{"id":268,"date":"2021-08-16T17:54:25","date_gmt":"2021-08-16T21:54:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/selkirkcollegefacultyguide\/chapter\/land-acknowledgments-and-indigenization-guides\/"},"modified":"2024-03-18T13:30:08","modified_gmt":"2024-03-18T17:30:08","slug":"land-acknowledgments-and-indigenization-guides","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/pressbooks.bccampus.ca\/selkirkcollegefacultyguide\/chapter\/land-acknowledgments-and-indigenization-guides\/","title":{"raw":"Land Acknowledgements and Indigenization Guides","rendered":"Land Acknowledgements and Indigenization Guides"},"content":{"raw":"<h2><strong>Selkirk College Traditional Territory Acknowledgements<\/strong><\/h2>\nSelkirk College acknowledges the traditional territories of the First Nations of the West Kootenay and Boundary regions: the Sinixt (Lakes), the Syilx (Okanagan), the Ktunaxa and the Secw\u00e9pemc (Shuswap) Peoples. The mountains, rivers, lakes and lands of these territories have sustained life and human communities since time immemorial. Learning and education have been part of this land for millennia.\n\nSelkirk College is grateful to the keepers of these territories where we live and learn, and the wisdom and beauty that surrounds us. Selkirk College is honoured to work with an engaged and proud M\u00e9tis community who make the West Kootenay and Boundary region their home. We honour and celebrate the values, cultures, and ways-of-knowing that all Indigenous learners bring to Selkirk College.\n\n<span style=\"background-color: #ffffff\">For further information, resources, and supports available through Selkirk College, please see the <a style=\"background-color: #ffffff\" href=\"https:\/\/selkirk.ca\/student-life-support\/student-supports\/indigenous-services\">Indigenous Services<\/a> page on our website.<\/span>\n\n<span style=\"background-color: #ffffff\">Please refer to Selkirk College's <a style=\"background-color: #ffffff\" href=\"https:\/\/selkirk.ca\/about-selkirk\/leadership-governance\/plans-reporting\/indigenization-plan\">Indigenization Plan<\/a> to familiarize yourself with the direction and visions of the college.<\/span>\n\nCanadian Association of University Teachers\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caut.ca\/content\/guide-acknowledging-first-peoples-traditional-territory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guide to Acknowledging First Peoples &amp; Traditional Territory<\/a> provides a national reference to land acknowledgments for Canadian Universities.\n<h2><strong>BCcampus Guides to Indigenization of Curriculum<\/strong><\/h2>\nBCcampus and the Ministry of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills were instrumental in supporting the development of six useful guides for post-secondary BC institutions. These guides cover resources for teachers and instructors, leaders and administrators, front-line staff and advisors, curriculum developers, and researchers. Please refer to the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/bccampus.ca\/projects\/archives\/indigenization\/indigenization-guides\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pulling Together<\/a>\u00a0series from the BCcampus Open Textbook Collection.\n\n&nbsp;\n\n&nbsp;","rendered":"<h2><strong>Selkirk College Traditional Territory Acknowledgements<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Selkirk College acknowledges the traditional territories of the First Nations of the West Kootenay and Boundary regions: the Sinixt (Lakes), the Syilx (Okanagan), the Ktunaxa and the Secw\u00e9pemc (Shuswap) Peoples. The mountains, rivers, lakes and lands of these territories have sustained life and human communities since time immemorial. Learning and education have been part of this land for millennia.<\/p>\n<p>Selkirk College is grateful to the keepers of these territories where we live and learn, and the wisdom and beauty that surrounds us. Selkirk College is honoured to work with an engaged and proud M\u00e9tis community who make the West Kootenay and Boundary region their home. We honour and celebrate the values, cultures, and ways-of-knowing that all Indigenous learners bring to Selkirk College.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff\">For further information, resources, and supports available through Selkirk College, please see the <a style=\"background-color: #ffffff\" href=\"https:\/\/selkirk.ca\/student-life-support\/student-supports\/indigenous-services\">Indigenous Services<\/a> page on our website.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"background-color: #ffffff\">Please refer to Selkirk College&#8217;s <a style=\"background-color: #ffffff\" href=\"https:\/\/selkirk.ca\/about-selkirk\/leadership-governance\/plans-reporting\/indigenization-plan\">Indigenization Plan<\/a> to familiarize yourself with the direction and visions of the college.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Canadian Association of University Teachers\u2019 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.caut.ca\/content\/guide-acknowledging-first-peoples-traditional-territory\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Guide to Acknowledging First Peoples &amp; Traditional Territory<\/a> provides a national reference to land acknowledgments for Canadian Universities.<\/p>\n<h2><strong>BCcampus Guides to Indigenization of Curriculum<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>BCcampus and the Ministry of Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills were instrumental in supporting the development of six useful guides for post-secondary BC institutions. 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