My Corporate Territorial Acknowledgement
Vancouver Community College – We [I] would like to begin by acknowledging that we are on the traditional and unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, the traditional territories of the Squamish, Musqueam and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations.
— Acknowledgement provided by the Vancouver Community College, Office VP Academic & Research. Guide to Acknowledging First Peoples & Traditional Territory. Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) https://www.caut.ca/.
My Personal Territorial Acknowledgement
I acknowledge that I am on the traditional and unceded territory of coast salish peoples, and I wish to offer my greeting to Chief Wayne and the people of Musqueam, Chief Leah and the people of Tsleil-Waututh, and the hereditary chiefs and the elders of the Squamish First Nations as a sign of respect and as a signal of my hope that we are now on a path toward a better future of fellowship and reconciliation together.
As for myself, I am born on the prairie lands of the Dakota Sioux peoples, and I and my parents are descended from settlers from England, Norway and Sweden. It has been my privilege to have been nurtured by these people and the lands that supported them.