Chan Centre Concert Hall

Festival welcome from xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Councillor Alec Guerin, followed by a performance by traditional Salish song and dance group Tsatsu Stalqayu (Coastal Wolf Pack).

Chan Centre Concert Hall

Performance by Juno-nominated Canadian folk music duo Burnstick, followed by an audience Q&A session.

Indian Residential School History & Dialogue Centre (IRSHDC)

Join Elder Jacquie Bouvier at the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre for a medicine bag-making workshop!This gathering welcomes new and returning Indigenous students and campus community to connect with each other in a supportive space. Take part in a facilitated workshop and make a medicine bag, and stay for conversations on learning, wellness, and cultural joy.

Capacity of 20, first-come-first-served

Museum of Anthropology (MOA)

The Cultural Interpreters Program brings the voices and perspectives of Indigenous UBC student tour guides from a range of First Nations and cultural backgrounds to the forefront. Visitors learn more about the MOA collection through Indigenous perspectives and gain deeper understanding from the Cultural Interpreters who share personal and community connections to the belongings and treasures in the Museum.

Capacity of 30, first-come-first-served

Lobby, Chan Centre

In this workshop, participants will use their hands to explore mark making and create their own pictographs. Through simple gestures and shapes, students will think about how images can hold stories and personal meanings. The workshop invites participants to experiment and trust their own intuition through making their own marks.

Capacity of 60, first-come-first-served

Indian Residential School History & Dialogue Centre (IRSHDC)

Join Elder Larry Grant and Vanessa Campbell for an introduction to hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓, the language of the Musqueam people. This interactive workshop will explore the history and current revitalization efforts of the language, the letters and characters in hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓, and the meaning behind key words, phrases, and place names. Participants will learn how to pronounce common greetings and expressions, including ʔəm̓i ce:p xʷiwəl (Come Toward the Fire) while gaining a deeper understanding of the importance of seeing hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ reflected throughout Musqueam's traditional territory. Elder Larry Grant will also speak about the ongoing partnership between Musqueam and UBC to support language revitalization.

Capacity of 30, first-come-first-served

Great Performers Lounge, Chan Centre

Join Indigenous designer Naomi, founder of Another Coyote, for an interactive workshop on ancestral pictographs and petroglyphs, symbols used long before written language to record histories and teachings, still connecting communities to land and ancestors today. Naomi will share how these symbols inspire her fashion collections and lead a discussion on honouring Indigenous knowledge systems and cultural appropriation. The session ends with a hands-on pictographic art activity.

Participants:  Please feel free to bring a T-shirt, jean jacket, or jeans you would like to paint on (permanent fabric paint) to revamp into an art piece.  Otherwise, we will provide you with a bandana.

Capacity of 30, first-come-first-served

Indian Residential School History & Dialogue Centre (IRSHDC)

Experience an intimate, moderated conversation with festival artists G̱a̱mksimoon, LOV, and Francis Baptiste to explore Indigenous language reclamation and cultural revitalization through music. Gitga'at artist Jeremy Pahl's new musical project G̱a̱mksimoon features lyrics sung entirely in Sm’algya̱x, the traditional language of the Ts'msyen people in Northern BC; Vancouver-based musician and songwriter Francis Baptiste, from the Osoyoos Indian Band of the Syilx Okanagan Nation, sings in both English and his people's language of N̓syilxčn̓; and nêhiyaw artist LOV from Poundmaker Cree Nation in Treaty 6, sings in both English and nêhiýawêwin. Each artist brings a unique perspective on connections to land, language, place and community, and how art and music can engage community to relearn and re-engage Indigenous languages through songwriting, recorded music, translation, and performance.Capacity of 30, first-come-first-served

Royal Bank Cinema, Chan Centre

Elder Larry Grant's Welcome Message (2 min)
Musqueam Through Time (19 min)
Writing the Land (8 min)

Royal Bank Cinema, Chan Centre

Niwahkohmahkanis (4 min)
The Wild Sheriff (12 min)
Migizi Makes A Deal with Gzhemnidoo (13 min)

Royal Bank Cinema, Chan Centre

Wolverine and Little Thunder: An Eel Hunting Adventure (9 min)
Nenaboozhoo (15 min)

Royal Bank Cinema, Chan Centre

The Secret Path is an animated film adaptation of Gord Downie’s album Secret Path and Jeff Lemire’s graphic novel. Through music, poetry, and visual storytelling, the film shares the story of Chanie Wenjack, a 12-year-old Anishinaabe boy who died while trying to return home after fleeing Cecilia Jeffrey Indian Residential School in 1966. ​

Disclaimer: Please note that this screening addresses residential schools, intergenerational trauma, and the abuse of Indigenous children in Canada. These topics may be difficult for some audience members. We encourage you to honour your own needs as you watch and reflect on the film. 

Royal Bank Cinema, Chan Centre

Director Elle-Maija Tailfeathers (Blood Tribe, Blackfoot Confederacy / Sámi) tells the story of the Musqueam's 200-day vigil to halt a Vancouver condo development that unearthed ancestral remains.

Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery (BELKIN)

We SEE Monsters by Bracken Hanuse Corlett & Dean Hunt

We SEE Monsters is a short animation directed by Bracken Hanuse Corlett that begins with a skipper and a fisherman out at sea. One is focused on the moon, while the other remains intent on the water. Then, we abruptly leave their world and dive deep into the realms below, where monsters are the conductors of ceremony. The animation is in a panoramic format, as it was originally made to be projected on the outside of the Vancouver Art Gallery for the Burrard Art Foundation’s Facade Festival. It was animated by the team at Spotted Fawn Productions.

First Nations House of Learning (FNHL)

Featuring primarily UBC Indigenous student vendors, the Indigenous Artisan Market at the Longhouse will feature a broad range of Indigenous artistry and crafts, including beadwork, art and prints, hand-made leather goods, and other exciting unique items. Vendors can accept cash and e-transfer. All are welcome.

Museum of Anthropology, Multiversity Galleries (MOA)

Spend some creative time at MOA during their Open Art Studio, a relaxed, drop-in art space hosted by MOA’s Indigenous Cultural Interpreters.  Located in MOA’s Multiversity Galleries, this informal studio invites visitors of all ages to slow down, observe, and respond to the artwork around them through hands-on art making.

This is a self-guided, drop-in session with a capacity of 30.