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2027 Courses!
Winter 2027 Courses Info
INLB 201N: Land-Based Practices and Indigenous Fashion, Textiles, and Wearable Art (Parka-making)
Dates: January 11-16 2027
Location: Inuvik, Northwest Territories
Application Deadline: November 11th 2026
In this course, students will explore making and sewing as a practice of Gwich’in and Inuvialuit knowledge, culture, and relationship to land. As we sew parkas, we will discuss Northern Indigenous artistic practices, the importance of community knowledge and relationships through art, and the impacts of colonization in the North. Through sewing and spending time with elders, knowledge holders and makers, students will discuss how art, sewing, and making is an important expression of self-determination.
INLB 210 & 220: Indigenous Self-Determination: Introduction to Theoretical Perspectives, Methods, and Application
Dates: March 11-20 2027
Location: Chief Drygeese Territory, Northwest Territories
Application Deadline: November 30th 2026
This course will explore the cultural, political, and economic context that informs the Northern Indigenous struggle over land and self-determination from origins stories through to the present through lectures, guest speakers, discussions, workshops and fishing and muskrat trapping. These are two combined land-based courses that highlight Indigenous Knowledge and land-based practice with regards to self-determination, politics, world making and how to live together in a good way.ways of life.
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How to Apply
1.
Download and complete the UBC application form below. Fill it out, save it, and attach it to the Dechinta application form in step three.
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Get a copy of your post-secondary transcripts (if applicable) and attach them to the Dechinta application form in step three
*Note: If you are currently enrolled in a post-secondary institution you will also need a letter of permission from your current post-secondary institution to apply.
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Complete the Dechinta application form below, attaching your UBC application form and transcripts to the application.
