Kwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU) has unveiled its 蠂史蓹蠂史e虂y虛蓹m Indigenous collection at the 91原创 campus.

The third 蠂史蓹蠂史e虂y虛蓹m Indigenous collection on a KPU campus, after the first in Surrey last year and the second in Richmond earlier this month, focuses on medicines from the land.

蠂史蓹蠂史e虂y虛蓹m means oral storytelling in the h蓹n虛q虛蓹min虛蓹m虛 language spoken by the Kwantlen First Nation. The name was gifted by Sesmelot (Fern Gabriel) of that nation.

The collection at KPU 91原创 features salves and products from Sk瘫wa虂lwen, a company founded by Leigh Joseph, an ethnobotanist from the Skwxw煤7mesh (Squamish) First Nation.

It also features books by Indigenous authors with themes of Indigenous medicines and horticulture.

Rachel Chong, Indigenous engagement and subject liaison librarian at KPU and a member of M茅tis nation, curated the collection.

鈥淭he nursing program and faculty of science and horticulture are based in 91原创 and we really wanted to reflect these programs at 91原创 campus in the 蠂史蓹蠂史茅y虛蓹m space,鈥� says Chong.

Each collection reflects something unique about that campus.

Richmond has a focus on design for the Wilson School of Design while Surrey features cedar in its collection.

The chairs designed by M茅tis artist Jennifer Lamont, a graduate of the Wilson School of Design and now coordinator of Indigenous student transitions and engagement at the university, are also featured in the collection.

The armrests feature a powwow dancer print.

Housed in the library at KPU 91原创, the 蠂史蓹蠂史e虂y虛蓹m Indigenous collection is designed to be a circular space to reduce hierarchy and encourage more interaction between participants.

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