The University of Lethbridge has unveiled a rebrand with an Indigenous-inspired logo and wider variety of colours.

“It’s a really exciting day, a milestone day for our community,” said Michelle Helstein, provost and vice-president at the university.

The new emblem retains the sun that has shone bright for almost 60 years, but it now also incorporates four pillars of a tipi, paying homage to Blackfoot roots in southern Alberta.

“We’re very proud of our history and we’re proud that this university exists because the citizens of Lethbridge wanted it to exist,” said Helstein.

“So, really being specific to that history, making sure we weren’t losing that, but evolving that piece. (The new logo is) not speaking to who we were, but who we are and where we’re going.”

She said it’s important

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