A $3.6-million learning centre that will offer aboriginal students a feeling of home away from home is being built at Vancouver Island University. Based on a traditional pre-colonialism Coast Salish longhouse design, Phase 1 of the project is being built by 16 First Nations students enrolled in the school's aboriginal construction program.
The building will be known as Shq'apthut (the gathering place), said Sharon Hobenshield, VIU's director of aboriginal education. It is expected to be complete by next summer.The building will include a student lounge, an elders' lounge and office space for VIU's aboriginal student services department.
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