3 January 2023, Ottawa - The Philippine Embassy in Ottawa, led by Chargé d’Affaires, a.i, Francisco Noel Fernandez III, organized a tour of the Grand Hall and related exhibits of the Canadian Museum of History in Gatineau, Quebec on 29 December 2022, featuring the Indigenous People’s survival of their culture and their contributions to cultural diversity of modern Canada. The tour highlighted the history, cultures and beliefs of the First Peoples of Canada’s Pacific Coast.

The Grand Hall features six iconic Native houses connected by a boardwalk and totem poles, and two exhibitions on the First Peoples of the Northwest Coast and the Tsimshian Prehistory. These were shed to light by archaeological excavations carried out from 1966 to 1978 in British Columbia.

This activity is part of the Embassy’s efforts to enrich its personnel’s appreciation of the history and culture of the Indigenous Peoples in Canada as it relates to contemporary issues. END