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Kìwekì means 'returning to one’s homeland' in Algonquin
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An interesting choice. A wish that Europeans would have gone back to their country?
I'm on the fence with this whole thing. On the one hand, as per
acottawa's comment, we already have a bunch of stuff named after Nepean. I'm personably not a fan of name replication (think the Flora Footbridge a dozen or so blocks south-east of Flora Street, named after two different Floras, but still confusing for those who don't know the area's geography). That said, I do feel that there's a bit of an over-correction to repent from our ancestor's atrocities (and lingering societal and systemic issues). Re-naming streets, bridges, monuments, geographical features... can be part of the solution however, it seems to be used as an easy out or easy "win" for some private companies, Government agencies and politicians.
Here are some renderings we may not have seen:
https://twitter.com/NCC_CCN/status/1...7Ctwgr%5Etweet