Gordon Oakes Red Bear Student Centre Opening Celebration

  • 2017-01-27

Official grand opening celebrations of the U of S Gordon Oakes Red Bear Student Centre and virtual tour.
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  • Official grand opening celebrations of the U of S Gordon Oakes Red Bear Student Centre and virtual tour.
  • Many dignitaries in attendance for Gordon Oakes Red Bear Centre official grand opening celebrations.
  • Opening prayer by Elder Larry Oakes, son of the late Gordon Oakes
  • Architect Douglas Cardinal and U of S Chancellor Blaine Favel
  • National Assembly of First Nations Chief Perry Bellegarde
  • Treaty Commissioner George E. Lafond
  • Painting of Gordon Oakes by artist Michael Lonechild
  • Dana Carriere, Aboriginal liaison of the U of S Graduate Students’ Association and chair of the Indigenous Gradation Students’ Council, and Feather Pewapisconias, president of the Indigenous Students’ Council, present a blanket to Jean Oakes, widow of Gordon Oakes.
  • Jean Oakes, widow of Gordon Oakes
  • Architect Douglas Cardinal and U of S President and Vice-Chancellor Peter Stoicheff
  • Honour song ended formal ceremony
  • Juno-award winning singer Susan Aglukark performs at reception following the formal ceremony
  • Welcome to the Gordon Oakes Redbear Student Centre at the U of S

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