truth Before Reconciliation – explores the impacts of colonization in post-secondary settings and identifies tools and resources to build foundational awareness of necessary truths and collective healing.  

4. Land Acknowledgements at UBC – provides foundational knowledge about what land acknowledgements are and why we do them. As well as basic elements of what makes a meaningful, accountable acknowledgment. 

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