Indigenous Knowledge Centre
We acknowledge that the City of Thunder Bay has been built on the traditional territory of Fort William First Nation, signatory to the Robinson Superior Treaty of 1850. We also recognize the contributions made to our community by the Métis people.
About Our Indigenous Knowledge Centres
Thunder Bay Public Library opened the first of our Indigenous Knowledge Centres (IKC) in 2018 at the Waverley Resource Library. Since that time Indigenous Knowledge Centres have been created at each of our four branches, each serving as a visual representation of our commitment to providing learning materials and resources on Indigenous peoples in Canadian history, treaties, residential schools legacy records and information written by Indigenous curators.
Learners of all ages will find information on key subject areas and themes identified by our Indigenous community as being relevant for retaining and sharing. By gathering these materials in one space we've made it easy for patrons to browse and find what they're looking for, and created opportunities to honour the Objibwe language - the most commonly-spoken Indigenous language in the Thunder Bay Area - with translated shelf signage.
This project was one of the recommendations in the Library's Relationship Building and Reconciliation Action Plan. It furthers our strategic directions of providing a Library which promotes social inclusion and fosters lifelong learning and community well-being. It speaks directly to our core mission of encouraging a deeper and stronger connection to our community and honouring our roots.
