Update from Musqueam

Jody and I have been busy working in Musqueam as community researcher. We have both been working on the Website looking for bugs and testing the new version that Ryan and Tristan and the RRN team have been working on.

Jody and I are also doing presentations for Musqueam 101 (a weekly non-credit university-level seminar hosted by Musqueam in partnership with UBC) and audio interviews that will go on the item record page of the individual artists that are on the site. We are interviewing Joan Peters, Debra Campbell and McGeary Point this week. Debra Sparrow wants to come in to review her interview. Jody will edit the interviews and put them on the website. I enjoy this part of my work as I feel it is hands on work, challenging and exciting to interview and talk to these people in person. Also, when I went to talk to these people about putting their story on the RRN I could tell that they were overwhelmed and honoured to talk about their history and interest in art.  I am very interested in interviewing Roddy and Joan Peters; Roddy is the eldest person in Musqueam right now. The Peters have a fascinating background as their parents taught them many things of their history and they have kept their culture and language alive.  I am now contacting individuals to come to the board room for presentations and interviews. I decided to do this because not too many people have showed up at the Adult Learning centre.

I am happy and excited to go to the opening at MOA and to meet Steven Point, Lt. Governor in person.  Time is going too fast as the launch is coming so near.

-June