The Tyee: Humans Aren’t Done with xʷəyeyət Yet https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/07/Island-History-Displacement/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @tyee@mstdn.ca #HistoricalAtlasofVancouverandtheLowerFraserValleybyhistorianDerekHayes #ABridgetotheWorld:TheLifeandTimesofSeaIsland #IonaIslandwastewatertreatmentplant #NorthFraserHarbourCommissionersAct #RaincoastConservationFoundation #VancouverInternationalAirport #MusqueamFirstNation #AlexFraserBridge #hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ #MaryKeenauthor #SouthVancouver #IonaBeach

The Tyee: Humans Aren’t Done with xʷəyeyət Yet https://thetyee.ca/News/2023/06/08/Island-History-Displacement/ #bcnews #TheTyee - via @tyee@mstdn.ca #HistoricalAtlasofVancouverandtheLowerFraserValleybyhistorianDerekHayes #ABridgetotheWorld:TheLifeandTimesofSeaIsland #IonaIslandwastewatertreatmentplant #NorthFraserHarbourCommissionersAct #RaincoastConservationFoundation #VancouverInternationalAirport #MusqueamFirstNation #AlexFraserBridge #hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ #MaryKeenauthor #SouthVancouver #IonaBeach

@jackermann
John is there more on this?
I’d love to hear how Translink worked with #MusqueamFirstNation , #tsleil-waututh and #squamishnation (and others) to determine the process and content of the art, it’s meaning, etc.
We will (and should) be seeing more of this representation and recognition throughout Vancouver and B.C. and I’m interested in the process and intent.

Global News BC: Vancouver’s Sir Matthew Begbie Elementary officially renamed ‘wək̓ʷan̓əs tə syaqʷəm’ https://globalnews.ca/news/9339388/vancouvers-school-renamed-musqueam-first-nation/ #globalnews #britishcolumbia #news #SirMatthewBegbieElementarySchool #VancouverSchoolDistrict #VancouverSchoolBoard #IndigenousLanguages #MusqueamFirstNation #Decolonization #Reconciliation #bcfirstnation #Education

The Tyee: Harold Steves Has Left Richmond City Hall. And a Heck of a Legacy (in News) https://thetyee.ca/News/2022/12/05/Harold-Steves-Leaves-City-Hall/ #Co-operativeCommonwealthFederation #KwantlenPolytechnicUniversity #AgriculturalLandReserve(ALR) #GreenPartyofBritishColumbia #UniversityofBritishColumbia #GardenCityLandsRichmond #FathersofConfederation #AliceMaitlandHazelton #MalcolmBrodieRichmond #HolsteinFriesiancows #MichaelWolfeRichmond #MusqueamFirstNation #BrittaniaShipyards #AdrianeCarr