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Annual Indigenous Graduate Student Symposium (IGSS)

Supporting Aboriginal Graduate Enhancement (SAGE) is a network started at UBC over 20 years ago, under the tutelage of Dr. Jo-ann Archibald. Every year the SAGE organizes an Indigenous Graduate Student Symposium (IGSS), a forum where interdisciplinary Indigenous MA and PhD students come together to share their work, exchange knowledge and to build academic networks. There are SAGE pods at universities in BC and across Canada. This is a student led event that is supported by faculty mentors from UBC Vancouver, UBC Okanagan and 間眅埶AV and staff from all locations. The IGSS occurs in March of every year.

Current Indigenous graduate students from 間眅埶AV and UBC are invited to participate on the annual IGSS Planning Committee please email gs_indigenous@sfu.ca to get involved!

Strength in Our Stories

Indigenous research and methodologies are seeing revitalization across academia. Indigenous Scholars from diverse communities and connections are pushing for their voices to be heard, and finding Strength in Our Stories. We invite Indigenous graduate students to submit proposals that consider the Symposium subthemes.

Symposium Subthemes:

  • Stories about our Ways of Doing: Indigenous Methodology in academia; story-telling within research; Indigenous knowledge revitalization
  • Stories about our Peoples: Community-based research; building partnerships; being Indigenous in the 21st Century; hope and resilience in uncertain times; evolution of identity and connection
  • Stories about our Land: Research about and within our lands and waters; land-based knowledge and practices; addressing environmental issues
  • Stories about our Future: Research that is forward-thinking; addressing issues ahead; the future of Indigenous research

2025 Event Information

March 28-29

Location: UBC-Okanagan, Kelowna, BC

Register to Attend

March 28: Social focus from afternoon to evening (2-7pm)

March 29: Socializing, speeches, and presentations from morning to evening (8am-7pm)

Cost: $0 - Free - No Cost!

Location: UBCO Campus for both days, primarily UNC for 28th and primarily Commons Building + Library for 29th.

Registration: You can register for just yourself or multiple people.

Accommodations: For those out of town, there will be a chance at a reduced hotel rate for registrants. 

Parking: For those driving, registrants will get a parking code.


Call for Volunteers

Call for Proposals

Submit your proposal by February 14, 2025 (11:59 PST).

Register by: coming soon!

Contact(s): Jody Bauche, 間眅埶AV SAGE Coordinator, jody_bauche@sfu.ca or  grad.sage@ubc.ca  

Please visit UBC's for more information about previous IGSS and SAGE network events.