We acknowledge that we are conducting our business, living our lives and benefiting from the land in the territories of Canada’s diverse First Nations.
In Vancouver, where the mountains meet the sea – the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and Sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations. On the Pacific shores of Vancouver Island – the Huu-ay-aht First Nations; and on the Salish Sea – the Snaw-naw-as (Nanoose) First Nation. In Calgary and Canmore, located in Treaty 7 where the prairies meet the foothills and embrace the Rockies – the Stoney Nakoda (Bearspaw, Chiniki, and Wesley), Blackfoot Confederacy (Kainai, Piikani, and Siksika), and Tsuut’ina Nations as well as Métis Region 3. In Edmonton, on the shores of the Saskatchewan River, the Treaty 6 territory – a traditional gathering place for diverse Indigenous peoples including the Cree, Blackfoot, Métis, Nakota Sioux, Iroquois, Dene, Ojibway/ Saulteaux/Anishinaabe and Inuit.
Our work takes us to many communities across Western Canada, whose histories, languages, and cultures continue to influence our ways of knowing. Above all we thank them for having cared for this land for millennia, we share in their absolute respect for it. We endeavour, through our work, actions and attitude to start to make reparations for the years of abuse, oppression and belittlement that previous immigrants like ourselves have inflicted upon these proud Nations, and from which we have undoubtedly benefitted.