Johanna Sam
@urbandene.bsky.social
Hunilht'ih. Sid Johanna Sam sets’edinh. Sid Tŝilhqot’in deni nesdlin. UBC ʔesgul tasalh. Associate Professor chu Michael Smith Health Research BC Scholar benadast'in. Sid Musqueam nen Vancouver 🇨🇦 ŝidah as. Deni tsin nadint'i 🩵🐦⬛
I was getting ready to speak at the World Congress on Adolescent Health next week. But Hurricane Melissa — the largest storm in the world right now 🌏, fueled by our warming oceans and climate change — has put everything on hold. Sending love, prayers, and strength to Jamaica 🙏🏽💚🇯🇲
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October 28, 2025 at 2:20 AM
I was getting ready to speak at the World Congress on Adolescent Health next week. But Hurricane Melissa — the largest storm in the world right now 🌏, fueled by our warming oceans and climate change — has put everything on hold. Sending love, prayers, and strength to Jamaica 🙏🏽💚🇯🇲
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#AcademicSky
ICE recruitment ads on Spotify? Not for us. Yatu Lab is looking for podcast platforms that reflect our values and support our communities ✊🏽
Where do you listen to podcasts? I’d love your suggestions!
#AcademicSky
Where do you listen to podcasts? I’d love your suggestions!
#AcademicSky
October 22, 2025 at 4:47 AM
ICE recruitment ads on Spotify? Not for us. Yatu Lab is looking for podcast platforms that reflect our values and support our communities ✊🏽
Where do you listen to podcasts? I’d love your suggestions!
#AcademicSky
Where do you listen to podcasts? I’d love your suggestions!
#AcademicSky
Today was devoted to research budgets. It’s slow-going work, but progress is being made. Dinner was ramen with an egg and leftover turkey—a modest, satisfying way to end the day 🍜
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
October 16, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Today was devoted to research budgets. It’s slow-going work, but progress is being made. Dinner was ramen with an egg and leftover turkey—a modest, satisfying way to end the day 🍜
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
Every year, one white man in teacher education program repeats the script: tired of apologizing, denies colonialism, claims no privilege. And every year, we faculty debrief—unpacking, soothing, strategizing. Same dance: cleaning up what colonial denial leaves behind 🙄
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
October 10, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Every year, one white man in teacher education program repeats the script: tired of apologizing, denies colonialism, claims no privilege. And every year, we faculty debrief—unpacking, soothing, strategizing. Same dance: cleaning up what colonial denial leaves behind 🙄
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
Very first Yatu Lab 🌊 Rooted in the Nenqayni Chi’h word for ocean/deep water, we’re building a space for youth, communities, educators, and researchers to connect. Our first session flowed from nerves to lively talk on AI in grad research—Yatu’s spirit of curiosity + connection alive🩵
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
September 26, 2025 at 6:15 AM
Very first Yatu Lab 🌊 Rooted in the Nenqayni Chi’h word for ocean/deep water, we’re building a space for youth, communities, educators, and researchers to connect. Our first session flowed from nerves to lively talk on AI in grad research—Yatu’s spirit of curiosity + connection alive🩵
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
The semester opened with the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education welcome back BBQ—smoky wildfire sunshine, colleagues’ travel stories, and reflections on the publishing challenges that await in the year ahead 📚✍🏽
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#AcademicSky
September 7, 2025 at 2:23 AM
The semester opened with the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education welcome back BBQ—smoky wildfire sunshine, colleagues’ travel stories, and reflections on the publishing challenges that await in the year ahead 📚✍🏽
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#AcademicSky
My field notes have two sides: one for what happens, one for what it means. This double-entry shift is changing how I carry research, teaching, and committee work 📓🌜🌊
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#AcademicSky
August 31, 2025 at 12:33 AM
My field notes have two sides: one for what happens, one for what it means. This double-entry shift is changing how I carry research, teaching, and committee work 📓🌜🌊
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
This study examines how colonization has harmed the inlet’s lands and waters over time. As one Chief shared: to understand the mental health of the people, look at the health of the river and ocean
#AcademicSky #Indigenous
#AcademicSky #Indigenous
August 24, 2025 at 4:47 PM
This study examines how colonization has harmed the inlet’s lands and waters over time. As one Chief shared: to understand the mental health of the people, look at the health of the river and ocean
#AcademicSky #Indigenous
#AcademicSky #Indigenous
Honouring Linda Williams Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation), who passed to Spirit World. She dedicated 40+ years to NITEP Indigenous Education, generously sharing wisdom, guidance, and care. She will be deeply missed by all who knew her 🦅🪶✨
August 18, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Honouring Linda Williams Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation), who passed to Spirit World. She dedicated 40+ years to NITEP Indigenous Education, generously sharing wisdom, guidance, and care. She will be deeply missed by all who knew her 🦅🪶✨
Join us July 15 at xʷc̓ic̓əsəm for a symposium on Indigenous Data Sovereignty in a World of AI, featuring speakers from SFU’s Indigitalization Lab. 10am–1pm with lunch provided. All welcome! 🧠🌿 🦅
