By NanaimoNewsNOW Staff

Totem pole raised inside new VIU building

Feb 9, 2019 | 1:20 PM

NANAIMO — Vancouver Island University students will now be studying under the watchful eye of a recently installed totem pole.

Te’tuxwtun, meaning Mount Benson, was officially unveiled in the Centre for Health and Science building on Saturday, Feb. 9.

It was created by Indigenous artist William Good and represents the “beginning of humanity, of healing and of learning,” a release from the university said.

A piece known as a spindle whorl created by his son Joel will find a home in the new Trades Complex when it’s built.

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“These pieces represent both the building’s they are in, the people in these buildings and the traditional lands the buildings sit on.”

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