RavenSpace Publishing

RavenSpace Publishing Where ideas take flight. Publishing Indigenous voices, creators, authors,
community-engaged co-authors. Multi-modal digital publications.

RavenSpace is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Musqueam | xʷməθkʷəy̓əm people. RavenSpace is a digital publishing platform for media-rich, interactive publications, where Indigenous communities and authors can work together to share knowledge with readers everywhere. RavenSpace publishes "born-digital" resources that foreground Indigenous voices and engage with I

ndigenous communities. Founded by UBC Press, RavenSpace was created to improve the flows of knowledge and ideas across Indigenous and non-Indigenous spheres; to directly engage communities; and to harness tools to meet the expectations and needs of newer generations. RavenSpace challenges traditional publishing, stretching to make room for expertise in traditional knowledge as part of scholarly review. We focus on Indigenous Authors as part of Indigenous self-determination, and to preserve knowledge sovereignty. The RavenSpace platform makes full use of software tools and databases. Further, RavenSpace publications employ Traditional Knowledge labeling, advanced metadata indexing and UX innovations that improve Indigenous ownership of intellectual property, and respect for protocol in online spaces. RavenSpace embraces co-authorship and highlights voices often overlooked. As a digital publisher, RavenSpace provides many navigational pathways, contextualizes works with an array of links to related books and heritage materials. RavenSpace models a new way of thinking about how we share knowledge for scholars, publishers, and other creators everywhere. RavenSpace Publishing is located at UBC Press, on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Musqueam/xʷməθkʷəy̓əm people. The land our offices are located on has always been a place of learning for the Musqueam, who for millennia have passed on their culture, history, and traditions from one generation to the next on this site.

Congratulations to Professor Johnny Mack!Professor Mack (Heynahmeek) is Nuu-chah-nulth from the Toquaht Nation and curre...
06/10/2025

Congratulations to Professor Johnny Mack!

Professor Mack (Heynahmeek) is Nuu-chah-nulth from the Toquaht Nation and currently serves as Associate Professor and Co-Director of Indigenous Legal Studies at the Peter A. Allard School of Law. A leading scholar in Indigenous legal traditions, settler law, and Indigenous-state relations, his peer-reviewed article Turning Sideways: Intimate Critique and the Regeneration of Tradition (2024) anchors his current work in legal pluralism and resurgence.

Professor Mack also co-directs the Balance Co-lab, an Indigenous-led international research collective advancing self-determination through community-based research and governance tools.
https://ubctoday.ubc.ca/news/june-06-2025/professor-johnny-mack-appointed-academic-director-indian-residential-school

June is National Indigenous History Month in Canada.Many Indigenous people contributed to the creation of an app to get ...
06/02/2025

June is National Indigenous History Month in Canada.

Many Indigenous people contributed to the creation of an app to get you started if you wish to use the occasion of this month to understand Reconciliation, and what is being asked of us as settlers on Indigenous lands.

The HTML links take you to a School of Public Policy link which has closed access, whereas the apps are available to all.

Contributors include Natan Obed, Dr. Valerie Gideon, Jackie Hicks, Levi Martin, Marg Touchie, and many more.

The importance of understanding why we need reconciliation begins with understanding the history of denial of rights, colonial suppression and government control, and the long history of neglect and harm.

Learn about Indigenous Peoples in Canada, key historical events, and reconciliation initiatives.

Please join the RavenSpace team in congratulating RavenSpace founder Darcy Cullen on her new position as Director of the...
06/02/2025

Please join the RavenSpace team in congratulating RavenSpace founder Darcy Cullen on her new position as Director of the University of Alberta Press.

A Two-Spirit Journey by Ma-Nee Chacaby https://uofmpress.ca/books/a-two-spirit-journey has won Canada Reads on its final...
04/28/2025

A Two-Spirit Journey by Ma-Nee Chacaby https://uofmpress.ca/books/a-two-spirit-journey has won Canada Reads on its final day. It was championed by as an example of Anishinaabe storytelling and written in collaboration with a non-Indigenous author which Shayla pointed out was "a really good example of what reconciliation looks like... honouring western science, and honouring Indigenous storytelling."

