Nova Scotia Community College has opened smudging rooms at each of the college’s 13 campuses across the province.
Jude Gerrard, Mi’kmaq and Indigenous advisor at Nova Scotia Community College and a member of Millbrook First Nation, N.S., helped facilitate the opening.
Previously, smudging was only done outdoors at campuses, and required 24 hours notice.
“The question I always ask is, when you’re celebrating birthdays, are you blowing candles out? Because you’re producing just as much smoke from the cake that you are from a smudge bowl,” said Gerrard.
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