Musqueam

By Marco Shum Halfway through Langara’s five-year strategic plan, the college still faces challenges retaining Indigenous staff. Under the Indigenization section of the plan, which was unveiled in 2020, there were three main goals:…

By Danauca Dory The demand for student housing at Langara is being explored as a part of the 2025 Strategic Plan. The steps to get there are more complicated than students think. The plan, which is currently in its draft state, is an…

Langara College's Indigenous name made its launch on a national sporting platform with its debut on the team's basketball uniforms.

Langara’s inclusion of its Musqueam name, snəw̓eyəɬ leləm̓, in staff emails and campus posters is the first step to setting up an environment where reconciliation can happen, said Rick Ouellet, Langara’s director of Aboriginal education and…

Reported by Shabnam Jessa A $240,000 grant to create a custom curriculum for Indigenous students will set a goal of giving them the skills they need to transition to post-secondary education at Langara. The grant from the Social…

By Nathan Gan Langara’s recently unveiled “Welcome Figure” on the northwest corner of campus symbolizes the college’s close ties with Musqueam culture and the passing of knowledge to Langara students. The house post was carved by…

Reported by Kelsea Franzke  In light of a new house post erected at Langara College, reporter Kelsea Franzke takes a look into the college's Indigenous carving program. https://youtu.be/KbaKq5jOXaE The eight-month reconciliation…

Basketball is back in Musqueam. Youth interest in the sport, which thrived throughout the 1990s, had all but died, until last year.

Musqueam band members are breathing a sigh of relief now that they've signed a new agreement with the city that's been 20 years in the making. Before the agreement, the Musqueam would meet with the municipality to discuss services on an…

Marpole residents could have a new park to enjoy now that Musqueam First Nations have successfully purchased two acres of land previously plotted for condo development. Century Group, a real estate development company, was granted a…