The Canada flag (at Flag Pole Plaza) and the BC, Musqueam and UBC flags (temporarily relocated to the East Mall Entrance and Plaza at the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre) on the UBC Vancouver campus and the Canada, BC, Okanagan Nation Alliance and UBC flags at UBC Okanagan are lowered until sunset on Sunday, April 23, 2023 acknowledging the request from shíshálh Nation to the province to honour those who suffered trauma and harm at the former residential school in Sechelt and their families and communities who are mourning.
For more information and resources, please visit the Indian Residential School History and Dialogue Centre.