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Another key milestone is reached for the First Peoples’ Gathering House project as architectural renderings were showcased to the ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV community in mid-September... read more. 

First Peoples' Gathering House In-Person Open House, September 15

Please join us for this Open House where Urban Arts Architects Inc. will share information about the First Peoples' Gathering House (FPGH), a new key facility on campus that will provide a gathering place where Indigenous students, staff and faculty can come together to practice, learn and share their cultural traditions. Information about the event can be found here.

Another round of virtual townhall sessions for the Host Nations, Indigenous students, staff and faculty were held. The architects’ presentation shown at each session is available to view .

A virtual information session for Indigenous students was held January 14, 2021 to provide an update on the First Peoples’ Gathering House and allow for students to ask questions about the project. The slide presentation shown at the information session is available to view here. View the video of the session and the Q&A transcription can be found here. 

Gabriel George and Rudy Reimer lead a special event to call on the ancestors to awaken the ground where the new First Peoples' Gathering House will be built. The ground awakening was held on ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Shirt Day to honour the survivors of Indian residential schools...

¶¡ÏãÔ°AV’s Office for Aboriginal Peoples (OAP) held a special ground awakening ceremony to honour the intergenerational survivors of the Indian residential school system while looking forward to.... 

Plans for a ceremonial space for the ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV community to celebrate Indigenous knowledge and culture are underway. ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV’s First Peoples’ Gathering House will open on ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV’s Burnaby campus in 2023....

A vision for the future: ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV adopts Burnaby 2065 Campus Master Plan

The Master Plan weaves guiding principles & opportunities to support Indigenization across ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV Burnaby, while showcasing the First People’s Gathering House as a place where Indigenous teaching, learning & gathering are interlinked & connected to the land...read more. 

Indigenous students at ¶¡ÏãÔ°AV can look forward to having a ceremonial space to celebrate Indigenous knowledge and culture when the First Peoples’ Gathering House opens in 2023....