In response to Lorna Andrew's teachings about land acknowledgements, write your own land acknowledgement. Your land acknowledgement can address where you live, where you work, where you study, or a combination of those places. This is an exercise in critical thinking: you need to consider how you are connected to an area, what the history and heritage of that location contributes to your experience, and how you relate to the peoples who have been the long- time inhabitants and caretakers of that land. This is also an exercise in diction and word choice: use your words carefully to describe and refer to the land and its people, to acknowledge your connection to the area, and to express your personal response to those connections. Lorna has generously collected a number of resources to help you as you think through your land acknowledgement. Use the attached file to learn more about the land and its people. You can submit your land acknowledgement online by uploading it to Blackboard. TA resources 2022.pdftheir land and acknowledge the histories of colonial trauma which have allowed me to live and work on their land. **Keep a watch on how others word their land acknowledgement in their signatures and how they present it verbally. Keep Moving Forward: Learn about Sto:lo communities and Tribes . . . Learn who your closest First Nation community is Connect to the land; personalize how meaningful the land is to you so that you can be genuine and appreciate the interconnectedness the land is to Sto:lo peoples Learn our host nation - Sto:lo peoples language: Halq'emeylem . UFV's Halq'emeylem courses are often offered during the day but would be great to enroll in for professional/personal development: HALQ CourseDescriptions - Academic Calendar First Voices - Halq'emeylem Language online: https://www.firstvoices.com/explore/FV/sections/Data/Salish/Halkomel em/Halq'em%C3%Agylem . UFV Resources: https://www.ufv.ca/mola/online-tools-and- resources/halgemeylem/ Reflection: . Continue to reflect on why acknowledgements occur; what does it mean to me and the work that I do. Continue to learn the history of your host nation and how colonization has affected them; commit to reconciliation with action. Continue to personally connect to the land and conscientiously reflect on how you came to be here and your role on this land. Challenge yourself to disrupt and dismantle colonial ideologies around land ownership, use, and worldviews.Examples of acknowledgements in Signatures: . The University of the Fraser Valley is situated on the ancestral, traditional, and contemporary lands of the Halq'emeylem speaking Sto:1o peoples The University of the Fraser Valley is situated on the ancestral and traditional lands of the Sto:1o peoples, and whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day. I am grateful to have the privilege of residing and working on Sto:16 Temexw. UFV is located in the territory of the Sto:1o Nation. I respect their connection to their land and acknowledge the histories of colonial trauma which have allowed me to live and work on their land. **Keep a watch on how others word their land acknowledgement in their signatures and how they present it verbally. Keep Moving Forward: Learn about Sto:lo communities and Tribes Learn who your closest First Nation community is Connect to the land; personalize how meaningful the land is to you so that you can be genuine and appreciate the interconnectedness the land is to Sto:lo peoples Learn our host nation - Sto:lo peoples language: Halq'emeylem UFV's Halq'emeylem courses are often offered during the day but would be great to enroll in for professional/personal development: HALQ CourseDescriptions - Academic Calendar First Voices - Halq'emeylem Language online: https://www.firstvoices.com/explore/FV/sections/Data/Salish/Halkomel em/Halq'em% C3%Agylem UFV Resources: https://www.ufv.ca/mola/online-tools-and- resources/halgemeylem/ Reflection: Continue to reflect on why acknowledgements occur; what does it mean to me and the work that I do. aization bTERRITORY ACKNOWLEDGEMENT RESOURCES Reminders for acknowledging St6:l6 Tmxw: Std/ peoples continue to have an intrinsic relationship to Tmxw and are keepers of the land for the generations to come. Unceded: we have received direction from our Stzl leaders that tl'gey would like us to abstain from using the term \"unceded." The term unceded is very colonial and it can imply that the land is stolen, meaning someone took it and it belongs to them now. However, it hasn't been stolen, it is still Stone Tmxw; it has always been here, it is still here and will always be here. Some Sto:l6 leaders also felt that for educational purposes, we need to start by acknowledging Sto:l6 Tmxw and learn how incorporate other elements once we have a personal appreciation of the land. Traditional/Ancestral: we are asked to be mindful of the term \"traditional and ancestral" as it is also a colonial term and often refers to being in the past. Sto:lc') peoples connection to Tmxw encompasses the past, present, and future. The land, and the St:l6 peoples and ancestors relationship with the land will always be there and therefore if we use traditional or ancestral, we include the past, present, and future tenses. As we move forward with decolonization, lndigenization, and reconciliation efforts, it is important to decolonize language too. Our Stozlc') leaders and elders provide us with direction to acknowledge S'olh Tmxw in a way that is respectful to the true meaning, \"our sacred land.\" Thus, when we acknowledge Stozlo territory, we acknowledge S'olh Tmxw, the sacred land of the Sto:lo peoples. In summary, abstain from using the terms unceded and traditional; and use St:l6 Tmxw. Online Maps: httgszllnative-land .ca/ httgs://www.whose.land/en/ vhttgszllmagsfgcc.ca/Ianguages