Hudson's Bay closed its massive Winnipeg flagship and has donated it to Canada's First Nations in an act of reclamation and reconciliation.
HBC’s gift to the First Nations, unveiled Friday in a ceremony at the site, is a public act of reclamation and reconciliation to benefit Canada’s First Nations. Though many retailers have been downsizing for years, a process accelerated by the pandemic and the internet, there is still plenty of unproductive and unused retail space challenging companies to develop alternative uses.
Representatives of First Nations with Richard Baker flanked by Winnipeg Mayor Brian Bowman and Prime Minister Trudeau and Grand Chief Jerry Daniels . Canada does have a dark history of about 100 years of separating Indigenous children from their families and forcing them to attend residential schools and assimilate into Canada’s white culture. Many children were mistreated and died in the schools, and unmarked graves have been discovered. The SCO project will be a place of reflection, to honor those children who survived and those who didn’t.
“With this project, we are working with HBC and creating a new way of living and working together with treaty partners to create better outcomes for us all,” said Peguis First Nation Chief Glenn Hudson, member of the SCO chiefs’ executive committee. “This will be a new beginning for our people, for this important heritage building, and for everyone who will be brought together to live, work and visit this groundbreaking space.
The project will incorporate technologies to support a 35 percent reduction in energy consumption and an 81 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions to align with First Nation values of treading lightly on the Earth. Also, the historic facade will be preserved.
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