Community-University Research Alliance

The University of Victoria CURA program, funded by a grant from the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, was established to develop collaborative relationships between the University of Victoria and the British Columbia arts and heritage community. The CURA program has provided financial and technical support for the Upper St'át'imc History Through Photographs project. Ms. Marilyn Napoleon of the Upper St'át'imc Language, Culture and Education Society and Dr. Andrea Walsh of the Department of Anthropology at UVic have co-directed this project. Towagh Behr, an M.A. candidate in Interdisciplinary Studies at UVic, designed and constructed the website. Community researchers from the Upper St'át'imc areas have been Gena Edwards, Florence Jack, and Marcel Adrian. University of Victoria student contributions to this site have been made by the department of Anthropology's Adrienne Bonfonti, Abi Godfrey, and Cynthia Korpan. Other CURA partners that have provided support for this research and website are the Art Gallery of British Columbia, the British Columbia Museums Association, the British Columbia Archives and Records Services, the Heritage Society of British Columbia, and the Royal British Columbia Museum.

For additional information on the CURA project: http://www.cura.uvic.ca./home.html