The Centre for Climate Justice stands in firm solidarity with the Chiefs of the Syilx Okanagan Nation in their condemnation of cynical efforts to prevent our university from acknowledging the fact that we work and live on unceded First Nations lands. We will continue to make such acknowledgments and continue to do work towards repair, which is integral to our centre’s mission. That work includes organizing with others on our campuses to resist escalating attacks on Indigenous title and rights, as well as on the core principles of academic freedom, decolonization, equity, diversity and inclusion.
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