FINALLY FOUND IT! Every previous visit to the University of British Columbia campus immediately west of Vancouver, I have forgotten to look for this Labyrinth. Today, I visited UBC for the purpose of breaking my Ramadan Fast by attending the Muslim Students’ Association 2018 Annual Iftar, and then blogging about it on my other project’s […]
Toronto & Vancouver City of Labyrinths is a Project to create public Labyrinths within walking distance of every Torontonian & Vancouverite.
Intended to create safe walking spaces for both play and contemplation.
Labyrinths are placed in parks, public spaces, during neighbourhood street parties or major urban festivals like Pedestrian Sunday Kensington Market in Toronto or Car Free Days in Vancouver.
HiMY SYeD – Labyrinth Maker & Project Co-ordinator
Labyrinths are made on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Coast Salish peoples –
Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish),
Stó:lō and
Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh)
and xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) Nations.
Labyrinths are made in traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of
the Kwantlen,
the Katzie,
the Semiahmoo
and Tsawwassen First Nations.
Traditional: recognizes lands traditionally used and/or occupied by the People or First Nations in parts of the country.
Ancestral: recognizes land that is handed down from generation to generation.
Unceded: refers to land that was not turned over to the Crown (government) by a treaty or other agreement.
