Brent Sparrow, Jr. is a contemporary Musqueam carver. He was born in 1970 to his mother, Susan Point, who is a renowned artist in her own right. Sparrow apprenticed with her and Kwakwaka’wakw artist John Livingston. We know his work well from the welcome post we walk past every day on our way to the Scarfe building. This particular post tells the origin story of the Musqueam people and how they got their name. This and some of his other carvings are acts of reconciliation, art works that are building relationships between indigenous and settler communities in the lower mainland. His work incorporates the stories and teachings of the Musqueam people, represented in traditional shapes and design elements.