The Indigenous Voices Collection Mini-Library at the UBC – Teck Geological Field Station

On May 13, Dr. Laura Lukes (Assistant Professor) and Dr. Silvia Mazabel Ortega (Postdoctoral Fellow) at the Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences picked up the last of the books from the Nk’Mip Desert Cultural Centre to set up the Indigenous Voices Collection Mini-Library at the UBC-Teck Geological Field Station near Oliver, B.C..

The Indigenous Voices Collection Mini-Library was first unveiled to more than 40 students in the EOSC328 Field Geology course. It is now featuring the local history book One Hundred X One Hundred/ x̌cəcikst X x̌cəcikst co-edited by Jenna Bower, General Manager of the Nk’Mip Desert Cultural Centre. 

The Mini-Library emerged from the Earth Science Experiential and Indigenous Learning project (EaSEIL) funded by the UBC Teaching and Learning Enhancement Fund, which aims to reimage, develop, and transform field-based experiential learning opportunities for students. It is a collaboration with the Xwi7xwa Library (Karleen Delaurier-Lyle, Information Services Librarian and Kayla Lar-Son, Indigenous Programs & Services Librarian), EOAS, and EOAS Facilities (Sebastian Medrano, Assistant Director of Facilities and Lindsay Nelson, Earth Science Educational Field and Laboratory Coordinator). Equipment was funded by EOAS Department Funds.