This territorial acknowledgment recognizes and respects the nations who serve and protect the lands on which we are guests of. We would like to acknowledge the Lekwungen speaking peoples which includes the Esquimalt and Songhees nations. Also the SENĆOƩEN speaking peoples including the WSÁNEĆ, Tsartlip, Tsawout, Pauquachin, Tseycum and Malahat nations along with the Nuu-chah-nulth peoples including the Scia’new, T’Sou-ke and Pacheedaht nations. We acknowledge our Indigenous hosts and honour their welcome and graciousness to the land we share. We see you, we hear you and acknowledge our responsibility to your lands and your people.

Featured Image:

The image here is titled Ayum-ee-aawach Oomama-mowan: Speaking to Their Mother by Anishinaabe-kwe artist Rebecca Belmore. It is an image of the artist herself speaking into a large sound installation in the shape of a megaphone made of wood. The megaphone is positioned facing a large forest and she asks Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples to address the land directly as an attempt to hear political protest and poetic action. 

Photo by Mathijs Deerenberg on Unsplash