EDI Scholars-in-Residence Event -- "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. In this engaging session, Dana-Lyn will guide us through the implementation of UBC’s Indigenous Strategic Plan (ISP)—the first of its kind at a Canadian university—at a faculty level. Together, we’ll explore how the ISP can shape institutional transformation and advance Indigenous human rights across campus. This is not just a presentation—it’s a conversation.
Dana-Lyn will unpack some of her experiences with the ISP’s framework and its eight guiding goals, while inviting your questions, reflections, and ideas throughout. You’ll also be part of a discussion on the meaning and future of reconciliation. Whether you're just beginning your learning journey or looking to deepen your understanding, bring your curiosity, questions, and an open mind. Let’s learn together and explore how we can each contribute to the ISP's vision through our work and roles.
Location: Peña Room (Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, Level 3)
Date & Time: Thursday, January 29, 2026 – 3.00-4.00PM PT
- Date:
- Thursday, February 26, 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.