Reprinted from the Indigenous Peoples Language Guide (pages 11-13 , a resource produced to help UBC communicators navigate the terminology and meanings associated with this subject.
“The UBC Point Grey campus is situated on the traditional territory of the Musqueam people, and UBC’s other Vancouver operations are situated on the territory best regarded as shared by the Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh peoples. The Okanagan campus is situated on the traditional territory of the Okanagan people. It now a common practice at public and private university events, important business meetings, and in formal documentation, to acknowledge these relationships, as appropriate to the specific location.
[The text in the images above shows] some common ways in which this is done, and they can also serve as a guide for your own unique acknowledgment. It is, of course, most important that recognition of territory and these relationships not be or appear to be nominal or pro forma. The way to avoid that is for people making the recognition to think about why they are doing it, and do what they can, even in a brief statement, to convey that it has a real purpose.”
Acknowledgement slides, which include instructions for both written and oral recognition, are available for download on Confluence Wiki. Okanagan colleagues, please contact Leanne or Jay for access to the slides.
Land acknowledgement slides have been created for:
- Vancouver Point Grey campus
- Lower Mainland (including VGH and Robson Square)
- Okanagan (on- and off-campus use)