Honourary degree granted

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The University of British Columbia confered an honorary doctor of laws, honoris causa degree on Chief Robert Joseph of the Kwagiulth Nation on May 26.

Chief Joseph has become a leader for his people, having overcome hardships including separation from his parents in early childhood and having gone through residential school.

As a hereditary chief, Chief Joseph has been involved in First Nation activities at the local, provincial and national levels. He has worked as a museum director and curator, and is currently the executive director for the Residential School Project, bringing resolution to First Nation peoples recovering from residential school experiences.

Chief Joseph has also volunteered to lecture to UBC faculty and students on First Nations traditional knowledge, served as a teacher and mentor for First Nations students, and has helped guide the development of academic initiatives related to the professional sciences.