First approval from CML
June 01, 2016
In June 2016, the Municipality of Lisbon (Câmara Municipal de Lisboa - CML) approved the donation of Portuguese unclaimed human remains to Simon Fraser University (SFU). The City Council meeting minutes can be found in the PDF file below (please look for Proposal #292/2016).
This approval set in march the development of the Coemeteria Olisipponis Memorial Collection (Coleção Memorial Coemeteria Olisipponis) , which is the foundation for the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) of Canada research project entitled "Commemorative and communitive-based curation and study of unclaimed human remains. Engaging local and non-local communities in osteological and mortuary research".
