Calgary Marks a Historic Step with Indian Residential School Memorial Design Selection

For Calgary's South Asian and broader newcomer communities, reconciliation is not a distant concept but a shared civic responsibility — and the selection of a design team for a major new memorial in the city brings that commitment into sharp focus. Understanding this history is part of building a truly inclusive Calgary.

🏛️ groundcubed and Adrian Stimson Selected to Design Calgary Residential School Memorial

The design firm groundcubed and artist Adrian Stimson have been chosen to create an Indian Residential School Memorial in Calgary, a project of profound cultural and historical significance for the city. The memorial is intended to honour those who suffered under the Indian Residential School system, which forcibly separated Indigenous children from their families and communities across Canada. The selection of this design team signals a commitment to thoughtful, Indigenous-informed commemoration in the heart of the city. The project places Calgary among Canadian cities actively working to give physical form to the truths uncovered through the reconciliation process. [2]

Sources: [2] The Architect’s Newspaper