This interview with program developer and instructor, Dr. Ken Brealey, and program instructor and cultural advisor, Naxqxalhts’i (Sonny) McHalsie, focuses on the significance and uniqueness of the Indigenous Maps, Films, Rights and Land Claims program and provides specific details about its pedagogy, curriculum, and cultural relevance to the Stó:lō Nation territory.
The Indigenous Maps, Films, Rights and Land Claims (IMFRLC) associate certificate program offered at the University of the Fraser Valley offers students the opportunity to learn a range of conceptual and practical skills that are of direct relevance to the history, communication, implementation, and critique of Indigenous rights, title, and land claims. It focuses on a range of representational practices, including, but not limited to, film, oral histories, documentaries, surveys and maps, and legal discourse analysis, and their importance to the Indigenous land rights process generally, but with a focus on British Columbia and the lower Fraser Valley in particular. This program is available to high school graduates and/or adult learners and is offered in Chilliwack, BC, during the summer as an intensive four-week, three-course, twelve-credit associate certificate. For more information see: https://www.ufv.ca/indigenous-studies/program/indigenous-maps-films-rights-and-land-claims/
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| Organization: | University of the Fraser Valley |
| Location: | University of the Fraser Valley located on the ancestral, traditional and Aboriginal unceded territories of the Stó:lō Nations. |
| Name: | Ken Brealey |
| Title: | 1) Associate Vice Provost, Faculty Relations (Acting); 2) Former Associate Dean of Faculty, College of Arts; 3) Department of Geography, Faculty |
| Address: |
33844 King Road
Abbotsford, BC
V2S 7M8
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| Email Address: | ken.brealey@ufv.ca |
| Organization 2: | Stó:lō Nation |
| Location 2: | University of the Fraser Valley located on the ancestral, traditional and Aboriginal unceded territories of the Stó:lō Nations. |
| Name 2: | Naxqxalhts’i (Sonny) McHalsie |
| Title 2: | Cultural Advisor/Historian of the Stó:lō Research and Resource Management Centre; Faculty in Indigenous Maps, Films, Rights, and Land Claims certificate program |
| Address 2: |
Bldg. #10-7201 Vedder Road
Chilliwack, BC
V2R 4G5
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| Email Address 2: | Sonny.McHalsie@stolonation.bc.ca |
| Phone Number 2: | 604-824-2420 ( Stó:lō Research and Resource Management Centre) |
| Name: | lisawhite |