Humber College has announced that it is honouring Indigenous voices and experiences with the installation of Indigenous Cultural Markers (ICMs) on the college?s campuses. The ICMs are designed to place the college in the context of the long history of Indigenous peoples in what is now called the Greater Toronto Area.
The Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, will be in attendance at a Grand Opening event on November 8, to offer congratulatory remarks.
An installation at the Barrett Centre for Technology Innovation at North Campus will represent the 7 Fires of Creation that correlate with the 7 Stages of Life as told within the story of the Ansihinaabe Life Path.
?The inspiration for the Indigenous Cultural Markers came from the desire to find a contemporary way to explore the land acknowledgement for the geographic area where Humber is located,? says Shelley Charles, dean, Indigenous Education and Engagement. ?It?s our responsibility to ensure we provide as many histories as possible in the education and knowledge we impart.? The Great Migration markers at the Lakeshore Campus tell the migration story of the Anishinaabe people. The Markers feature several key stopping points along the journey from the Eastern shores of Turtle Island to the Western end of Ojibwe Gitchi-Gameh (today’s Lake Superior).
Humber College is located in Adoobiigok, known as “Place of the Black Alders” in the Ojibwe Anishinaabe language. It is uniquely sit...