The verdant tip of land overlooking English Bay and the Strait of Georgia might be known as University Endowment Lands but UBC has long acknowledged that the campus sits on traditional Musqueum territory.
That acknowledgement is now very visible.
On April 4, the university will officially unveil bilingual street signs for nine major streets around campus. The signs were conceived and designed in partnership with the Musqueam community who provided the new names.
There will be a short ceremony at the Robert H. Lee Alumni Centre at 10 a.m., followed by a walking tour to a few of the sign locations. The tour will be led by a fluent hən̓q̓əmin̓əm̓ speaker from Musqueam to pronounce the names and explain how they were conceived.
