LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

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I have spent most of my life growing up, living and working in Waterloo Region, which is situated near the Grand River. I acknowledge that the land upon which I research and create is the traditional territory of the Haudenosaunee, Anishnaabe and Neutral peoples. The Haldimand Tract (1784) granted six miles on each side of the Grand River to the Six Nations. This land is also part of the Dish with One Spoon Treaty, an agreement to peaceably share and protect the resources of the land. Since 1784, settlers have increasingly encroached upon the tract on either side of the Grand. Now, the Six Nations reserve dwells upon less than 5% of this land. This is wrong. Land and relationships need to be restored to the Six Nations, and this is work for settlers to do.

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I am committed to using my privilege and influence as a white settler, a woman, a mother, an artist and a scholar, to apply my knowledge and skills to build inclusivity, to protect the land and waters of this area while we restore the relationships necessary for a healthy, more-than-human future.