Hearts have been erected on the face of the North
Vancouver School District's head office on Lonsdale Avenue in order to
show support for front-line workers. When viewed straight on, the hearts
are meant to look like they are being released from the arms of the
Coast Salish Welcome People in front of the building. photo Maria
Spitale-Leisk, North Vancouver School District
By staff reporter, North Shore News
A show of support for health-care workers and other essential
service workers has been put up at the North Vancouver School District’s
head office.
On April 16, a few staff members of the school district’s Education
Services Centre located at 2121 Lonsdale Ave. painted hearts on the face
of the office building in order to show support and express solidarity
with the Lions Gate Hospital health-care workers who are spending busy
days and nights travelling up and down the Lonsdale corridor for work
amid the ongoing COVID-19 crisis.
The Coast Salish Welcome Pole outside the building, called Kayachtn,
served as the focal point for the project, according to the school
district, with the colourful, cheerful hearts positioned across the
second, third and fourth floors of the building in order to look like
the Welcome Pole’s outstretched arms are releasing the hearts into the
sky.