UBC unveils bilingual Musqueam street signs on campus

The University of British Columbia hasunveiled bilingual street signs around campus toacknowlegethe traditional territory of theMusqueamterritory.

According to a release from theuniversity, which sits on traditionalMusqueamland, the signs on nine campus streets supplement English names with names inhnqminm, the traditional language of theMusqueampeople.

Thehnqminmnames are written in a phonetic alphabet developed with linguists to represent sounds used in oral languages.

For example, University Boulevard received the name "xystm," which means"place for traditional instruction" inhnqminm.