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Virtual Homecoming event: Trees of ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University Online Tour

Sunday, September 27, 2020 10:00to11:00
Redpath Museum 859 rue Sherbrooke Ouest, Montreal, QC, H3A 0C4, CA
Price: 
FREE zoom presentation.

Join us for a virtual walk through ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ's leafy legacy accessible via ArcGIS StoryMaps on tablet, phone or desktop. This one-hour online guided tour offers a serene stroll focusing on the astounding botanical heritage of the ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ downtown campus. From the gnarled gingko on upper Peel Street to the stately maple of lower campus, from Montreal's oldest Black walnut tree to the indigenous apple orchard behind Lady Davis coach house, this virtual tour helps us appreciate our on-campus green sanctuary. Hosted and led by Ingrid Birker (Redpath Museum) and Kaja Surborg (Geography and Education). In English. All ages welcome.

IMAGE: ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵs Spindle tree planted in the 1890s by Sir William Dawson. Credit: Claudio Calligaris

Reservation necessary in advance . Zoom link to follow.

Land Acknowledgement

ÎÛÎÛ²ÝÝ®ÊÓƵ University is on land which has long served as a site of meeting and exchange amongst Indigenous peoples, including the Haudenosaunee and Anishinabeg nations. We acknowledge and thank the diverse Indigenous peoples whose presence marks this territory on which peoples of the world now gather.

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