Balmoral Street Police Station - (CJ Goater/Acadia Broadcasting)
Some new artwork is coming to the police station on Balmoral Street.
Thunder Bay’s police service has opened a call for artists to invite community members to submit applications to create the design for the project.
The design must incorporate the Seven Grandfather Teachings which are courage, respect, honesty, truth, humility, love, and wisdom.
The display will also include the Thunder Bay Police Service’s Community Inclusion Team’s Gawnedum Gaakina Awaya (Protect Everyone/Everything) statement.
The artwork will be displayed on the second-floor windows at the front of the building visible to all visitors and those driving by.
“It’s going to be a great opportunity for us to show that we really are working hard towards that reconciliation and working with our Indigenous community,” said Police Chief Darcy Fleury.
“I think the message is that, you know we are open to everybody, we do serve the entire community and one of the pieces that we’ve seen over the last a little while is you know that the response from the indigenous community saying they feel like they’re underserved and this is just really a welcome like this is just an opportunity for us to say come on in.”
Thunder Bay’s Clean, Green and Beautiful Committee is providing financial support for the project.
The city is helping with the administration of the call for artists as well.
The application process is open and the final day you can submit your proposal is November 22, at 4:00 p.m.
The winning artist/artist team will be announced the week of December 9.
For more information or to submit an application click here.
