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    Browsing our collections: Indigenous Healing 

    by Elisabet Ingibergsson
    written by Elisabet Ingibergsson

    To mark Indigenous History Month, we are shining a spotlight on our Indigenous Healing Collection situated on the main floor of the Geoffrey + Robyn Sperber Health Sciences Library. This collection encompasses works about the peoples of the land now known as Canada, as well as those from regions where Indigenous cultures were overshadowed by processes like colonization. There is more information about the scope and focus of the Indigenous Healing Collection in this Library News article.   

    We continue to add to this collection and today we are looking at a small selection of titles added in the past year.

    For more information about the Sperber Health Sciences Library,  please do not hesitate to ask us. 

    This content is licensed under a CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 Creative Commons licence.

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  •  National Day for Truth and Reconciliation – 2024

    by Guest Author
    by Guest Author

    Monday, September 30 marks National Day for Truth and Reconciliation (TRC). On that day campus services, including the Library, will close to allow students and staff to contemplate the repercussions of the Canadian residential school system. To support this reflection the Library invites students and staff to take part in the following activities.   Orange Heart Beaded Pin Activity / September 24-27 Orange shirts are symbols which mark the impacts of residential schools…

  • Staff Showcase: Jessie Loyer

    by Eva Romanick
    by Eva Romanick

    Welcome to the Library’s celebration of Indigenous History Month! An important strategic goal for the Library is to incorporate Indigenous ways of knowing into services and spaces, guided by Indigenous students, faculty, and communities. This June, our blog series will spotlight Indigenous Peoples, delving into their rich histories and honoring their enduring legacies. Meet our new Indigenous Engagement Librarian, Jessie Loyer! Jessie joined our Library as Indigenous Engagement Librarian in March 2024.…

  • Indigenous History Month – Books that will make you LOL !

    by Elisabet Ingibergsson
    by Elisabet Ingibergsson

    Over the past few years, we have written blog posts that shine a spotlight on the resources, books and music found in our collections that recognize and celebrate the rich history, heritage, resilience and diversity of First Nations, Inuit and Métis. This year, we are taking a look at comedy and Indigenous humour. Linked to years of trauma through colonisation, Indigenous people have used humour for survival. The expression “laughter as medicine”…

  • Citing Indigenous Elders and Knowledge Keepers

    by Guest Author
    by Guest Author

    By Kelsey Kropiniski One of the most common ways that we support students in their writing here at UAlberta Library is by offering citation advice. Citation questions come up frequently, and usually when they occur we direct students to the citation guides on our website. From there, we try to find the correct style and format to help students properly cite the source material they’re working with. Sometimes citation isn’t simple. As…

  • Indigenous Futurism

    by Meredith Bratland
    by Meredith Bratland

    Grace Dillon coined the term, Indigenous Futurism, a nod to Afrofuturism, to describe work that is centred around Indigenous people and features their ancient knowledge in a futuristic setting. “All forms of Indigenous futurisms are narratives of biskaabiiyang, an Anishinaabemowin word connoting the process of ‘returning to ourselves,’ which involves discovering how personally one is affected by colonization, discarding the emotional and psychological baggage carried from its impact, and recovering ancestral traditions…

  • Indigenous History Month | Indigenous Research in ERA & Aviary

    by Sonya Leung
    by Sonya Leung

    As Indigenous History Month continues, now is a great time to explore the over 500 individual items on Indigenous research in The University of Alberta’s Educational and Research Archive (ERA) and The University of Alberta media streaming repository, Aviary. The Situated Knowledges, Indigenous Peoples and Place (SKIPP) Virtual Colloquium took place in the Summer of 2020. SKIPP showcased University of Alberta scholars’ journeys into or with Indigenous-engaged research and scholarship. Streaming videos…

  • Indigenous History Month | NFB Campus’ Indigenous Collection

    by Erin Sanderman
    by Erin Sanderman

    Last June, I took readers on a brief overview of some of the streaming audiovisual resources that feature media content concentrated on Indigenous peoples of North America and beyond. Now I would like to take everyone on a deeper dive into one of the resources featured in that original post: NFB Campus. Those of us who spent our formative years in Canada are probably familiar with National Film Board of Canada (NFB)…

  • Indigenous History Month – Graphic Novels

    by Elisabet Ingibergsson
    by Elisabet Ingibergsson

    Celebrate Indigenous History Month with us as we explore the increasingly popular genre of the graphic novel! Indigenous artists and writers have opened up the world of tribal tales, traditions and customs to a new generation of readers. Graphic novels share all the key characteristics of traditional novels but their images do the vast majority of the storytelling. Combining text and art, these books have the power to engage and through that,…