{"id":38,"date":"2017-06-28T11:39:10","date_gmt":"2017-06-28T18:39:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/campusenvironments\/?page_id=38"},"modified":"2017-06-28T23:51:06","modified_gmt":"2017-06-29T06:51:06","slug":"land-acknowledgments","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/campusenvironments\/land-acknowledgments\/","title":{"rendered":"Land Acknowledgments"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Our course is held on the UBC Point Grey (Vancouver) campus, which sits on the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the\u00a0x\u02b7m\u0259\u03b8k\u02b7\u0259y\u0313\u0259m (Musqueam) First Nation.<\/p>\n<p>The Canadian Association of University Teachers (CAUT) offer the following land acknowledgments for the Vancouver and Okanagan campuses of UBC (updated in June 2017, p. 28):<\/p>\n<div class=\"page\" title=\"Page 28\">\n<div class=\"layoutArea\">\n<div class=\"column\">\n<ul>\n<li><em>University of British Columbia ([Robson Square] Vancouver)<\/em><br \/>\nWe [I] would like to begin by acknowledging that the land on which we gather is the unceded territory of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the territories of<br \/>\nthe xwm\u0259\u03b8kw\u0259y\u0313\u0259m (Musqueam), Skwxw\u00fa7mesh (Squamish), St\u00f3:l\u014d and S\u0259l\u0313\u00edlw\u0259ta\u0294\/Selilwitulh (Tsleil- Waututh) Nations.<\/li>\n<li><em>University of British Columbia, Okanagan Campus (Kelowna)<\/em><br \/>\nWe [I] would like to begin by acknowledging that the land on which we gather is the unceded territory of the Syilx (Okanagan) Peoples.<\/li>\n<li><em>University of British Columbia, Point Grey Campus (Vancouver)<\/em><br \/>\nWe [I] would like to begin by acknowledging that the land on which we gather is the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xwm\u0259\u03b8kw\u0259y\u0313\u0259m (Musqueam) People.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>UBC Guidelines for Acknowledging the Musqueam First Nation at Ceremonies and Events\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/ceremonies.sites.olt.ubc.ca\/files\/2010\/10\/Guidelines-Musqueam-Mar-2015.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/ceremonies.sites.olt.ubc.ca\/files\/2010\/10\/Guidelines-Musqueam-Mar-2015.pdf<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Learn more about UBC&#8217;s connection to the land and its relationship with the Musqueam Nation:\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/aboriginal.ubc.ca\/community-youth\/musqueam-and-ubc\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/aboriginal.ubc.ca\/community-youth\/musqueam-and-ubc\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Time and Place at UBC: Our Histories and Relations\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/timeandplace.ubc.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/timeandplace.ubc.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>x\u02b7m\u0259\u03b8k\u02b7\u0259y\u0313\u0259m Musqueam First Nation\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.musqueam.bc.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.musqueam.bc.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Additional Resources:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>CAUT (2017). <em>Guide to Acknowledging First Peoples &amp; Traditional Territory<\/em>. Ottawa: Canadian Association of University Teachers.\u00a0https:\/\/www.caut.ca\/sites\/default\/files\/caut-guide-to-acknowledging-first-peoples-and-traditional-territory-2017-06.pdf<\/p>\n<p>CAUT (2016). <i>CAUT Guide to Acknowledging Traditional Territory<\/i>. Ottawa: Canadian Association of University Teachers.<a href=\"https:\/\/www.caut.ca\/docs\/default-source\/professional-advice\/list---territorial-acknowledgement-by-province.pdf?sfvrsn=12\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> https:\/\/www.caut.ca\/docs\/default-source\/professional-advice\/list&#8212;territorial-acknowledgement-by-province.pdf?sfvrsn=12<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Wilkes, R., Duong, A., Kesler, L., &amp; Ramos, H. (2017). Canadian university acknowledgment of Indigenous lands, treaties, and peoples. <i>Canadian Review of Sociology\/Revue canadienne de sociologie<\/i>, <i>54<\/i>(1), 89-120.\u00a0DOI:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1111\/cars.12140\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">10.1111\/cars.12140<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Vowel. C. (2016). Beyond land acknowledgements. <i>Apihtawikosisan: Law, language, life: A Plains Cree-speaking Metis Woman in Montreal.<\/i> Retrieved from <a href=\"http:\/\/apihtawikosisan.com\/2016\/09\/beyond-territorial-acknowledgments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/apihtawikosisan.com\/2016\/09\/beyond-territorial-acknowledgments\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our course is held on the UBC Point Grey (Vancouver) campus, which sits on the traditional, ancestral, unceded territory of the\u00a0x\u02b7m\u0259\u03b8k\u02b7\u0259y\u0313\u0259m (Musqueam) First Nation. 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