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#AcademicSky
July 4, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Join us July 15 at xʷc̓ic̓əsəm for a symposium on Indigenous Data Sovereignty in a World of AI, featuring speakers from SFU’s Indigitalization Lab. 10am–1pm with lunch provided. All welcome! 🧠🌿 🦅
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
NITEP, the Indigenous Teacher Education Program in UBC’s Faculty of Education, is pleased to share the attached job opportunity:
Part-time Lecturer (50%) and Prince Rupert Field Centre Coordinator
Applications due by July 18, 2025
#academicsky #teachereducation
Part-time Lecturer (50%) and Prince Rupert Field Centre Coordinator
Applications due by July 18, 2025
#academicsky #teachereducation
June 19, 2025 at 6:50 AM
NITEP, the Indigenous Teacher Education Program in UBC’s Faculty of Education, is pleased to share the attached job opportunity:
Part-time Lecturer (50%) and Prince Rupert Field Centre Coordinator
Applications due by July 18, 2025
#academicsky #teachereducation
Part-time Lecturer (50%) and Prince Rupert Field Centre Coordinator
Applications due by July 18, 2025
#academicsky #teachereducation
Finished reading Rez Rules by Chief Clarence Louie - a bold, unapologetic look at Nenqayni leadership, economic development, and rez realities. Written with sharp wit & hard-earned insight, it challenges readers to rethink governance, responsibility, and what real community change takes
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#AcademicSky
June 3, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Finished reading Rez Rules by Chief Clarence Louie - a bold, unapologetic look at Nenqayni leadership, economic development, and rez realities. Written with sharp wit & hard-earned insight, it challenges readers to rethink governance, responsibility, and what real community change takes
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
Not everything requires a response; some statements hold the line, speak for themselves, and carry the weight of histories. Spotted during the WestCAST conference at SFU
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#AcademicSky
May 26, 2025 at 5:15 AM
Not everything requires a response; some statements hold the line, speak for themselves, and carry the weight of histories. Spotted during the WestCAST conference at SFU
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#AcademicSky
A glimpse at new language in our faculty’s strategic plan—part of a shift toward decolonization as relational accountability and structural change in the university.
What language are you seeing in your areas—does any of it feel like decolonization?
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What language are you seeing in your areas—does any of it feel like decolonization?
#AcademicSky
May 26, 2025 at 5:01 AM
A glimpse at new language in our faculty’s strategic plan—part of a shift toward decolonization as relational accountability and structural change in the university.
What language are you seeing in your areas—does any of it feel like decolonization?
#AcademicSky
What language are you seeing in your areas—does any of it feel like decolonization?
#AcademicSky
The day after LapuLapu, I led a presentation on wellness as connection at Professional Development Day. Educators gathered to reflect, reconnect, and affirm that collective care is foundational to education. As students reclaim space, teachers continue to hold space for belonging
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#AcademicSky
May 23, 2025 at 5:58 AM
The day after LapuLapu, I led a presentation on wellness as connection at Professional Development Day. Educators gathered to reflect, reconnect, and affirm that collective care is foundational to education. As students reclaim space, teachers continue to hold space for belonging
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
This paper critically examines the concept of online addiction, questioning pathologizing frameworks and calling for a deeper analysis of the social, cultural, and structural forces shaping digital life
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May 22, 2025 at 2:07 PM
This paper critically examines the concept of online addiction, questioning pathologizing frameworks and calling for a deeper analysis of the social, cultural, and structural forces shaping digital life
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#AcademicSky
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson’s Theory of Water frames water as Indigenous internationalism both hyper-local and global. For many Nenqayni, the fight for water rights & river personhood is urgent as local challenges like declining water levels, landslides, and salmon runs need action now
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#AcademicSky
May 11, 2025 at 8:59 PM
Leanne Betasamosake Simpson’s Theory of Water frames water as Indigenous internationalism both hyper-local and global. For many Nenqayni, the fight for water rights & river personhood is urgent as local challenges like declining water levels, landslides, and salmon runs need action now
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
Come learn with us at this free online course on Indigenous Water Rights! Led by two kind instructors — one with the steady care of a grandmother, the other with chill energy from the South. Nenqayni guest speaker
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May 6–June 8, 2025
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May 6–June 8, 2025
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May 1, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Come learn with us at this free online course on Indigenous Water Rights! Led by two kind instructors — one with the steady care of a grandmother, the other with chill energy from the South. Nenqayni guest speaker
#academicsky
May 6–June 8, 2025
Sign up: pacificpeoplespartnership.org/engage/event...
