Loyalist College has opened a new and expanded Indigenous centre to support Indigenous students while providing services to everyone on the Belleville campus.

Dignitaries on Monday celebrated the official opening of the Tsi Titewaya’taró:roks Indigenous Centre at the Belleville campus.

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Its name means “place where we gather as family” in Kanyen’kéha:ka (Mohawk).

The centre is part of the college’s efforts toward reconciliation with Indigenous peoples, Loyalist news release stated.

In addition to providing support for Indigenous students to enhance academic success and Indigenous identity, the centre provides cultural activities, resources, and more for the entire college community.

“In the past, Indigenous students were forced to give up their legal status under the

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