Several schools across Canada have unveiled new murals, which were created in partnership with Indigenous artists. In British Columbia, École Mer-et-montagne unveiled a plant-inspired Indigenous mural by Jessica Chickite of the We Wai Kai First Nation (Cape Mudge Band). In Ontario, Langton Public School recently unveiled a mural that was created by students, staff, and local artist Cileena Sandy of Wasauksing First Nation; Elmira District Secondary School celebrated a new mural painted by student Maggie E New, whose late father was a member of Long Point First Nation; and St Mary’s College students created a Woodland-style mural with the guidance of Anishinaabe artist Lucia Laford. In Manitoba, the University of Manitoba Price Faculty of Engineering now sports a mural by Métis artist Mike Valcourt. The mural—which depicts bison jumping over a hydroelectic dam while an Indigenous fisherman stands in a canoe nearby—serves as a reclamation of Indigenous knowledge in engineering.
