Land Acknowledgment

Land Acknowledgment

We acknowledge that we learn, teach and work on the traditional, ancestral and unceded, territory of the Nɬeʔkepmx  and Syilx People. We acknowledge our Metis communities and their contributions to the aboriginal ways of being and knowing.

Acknowledging the territory is performed at any significant event such as school assemblies, awards, meetings, presentations, graduation, celebrations in Aboriginal communities are some examples. Acknowledging the territory is a way of honouring and showing respect for a group of people who have been living and working on this land from times before colonization. A "Welcome" to the territory is only offered by the First Nations people who are traditionally from the territory. Visitors, including everyone who is not a member of the traditional First Nation, would "acknowledge" the territory.