By Jack Clark

Where Two rivers meet

Where Two Rivers Meet opens at Two Rivers Gallery

Aug 13, 2022 | 3:59 PM

PRINCE GEORGE- Where Two rivers meet, a new exhibit at Two Rivers Gallery addresses a problem in a major industry.

“There’s a growing awareness that there was often racism in the health care system,” said the Executive Director of Aboriginal Education at CNC, Marlene Erickson. “We figured that they’re an excellent place to start addressing that is finding the students are still in training in college and university. It was about creating a safe space for that tough conversation to take place.”

The gallery is a collaboration that hopes to educate those through various projects.

“We created a safe space,” said Erickson. “Of course, with our design and their expertise and arts-based education, we created a bunch of projects for the students to work through.”

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The team hopes where two rivers meet will have a significant impact on the community of Prince George.

“It’s creating an understanding,” said Erickson. “We call that, you know, moving information from your head to your heart.”

When walking through the exhibit, the goal is to learn something new with every step.

“I imagine when people start to walk in with each step they take, there’s like this explosion of light of magic of saying, oh, I didn’t know this,” said Darlene McIntosh, an Elder with the Lheidli T’enneh Nation. “They take it and absorb it and walk with it. Then be able to share what they saw here.”

The show will be on view until September 25th.