Land Acknowledgement

This learning hub was written and edited by students and academics from the University of British Columbia. We acknowledge that the University of British Columbia is situated on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xwməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam) People.

Contributors to our work come from the unceded territories of: the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations; Lekwungen-speaking Peoples and the Songhees, Esquimalt, and WSANEC peoples; the Ktunaxa Nation; Northern Secwepemc andTreaty 8 First Nations; Okanagan First Nation; the Hul’qumi’num and SENĆOŦEN speaking peoples; the Tsilhqot’in Nation; the Haida Nation; the Kanien’kehà:ka Peoples; the Ojibwe First Nation; and the Inuit Peoples of Iqaluit.

We are committed to learning about and honouring those who have come before us and fighting for Reconciliation through intentional processes of decolonization.

We are thankful to the Indigenous Peoples of Turtle Island who have cared for and protected our natural world for millennia.