Our Mandate
The SBME Indigenous Engagement Committee has a mandate of fostering positive and constructive relationships with Canadian Indigenous people, seeking to increase enrollment of Indigenous people in our grad and undergrad student cohorts, increase hiring of Indigenous people in faculty and staff roles, make these environments welcoming and inclusive for Indigenous people through structural changes to our classes, policies and faculty, staff and student cultures and to lead efforts to indigenize our undergraduate and graduate curriculums.
Our Priorities
UBC has articulated an Indigenous strategic plan and our community in SBME is passionate about decolonizing our curriculum and increasing the involvement and membership of Indigenous people in our staff, faculty and student groups.
The Committee shall prioritize the following goals:
∙ Establish an Indigenous advisory committee with and recruit members for this committee from leadership of local Indigenous communities. The SBME Indigenous Engagement Committee should consult with this advisory committee in their work on all below and further objectives.
∙ Decolonize the SBME graduate and undergraduate curriculums.
∙ Establish an internship program that allows Indigenous youth to spend time in SBME laboratories and working with SBME faculty, graduate students and staff.
∙ Increase the number of Indigenous people in SBME faculty, staff and student cohorts.
∙ Educate the SBME community about the UBC Indigenous Strategic Plan and the initiatives of the SBME and APSC Indigenous engagement committees.