The First Nations Centre Research Studio at UNBC was renamed during a ceremony at the Prince George campus.
It was renamed after the late Lheidli T’enneh Elder Edith (Edie) Frederick, who was beloved and respected for her passion in preserving the Dakelh (Carrier) language and culture that left a lasting imprint on the school.
UNBC said Frederick supported students, faculty and staff in learning from Indigenous knowledge systems and ways of being, helping shape it’s efforts to enact Reconciliation and advance Indigenization across the PG campus.
An engraved wooden plaque highlighting some of Edie’s many contributions will remain on display in the studio alongside her portrait.
Frederick’s family joined with members of the Lheidli T’enneh First Nation and students, faculty and staff on Monday for a ribbon-cutting in the Edie Frederick Indigenous Research Studio.
UNBC unveiled another plaque on Tuesday honouring the late Sophie Thomas in Lhuhuhwhezdel: The Gathering Place, underneath her portrait.
Thomas was a prominent knowledge keeper and medicine woman from the Saik’uz First Nation, and was awarded an honorary Doctor of Laws degree in May 2010.
More information can be found on UNBC’s website here.
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