Land acknowledgement
A land acknowledgement should be more than a script. For us, it is a way to name where we work, whose homelands we are on, and what responsibility follows.
Because our work sits inside public participation and government relations, this matters in a practical way. The systems we build are used to reach public institutions; we should remember those institutions operate on lands shaped by colonization, and by Indigenous laws, cultures, and responsibilities that long predate Canada.
What this asks of us
Return to local Indigenous sources and update this page as our understanding deepens.
Make civic participation easier without mistaking access for justice, or software for repair.
Treat reconciliation as ongoing work: listening, naming harms plainly, and supporting community-led paths forward.
This acknowledgement was written in our own voice, guided by public resources on thoughtful territorial acknowledgements and by the City of Vancouver's wording for the Nations whose territories Vancouver occupies.
City of Vancouver land acknowledgement · KPU Library guide