AMS Student Nest, University Boulevard, UBC, Vancouver, BC, Canada
These are public art pieces from our area that we would like to use to further our inquiry. We would like to explore their meanings and their place in land reclamation.
- “Blanketing the City” by Debra Sparrow (xʷməθkʷəy̓əm), Chief Janice George (Sḵwxwú7mesh) and Angela George (səlilwətaɬ) https://vanmuralfest.ca/community-projects/blanketing-the-city
- UBC Host Signs by artist Hock E Aye VI Edgar Heap of Bird https://belkin.ubc.ca/collections/#hock-e-aye-vi-edgar-heap-of-birds-native-hosts
- Totem Poles around Stanley Park https://vancouver.ca/parks-recreation-culture/totems-and-first-nations-art.aspx
- Local totem poles around East Vancouver such as the totem pole that was recently put up in my neighbourhood in the Joyce-Collingwood area. As there is a stark juxtaposition between between the urbanization of buildings surrounding the beautiful carved cedar made by members of the Musqueam First Nation – https://issuu.com/rccnews/docs/february2019.
By Guneev Randhawa and Lorantiya Fernando-Geekiyanage