New Indigenous mural honours community voices on campus

By: Rob Rombouts
Friday, February 24, 2023

Mike Cywink, an Indigenous Studies student and staff member at Western, designed the mural with input from the community.  (Chris KIndratsky/Western Communications)

Mike Cywink, an Indigenous Studies student and staff member at Western, designed the mural with input from the community. (Chris KIndratsky/Western Communications)


Two bears climb trees, acting as protectors as animals gather around a sacred fire. Flowing behind it all are the waters of the Deshkan Ziibi.

This scene is part of a new mural outside the Indigenous Studies office on the third floor of the Social Science Centre at Western. The mural has been created by students, staff and faculty connected to the program.

Mike Cywink, an Indigenous Studies student and staff member at Western, designed the mural with input from the community.

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