Where are we? How did we get here?

This module introduces learners to how our backgrounds and experiences shape our learning and how to start grounding our learning in relationship to the people and place where learning happens at UBC. In particular, this module focuses on the land acknowledgement as a place for this learning to begin. The topics covered in this module include:

Understanding the words and context of land acknowledgements
Learning why land acknowledgements are done at UBC
Reflecting on and articulating personal histories in relation to being at UBC and on Musqueam land
Encouraging and offering support in asking questions

Invitation

Have you heard the words “traditional, ancestral, and unceded lands”? Have you wondered what that means? In this module, we will begin by discussing the land acknowledgement and our relationship to it. The activities in this module give us the tools to ask questions and participate in a dialogue about Indigenous topics and ground ourselves in the place where we are doing this learning. We are invited to think of ourselves as learners and help us formulate questions we might have.

Guiding Questions

What is a land acknowledgement and why are they practiced at UBC?
How do you feel when you hear a land acknowledgement?
What aspects of your identity and background shape your connection to a land acknowledgement?
What does this mean for us as learners on unceded Musqueam lands?