The Mayor and City Council of Vancouver proclaimed June 21, 2013, to June 20, 2014, as a Year of Reconciliation to stimulate awareness of the historical impacts of residential schools and racial injustices and to encourage reconciliation and healing. The Public Art Program invited artists from across Canada to propose new 2-D artworks about reconciliation for temporary platforms such as transit shelter posters, banners in the Vancouver Public Library downtown, a photo-mural at the Canada Line City Centre transit station and video works for three downtown advertising screens. Submissions were reviewed by a panel of Aboriginal artists and educators. Ten Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal artists were commissioned. Artworks premiered monthly from March through August 2014. Each work was on display for a minimum of five weeks (transit shelters) to a maximum of nine months (library banners and City Centre transit station).