I acknowledge that my work spans many traditional territories, e.g. Tkaronto, “Where The Trees Meet The Water”; “The Gathering Place", of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabe, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples, and W̱SÁNEĆ, which means "the emerging people", home to W̱JOȽEȽP (Tsartlip), W̱SIKEM (Tseycum), SȾÁUTW̱ (Tsawout) and BOḰEĆEN (Pauquachin) nations. 

 

I acknowledge these & any other Nations who care for the land (acknowledged and unacknowledged, recorded and unrecorded) as the past, present and future caretakers of this land.

 

I am grateful for the traditional Knowledge Keepers and Elders who are with us today, those who have gone before us and the youth that inspire us. I recognize the land acknowledgement as an act of Reconciliation, as recommended by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s (TRC) 94 Calls to Action and have gratitude to those whose territory I reside on and work on, while acknowledging this is but a small act towards reconciliation.

 

I am committed to supporting indigenous sovereignty & dismantling White Supremacy culture and colonialism by naming the violence done to indigenous communities, by listening and learning from survivors of residential schools, by not calling police on Indigenous community members (working with Elders and the Nation for the most appropriate solutions), by continuing my anti-oppressive anti-racist learnings and practice, and educating others on this. I humbly consider myself a steward, and strive to support various restoration events, Indigenous owned businesses and reconciliation endeavours.