2017 Community Quilt – Canada 150 Project
hɛkʷ čɛ θ tuwa? // where do you come from? // d’où venez-vous?
Where were you born? Where did you live before you came here? Where did your ancestors come from? How do you understand the mystery of your existence? What experiences have shaped you into the person you are today?
As Canada marked the passing of 150 years since becoming a nation, many in our island community wanted to create space for exploration and reflection on how the histories of our island’s Indigenous peoples, settlers, and visitors have layered against each other, intersecting and diverging in complicated ways.