Future Indigenous Students

  • 12% of all UNBC students self-identify as Indigenous
  • 1:8 faculty to student ratio
  • UNBC was the first university in B.C. to offer Bachelor's Degrees in First Nations Studies
  • UNBC was the first university in Canada to offer Master's Degrees in First Nations Studies
  • 236 courses featuring Indigenous content

Student Testimonials

– Garfield Staats
Six Nations Mohawk
BA Student
Political Science and Environmental Studies


– Yalhnaaw
Skidegate Haida Nation
BA First Nations Studies, 2018
MA Student (First Nations Studies)


– Penina Harding
Member of the Secwepemculecw
BA Geography, 2018
PhD Candidate