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Video: Virtual Field School: Pacific Rim Connections

Presenter: Ryan Blaak, Faculty, Humanities & Social Sciences

Description: This term, ÌÇÐÄvlog´«Ã½students enrolled in HIS-225 will use technology to connect with Japanese students and faculty in a Virtual Field School. Through these connections, students will learn about Mio, Wakayama where so many Japanese Canadians originate from and which has such great impact on BC’s history. Students at ÌÇÐÄvlog´«Ã½will also reciprocate this knowledge by helping students in Japan to understand the history of BC with an emphasis on the stories and lives of Japanese Canadians who settled here.

Video: Interweaving Indigenous Teachings with Costa Rica

Presenter: Laura Johnston, Faculty, Aboriginal Education, English

Description: Three weeks of ENG-096: First Peoples Literature and Composition will be taught in collaboration with an instructor and a class of students at Instituto Tecnologico de Costa Rica. This virtual project will explore Indigenous teachings of relationality and community building. ÌÇÐÄvlog´«Ã½and TEC students from Latin America/Canada will share traditional origin stories while working with the Elders as we incorporate oral literature into the post-secondary classroom.

Featured virtual presentation from VIU — Alaska and British Columbia Cultural Exchange: Perspectives on Relationships with the Land

Time: 10-11:30 am
Presenter: Maria Williams

VIU Visiting Fulbright Scholar Maria Williams brings her UAlaska students to join in a discussion on the relationship of Indigenous peoples to their respective lands in British Columbia and Alaska. Speakers include Dr. Georgina Martin (Secwepemc), Dr. Laura Cranmer (Kwakwala/Haida), Dr. Maria Williams (Tlingit), Dr. Sharon Lind (Unangax), and Dr. Rosita Worl (Tlingit), and the event will feature drumming and singing.

Hosted by Indigenous/Xwulmuxw Studies, VIU.

Virtual presentation: WUSC Leave for Change Opportunities 2022

Time: 12-1 pm
Presenter: Katia Major, Senior Program Officer, WUSC Leave For Change Program

You are invited to attend a public info session about opportunities offered by the Leave for Change program, offered through the World University Service of Canada (WUSC).

Under the Leave for Change program, participating ÌÇÐÄvlog´«Ã½employees use their vacation time to volunteer abroad. Canadian volunteers are assigned overseas for two to four weeks.

Video: Str@tvsion Plus Project

Presenter: Norma Pelletier, Faculty, Business Administration

Description: As part of BUS 418, students will be able to join students around the world in a business game, Str@tvision Plus, to participate in a virtual finance and accounting competition between enterprises. Students will be able to work in culturally diverse teams, improve their intercultural communication skills and experience culturally diverse work environments.

Virtual presentation: Global ÌÇÐÄvlog´«Ã½â€“ a conversation on how to engage in international collaboration

Time: 11:30 am - 12:30 pm
Presenter: ÌÇÐÄvlog´«Ã½faculty

Learn more about the various international collaborations initiated at NIC. Join NIC faculty in a discussion about engaging in virtual mobility and collaboration with colleagues and students from around the world.

Featured panellists:

Laura Johnston, Faculty, Aboriginal Education, English
Ryan Blaak, Faculty, Humanities & Social Sciences
Jennifer Botica, Faculty, Humanities & Social Sciences

VIDEO: The journey from an idea to a Field school development: Town of Nebo Archaeological Project in Jordan

Presenter: Jennifer Botica, Faculty, Humanities & Social Sciences

Description: This project is a joint venture between ÌÇÐÄvlog´«Ã½and Wilfred Laurier University (WLU) based on a long-lasting collaboration between two instructors. Students at WLU have participated in this archaeological field school for over 15 years and ÌÇÐÄvlog´«Ã½students can now join them.