{"id":940336,"date":"2026-10-20T18:14:13","date_gmt":"2026-10-20T18:14:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/940336\/"},"modified":"2026-10-20T18:14:13","modified_gmt":"2026-10-20T18:14:13","slug":"multi-nation-indigenous-mural-debuts-by-uottawa-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/940336\/","title":{"rendered":"Multi-nation Indigenous mural debuts by uOttawa station"},"content":{"rendered":"

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O-Train commuters have a refreshed view as a sprawling mural now adorns a bike path viewable from the uOttawa LRT station.<\/p>\n

The University of Ottawa mural by the train station entrance to campus brought together five artists from diverse Indigenous backgrounds to contribute to the bike path artwork. <\/p>\n

Many styles of art reconcile in the work by Miskomin Twenish (Algonquin), Chris Chipak (Cree), Aija Komangapik (Inuk), Victoria Ransom (Kanien’keh\u00e1:ka) and Bre Quirion (M\u00e9tis).<\/p>\n

“It was really, really powerful to be able to have that time and build those connections with the other nations,” Quirion told CBC News.<\/p>\n

Tareyn Johnson, director of Indigenous affairs at the University of Ottawa, told CBC News that the quintet represents the five largest Indigenous populations in Ottawa.<\/p>\n

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Contributing arist Bre Quirion told CBC News that their section of the bike path mural was inspired by the movement of species within the homeland of the Red River M\u00e9tis (Gregory Conway\/CBC)<\/p>\n

Connections built between nations<\/p>\n

Bre Quirion, a two-spirit artist based in Manitoba, painted a section of the bike path depicting horses, bison and other cultural touchstones of the Red River M\u00e9tis. <\/p>\n

Most of the artists worked on the mural together for about two weeks, with the work period overlapping with The National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.<\/p>\n

At one point during the painting process Quirion fell ill and Inuk artist Komangapik brought them a traditional seal soup to make them feel better.<\/p>\n

“We would just spend hours over meals, talking and sharing stories, passing legends back and forth and kind of experiencing as much as we can the other person’s lifestyle,” said Quirion.<\/p>\n

Komangapik told CBC that the mural’s concept is based upon the seasons and that the artists worked together on the piece as a whole, rather than just dividing the bike path into sections.<\/p>\n

“It wasn’t just my art, my art, and then my art. It was my art interwoven with your art, and it all kind of spoke to each other in tandem,” said Komangapik.<\/p>\n

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The bike path is a key entrance point to the University of Ottawa campus as it is directly outside the uOttawa O-Train station. (Gregory Conway\/CBC)<\/p>\n

Expanding the project<\/p>\n

Johnson told CBC News that the aesthetic and visibility projects are part of a broader Indigenous action plan for U of O, started in 2017, which also includes policy and institutional changes.<\/p>\n

“We’re starting to move into more physical aesthetic representations on campus that reflect internal changes that have taken place over the last decade,” said Johnson.<\/p>\n

Johnson told CBC News that plans for the project to expand are in progress. Further artwork will continue onto the glass of the CAREG building and pillars closer to the station. The area will also feature a large-scale sculpture.<\/p>\n

“We’re just working with the city on finalizing the steps to have permission to paint some of the areas that belong to the City of Ottawa. They’re on board, it’s just a process,” said Johnson.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Listen to this article Estimated 3 minutes The audio version of this article is generated by AI-based technology.…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":940337,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194295],"tags":[49,48,20739],"class_list":["post-940336","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ottawa","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-ottawa"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940336","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=940336"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/940336\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/940337"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=940336"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=940336"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=940336"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}