Principles for Musqueam and UBC Collaboration.
“We all have a role to play in building a strong relationship between UBC and Musqueam, if not by direct collaboration, by education and awareness,” says Aaron Lao, a Master of Arts (School of Community and Regional Planning) candidate.
As a UBC Sustainability Scholar, Aaron worked with the Musqueam First Nation to identify principles for collaboration and engagement between the University of British Columbia (UBC) and the Musqueam First Nation around sustainability and wellbeing.
UBC’s Vancouver campus is located on the unceded, traditional territory of the Musqueam First Nation. Today, about half of approximately 1,300 Musqueam members live in the main Musqueam village, located adjacent to the southeastern portion of the University Endowment Lands.
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