When Royal Roads University Master of Arts in Tourism Management student Melinda Quintero first moved to Greater Victoria from the US, she wanted to explore its many landmarks. But her thoughts kept returning to the first inhabitants of these Lands - The Lekwungen-speaking Peoples, the Esquimalt and Songhees Nations.
Landmark thesis earns prestigious award
When she searched for more information about Indigenous place names and landmarks, she noticed the information was scattered and hard to find. This search inspired Quintero's thesis First Nations Place Names from Cadboro Bay to Millstream, which earned her the Governor General's Gold Medal at Convocation this fall.
