EDI Scholars-in-Residence Event 3-- "Tea and Learn: Meaningful Reconciliation" with Dana-Lyn Mackenzie
Join us for a special interactive Tea and Learn session with Dana-Lyn Mackenzie, UBC’s EDI Scholar-in-Residence. This Tea & Learn session examines denialism, with particular attention to narratives that dispute or diminish the history and legacy of Indian residential schools. For the second half of the session, everyone will share and learn about a favourite Indigenous literary text that offers vital perspectives on truth, storytelling, and reconciliation.
Whether you're just beginning your learning journey or looking to deepen your understanding, bring your curiosity, questions, and an open mind.
Location: Peña Room (Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, Level 3)
Date & Time: Thursday, April 23, 2026 – 3.00-4.00PM PT
- Date:
- Thursday, April 23, 2026
- Time:
- 3:00pm - 4:00pm
- Room:
- Irving K Barber Learning Centre
- Location:
- Irving K. Barber Learning Centre
- Audience:
- All All UBC Students Community Doctoral Faculty Graduate Master's Post-Doc Professional Staff Undergraduate
- Categories:
- Peña Scholars
- Presenter(s):
- Dana-Lyn Mckenzie
Speaker
Dana-Lyn Mackenzie, JD, BA, Senior Manager of Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Indigeneity, Faculties of Forestry, and Land and Food Systems, Lecturer, Bachelor of Indigenous Land Stewardship, Forestry, UBC.
Dana-Lyn Mackenzie, a member of the Hwlitsum First Nation and lawyer, is an elected councilor of her Coast Salish nation. She co-created UBC’s Weaving Relations course, IDEAL program, and Cascades of Change program, among others, and has led the UBC Orange Shirt Day Intergenerational March since 2021. Dana-Lyn has worked in Indigenous programming and student affairs since 2012 and has spent the majority of her post-secondary career in four faculties at UBC, the Allard School of Law, Applied Sciences, Land and Food Systems and Forestry. She was recognized with the UBC President’s Staff Awards for Inclusion and Anti-Racism (2024) and Advancing Diversity and Inclusion (2016). Dana-Lyn works as an associate lawyer at Acumen Law, where she practices employment law, wills and estates and helps Indigenous clients. In 2024, Dana-Lyn ran for the BC Green Party as an MLA candidate for Vancouver Yaletown. A proud mother of two amazing young adults, Dana-Lyn dedicates her spare time to her family.