A Two-Spirit Journey is Ma-Nee Chacaby’s extraordinary account of her life as an Ojibwa-Cree le***an. Chacaby’s story is one of enduring and ultimately overcoming the social, economic, and health legacies of colonialism.

This week we celebrate the beauty and resilience of the Cherokee language and the important work of Cherokee National Tr...
03/04/2025

This week we celebrate the beauty and resilience of the Cherokee language and the important work of Cherokee National Treasure - Hastings Shade.

Shade made it his life's work to document the brilliance of the Cherokee language showing us how the Cherokee language has layered meanings connecting the real world with the cosmology of the Middle World, the Sky World and the Under World.

There is an important book by Christopher B. Teuton and Hastings Shade with Lorette Share and Larry Shade available at UBC Press https://www.ubcpress.ca/cherokee-earth-dwellers

Soon there will be an Open Access RavenSpace Publishing publication which adds new dimensions to the book.

Today, let's take a look at some of the glossary.

RavenSpace is now partnering on the creation of audio-enhanced ebooks produced by UBC Press. In this wonderful example, ...
01/21/2025

RavenSpace is now partnering on the creation of audio-enhanced ebooks produced by UBC Press. In this wonderful example, the book Teaching Each Other by Linda Goulet and Keith Goulet, we hear Keith's voice - a fluent Cree speaker, in the “N” dialect. Take a listen - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybM6Q30ojGk
or better yet, buy the book! https://www.ubcpress.ca/teaching-each-other

Teaching Each Other - Nehinuw Concepts and Indigenous Pedagogies; Finally, a culturally based and practical model for Indigenous education that can be applied by any teacher, anywhere.

Enjoy a trip to the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art
10/31/2024

Enjoy a trip to the Bill Reid Gallery of Northwest Coast Art

🔴 Free Admission Friday 🔴
Join us tomorrow from 2–5 pm and enjoy free admission, courtesy of our amazing Community Access sponsor, Downtown Vancouver

As part of the Heart of the City Festival, members of the Carnegie Cultural Sharing Program will be in the Gallery to share stories, sing songs, and make felt poppies in honour of Remembrance Day.

Credits: Bill Reid, An Episode in the Haida Raven Story, 1958. BRF 2002.1.97

Planning a group visit for 20 or more?
Reach out to our Visitor Services ahead of time:

📞 604-682-3455, ext. 221
✉️ [email protected]

Our deepest thanks to the ACLS and our heartfelt congratulations to the award winning authors: Elsie Paul, Davis McKenzi...
10/29/2024

Our deepest thanks to the ACLS and our heartfelt congratulations to the award winning authors: Elsie Paul, Davis McKenzie, Paige Raibmon and Harmony Johnson.

09/30/2024

Today, September 30, 2024 marks the fourth annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, and coincides with . It recognizes the tragic legacy of residential schools, the missing children, the families left behind and the survivors of these institutions. Between the late 1800s and 1996, more than 150,000 First Nations, Métis and Inuit children attended Indian residential schools. MOA encourages all people to continue to learn about and participate in reconciliation on September 30 and throughout the year. Today is a reminder that . ⁣🧡

We encourage you to take time today to ponder some important questions, courtesy of Shayla Oulette Stonechild:⁣

❓What did you learn about Indigenous people growing up (and) whose history were you taught? From what worldview? Whose voices and lived experiences were missing? ⁣

📆 MOA is open today from 10 am - 5 pm and we invite you to come and learn from the belongings, stories and voices of First Nations represented and housed here at the Museum on the unceded, ancestral territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nation.⁣ https://i.mtr.cool/vegcnuvwvi


House Post. [MOA Collections Nbz837.] Coast Salish: Musqueam. 1997. By Susan Point. Cedar, paint, copper metal. 4.3 m x 1 m x .4 m. 📷: Stephen Tam

Join Come Toward the Fire on Saturday, September 14! The third annual festival presented by the Chan Centre for the Perf...
09/11/2024

Join Come Toward the Fire on Saturday, September 14! The third annual festival presented by the Chan Centre for the Performing Arts (UBC) and Musqueam is free and non-ticketed. Everyone is invited!
https://www.cometowardthefire.com/

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