Guest: Robina Thomas

In this episode, all the hosts of Love, Land & Spirit come together in a roundtable to discuss the topic of Indigenous story-telling and reflect on the first season of the podcast series with Qwul’sih’yah’maht Robina Thomas. Robina is a member of Lyackson First Nation and has Snuy’ney’muxw and Sto:lo ancestry through her grandparents. She is the Associate Vice-President, Indigenous, and holds a faculty position in the School of Social Work. Robina was the inaugural Director and Executive Director of the Office of Indigenous Academic and Community Engagement. Her research focuses extensively on Indigenous women, children, residential schools, storytelling, and anti-colonial/anti-racist practices as a way of life. Her Master’s thesis focused on Kuper Island Residential School and her PhD. dissertation, “Protecting the Sacred Cycle: Indigenous Women and Leadership,” focuses on Indigenous Women and Leadership.

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Love, Land & SpiritBy UBC IRSHDCFeb 24, 2022