Juno Beach Centre Honours Indigenous Veterans Through Art in New Exhibition

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Faces of Canada Today features poppies crafted by Indigenous makers in a major art installation

BURLINGTON, Ontario, Nov. 08, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — In honour of National Indigenous Veterans Day, the Juno Beach Centre (JBC) is pleased to announce that its newest exhibition, Faces of Canada Today, will include a major art installation that features poppies crafted by three Métis, Inuit, and First Nations artists.

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Originally inaugurated in 2003, the Faces of Canada Today permanent exhibition showcased Canada’s evolution since the war. Twenty years later, the JBC – Canada’s Second World War museum and memorial in Normandy, France – is undertaking a $1.25 million renewal project, updating the space to reflect the modern Canada that our Second World War Veterans helped build.