Queen's 2015 Nobel Prize in PhysicsIn a collaborative partnership, the Arthur B. McDonald Canadian Astroparticle Physics Research Institute, the Queen’s University Office of Indigenous Initiatives, the Department of Physics, Engineering Physics & Astronomy, and the Agnes Etherington Art Centre unveiled a new mural in Stirling Hall.
The art is created by Quinn ᓂᑳᓐ ᓅᑎᓐ Hopkins and Will Morin which cover a wall space of 18 feet on the third-floor of the Student Lounge of Stirling Hall.
The McDonald Institute hosted a public unveiling of the mural installation on Monday, July 27, 2026.
From Queen's Gazette article:
The panels move from past, present, to future, bringing Anishinaabe knowledge and astroparticle physics into the same frame — a loon rising toward the pictographs of Lake Superior, a lodge layered over SNOLAB two kilometres underground, and a spirit bird travelling the Milky Way alongside a dreamcatcher woven in the same pattern found in pinecones, galaxies, and the spiral of a river.
When the McDonald Institute opened a call for artists in the Fall of 2025, it did not require interested artists to have any prior knowledge of physics. Part of the journey would be a Two-Eyed Seeing, Knowledge Sharing Circle, where Indigenous Elders and Knowledge Keepers would come together with physicists to explore the questions that have been asked for thousands of years including where do we come from and what is the nature of matter. The two artists heard a common thread in these conversations and created this piece of art.
— Zachary Kenny, Communications Officer for the McDonald Institute
Image from the Queen's Gazette