#academicsky
May 6–June 8, 2025
Sign up: pacificpeoplespartnership.org/engage/event...
I sewed my ribbon skirt this spring in Vancouver and wore it today for the first time. I’m leading an arts-based Healing Circle at Point Grey Secondary to support educators after the Lapu Lapu Festival tragedy. Green for mental health, care, and visibility 💚
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#AcademicSky
April 28, 2025 at 5:06 PM
I sewed my ribbon skirt this spring in Vancouver and wore it today for the first time. I’m leading an arts-based Healing Circle at Point Grey Secondary to support educators after the Lapu Lapu Festival tragedy. Green for mental health, care, and visibility 💚
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
A work friend recently suggested an Indigenous research podcast—haven’t checked it out yet, but it’s on my list 🎧 Curious if others have tuned into anything good lately 🤔
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#AcademicSky
April 13, 2025 at 8:02 PM
A work friend recently suggested an Indigenous research podcast—haven’t checked it out yet, but it’s on my list 🎧 Curious if others have tuned into anything good lately 🤔
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
Jumped on the ChatGPT Barbie trend:
Tsilhqot’in Health Scholar Barbie—raised on ancestral strength, fluent in data and decolonization, advancing equity with purpose, presence, and Indigenous knowledges
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Tsilhqot’in Health Scholar Barbie—raised on ancestral strength, fluent in data and decolonization, advancing equity with purpose, presence, and Indigenous knowledges
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April 12, 2025 at 10:42 PM
Jumped on the ChatGPT Barbie trend:
Tsilhqot’in Health Scholar Barbie—raised on ancestral strength, fluent in data and decolonization, advancing equity with purpose, presence, and Indigenous knowledges
#AcademicSky
Tsilhqot’in Health Scholar Barbie—raised on ancestral strength, fluent in data and decolonization, advancing equity with purpose, presence, and Indigenous knowledges
#AcademicSky
Last day of sewing circle! I finished my first ribbon skirt—measuring by hand like seʔinkwel Eva xinli taught me. Younger ladies asked about moon time remedies, birth control, and mental health. Sewing isn’t just sewing—it’s about sharing, healing, and holistic balance. #IndigenousWellness
March 31, 2025 at 5:41 PM
Last day of sewing circle! I finished my first ribbon skirt—measuring by hand like seʔinkwel Eva xinli taught me. Younger ladies asked about moon time remedies, birth control, and mental health. Sewing isn’t just sewing—it’s about sharing, healing, and holistic balance. #IndigenousWellness
Wrapped up Stitching Together Knowledges this week! Honored to be a presenter alongside incredible voices, sharing stories, making medicine bundles, and designing beadwork. Grateful for the conversations on how land, culture and language keeps Indigenous people resilient. Sechanalyagh🩵
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#AcademicSky
March 29, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Wrapped up Stitching Together Knowledges this week! Honored to be a presenter alongside incredible voices, sharing stories, making medicine bundles, and designing beadwork. Grateful for the conversations on how land, culture and language keeps Indigenous people resilient. Sechanalyagh🩵
#AcademicSky
#AcademicSky
Craving a caramel oat milk latte all day—finally had my boujee moment☕️✨ Spent time at the faculty of education Indigenous circle, reflecting on community, knowledge-sharing, and meaningful dialogue. Grateful for spaces that center Indigenous perspectives in academic settings
#NativeSky #AcademicSky
#NativeSky #AcademicSky
March 20, 2025 at 1:33 AM
Craving a caramel oat milk latte all day—finally had my boujee moment☕️✨ Spent time at the faculty of education Indigenous circle, reflecting on community, knowledge-sharing, and meaningful dialogue. Grateful for spaces that center Indigenous perspectives in academic settings
#NativeSky #AcademicSky
#NativeSky #AcademicSky
deldel ʔaldzi xaghiʔan jiz Vancity ♥️🌗 red moon came out
March 14, 2025 at 8:03 AM
deldel ʔaldzi xaghiʔan jiz Vancity ♥️🌗 red moon came out