U&U focuses on advancing instructions that we’ve been given by First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples. Here’s how we see that responsibility:
What homework have I (and my team) done to LEARN from the original inhabitants of these lands and waters about their laws, teachings and perspectives of health & wellness, as well as the truths of settler colonial harms and how they continue to manifest in the present day?
We acknowledge the unceded and occupied Coast Salish territories of the lək̓ʷəŋən (Lekwungen), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Nations where our offices are located. We recognize and express our gratitude for the medicines in the First Nations territories that stretch across every inch of “British Columbia” (BC). We recognize generations of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit from elsewhere in “Canada” living in BC who have inherent Indigenous rights to health and wellness.