Indigenous Research Symposium

The Department of Indigenous Studies is hosting an Indigenous Research Symposium on Thursday, November 5, 2026 from 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM at the sƛ̓exənew̓txʷ / Tl’e7enḵáw̓txw (First Peoples’ Gathering House) featuring the work of Indigenous Studies students and graduate students.

• Thursday, November 5, 2026 
• 9:30 AM - 4:30 PM
• sƛ̓exənew̓txʷ / Tl’e7enḵáw̓txw (First Peoples’ Gathering House)
• Everyone is welcome! Light refreshments will be provided. 

Undergraduate poster session will be held in the Ceremonial Hall and Oral Presentations by Graduate students will be held in the Teaching and Learning Centre. 

Graduate Student Oral Presentation Schedule:

2:30PM:

• Ts’msyen/Gitxsan Dark Earths: Signatures and Legacies of Indigenous Soil Stewardship in The Skeena Watershed
• Alyssa Robinson (UBC/HERLab SFU)

2:45PM:

• Making Midden: Building Soil and Community to Revitalize Gitselasu Forest Garden Stewardship
• Kristin Pudnyk (UBC/HERLab SFU)

3:00PM:

• What Remains? Paleoethnobotany and Land-Use Histories in Mowachaht-Muchalaht Hahuułthi
• Tianna Dennis (HERLab SFU)

3:15PM:

• Revitalization of Indigenous Tending Improves Resilience of Cultural Keystone Seaweed, Pyropia
• Kelsey Miller (HERLab SFU)

3:30PM:

• “Wii ‘Kaax Legacy Effects: The Historical Ecology of Laws, Landscapes, and Stewardship ​
• Briana Burke (HERLab SFU)

3:45PM:

• Remote Sensing for Heritage Stewardship Planning in the Gwininitxw Protected Area
• Mara McLaughlin (UBC/HERLab SFU)