President Steenkamp: Happy National Indigenous Peoples Month 

I had the honour to join Emerging Indigenous Scholars Chair Shauneen Pete and Campus Patrol Officer Stanley Chipps to raise the Canadian Indigenous flag on the traditional Lands of the Lekwungen-speaking Peoples, the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations.
Designed by the late Kwakwaka’wakw artist Curtis Wilson, the flag symbolizes “standing together in support of each other.”
This month is about coming together, engaging in decolonization and reconciliation, and seeking out true Indigenous stories and voices. By standing together, we foster understanding and respect for each other's cultures and histories.