Unama’ki College of Cape Breton University
Disclaimer
When changes are made in program structure, a student already registered may choose to satisfy the new program requirements or to complete the program as it was when the student began his/her program if this is still possible and reasonable.
Cape Breton University (CBU) does not accept any responsibility for loss or damage suffered or incurred by any student as a result of suspension or termination of services, courses, or classes caused by reason of strikes, lockouts, riots, weather, damage to University property and any other cause beyond the reasonable control of CBU.
Each student bears the responsibility of ensuring that his/her course choices satisfy both the overall program regulations and the individual department regulations for specializations, concentrations or majors.
STEPHEN AUGUSTINE, MA, BA, – Principal
Unama’ki College (formerly Mi’kmaq College Institute) of Cape Breton University strives to inform, research, teach and dialogue about the past and present realities of Aboriginal Nations, particularly, the Mi’kmaw First Nation. Unama’ki College provides, through its Mi’kmaq Resource Center (MRC) and Mi’kmaq Language Lab, exciting environments in which to participate in current projects and research involving collaboration with Indigenous peoples, locally, nationally and internationally. Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal students alike, are drawn to the College because of the opportunities afforded to students to participate in ongoing dialogues about contemporary Indigenous issues.
The full and part time faculty members of the Unama’ki College teach academic courses in Mi’kmaq Studies (language/culture; governance/history and linguistics) as well as in MSIT / Integrative Science. The Unama’ki College of Cape Breton University offers academic courses related to Aboriginal issues and language using three delivery methods:
1. Courses are delivered at the main CBU campus in Sydney;
2. Courses are delivered in First Nations communities by faculty who travel to communities;
3. Courses are delivered in First Nations communities, regardless of location, via video conferencing.
Go to www.cbu.ca/unamaki for up-to-date information on Unama’ki College.
Mi’kmaq Resource Centre (MRC)
Diane Chisholm, BA, Coordinator<PHONE_NUMBER>
The Mi’kmaq Resource Centre is a repository of documents related to Mi’kmaq history, culture and language. The Centre houses books, doctoral theses, articles, reports, pamphlets and academic papers, as well as video and audio materials. The MRC’s holdings also include the now defunct Mic Mac News, publications of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples, an extensive array of materials on Donald Marshall Jr.’s experiences in the justice system and papers related to Aboriginal issues donated by private sources.
The MRC has a small, though select, collection of items representing Mi’kmaq material culture over the past hundred years: examples of quill and beadwork, crooked k