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Originally Posted by CoryB
I wonder if there might be a place for a national museum on Canada's indigenous peoples. Considering the history of Hudson's Bay there it would be a somewhat interesting reuse, Winnipeg has a high indigenous population, the current federal government leans towards giving indigenous peoples money for worth while projects, etc.
Having a museum would also not need some crazy redevelopment of the building like the commonly discussed donut model. It could also be a centre of excellence for the preservation of indigenous languages and basically build on the teaching/learning aspects.
Definitely way outside my wheelhouse on this one but it feels like there might be something to this idea if it had the right people behind it.
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Very good idea, IMO. Part of the space could be used for historical displays, part for teaching and lecture space. Part could even be used for an indigenous traditional cooking school, or a place to teach traditional medicines. Perhaps the Universities would even consider re-locating some of their indigenous studies courses there.
It might also help concentrate the shrinking downtown retail space into existing areas, instead of spreading it out too thinly over the downtown.