Coast Salish Chronicles of the West End: Gabriel George: Knowledge Holder

W.E. Connect is a project led by the City of Vancouver, Vancouver School Board, Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation, Vancouver Public Library, and the West End Community Centre Association. This project will produce a renewal plan - a document that will guide and direct the future of the West End Community Hub site that currently includes the West End Community Centre, King George Secondary School, Joe Fortes Library, and other important civic facilities.

The planning process and future West End Community Hub is rooted in xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) ways of knowing, working together, and storytelling.

The W.E. Connect: Coast Salish Chronicles of the West End event held on September 21, 2021 was an opportunity for community members to draw from the stories of local Knowledge Holders to identify key ideas to help create a vision for the renewed West End Community Hub.