Land-Based Acknowledgement

We recognize that the land we inhabit, spanning from one coast to another, belongs to the Inuit, Métis, and First Nations people, who have inhabited this land for generations without being displaced through treaties. We acknowledge that the past and present have been marked by injustices and harm toward these communities. We would also like to acknowledge the Land on which the South Asian Health Research Hub operates. McGill University is situated on the traditional territory of the Kanien’kehà:ka, a place which has long served as a site of meeting and exchange amongst nations. We recognize and respect the Kanien’kehà:ka as the traditional custodians of the lands and waters on which the University resides. Additionally, for thousands of years, the University of Toronto has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and most recently, the Mississaugas of the Credit River. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land.

Ancestral Acknowledgement

We would also like to acknowledge those who migrated from South Asia to Turtle Island, this land we call Canada today. We would like to acknowledge all of our ancestors who left their homes or were forced to leave due to socio-political unrest. The South Asian diaspora is vast and diverse, and we recognize this diversity and acknowledge the differences in lived experiences due to migration histories and other intersecting axes of power and privilege.