We are grateful to Elder Opolahsomuwehs (Imelda Perley) for gifting us an action-oriented word. Piluwitahasuwawsuwakon (bill-wee-duh-huz-zoo-wows-sue-wah'-gn) is a Wolastoqey word, meaning, “allowing your thinking to change so that action will follow in a good way toward truth.”
“One who leads by mind, body and spirit.”
The Mi’kmaq-Wolastoqey Centre welcomed Natasha Simon as the new Nikanahtpat (Director).
“Allowing your thinking to change so that action will follow in a good way toward truth.”
The faculty of forestry and environmental management brought Indigenous leaders and knowledge into the classroom to lead presentations and discussions on the sharing of Indigenous knowledge, practices and ways of knowing in a two-day workshop.
Future Wabanaki is helping Indigenous university students become job-ready. Tiffani Fazio received the Future Wabanaki excellence award for her work with the Nisuhsane project, meaning let us walk together. The peer mentorship group partners new Indigenous students with upper-level students to help increase their sense of belonging at the university.
The Sisters Standing Together Campaign brings two powerful movements together to unify and strengthen our community efforts in acknowledging and honouring missing and murdered Indigenous women in New Brunswick.
A student-led educational exhibition created awareness about missing and murdered Indigenous women in New Brunswick and across Canada.
UNB is working to advance Indigenous nursing in Atlantic Canada through mentorship and capacity-building.
Faculty of nursing professor Dr. Jason Hickey was announced as one of six Indigenous Research Chairs in Nursing across Canada.
