IRG -Territorial Acknowledgement and Situating Self

It is important to seek guidance from Elders and the Indigenous Peoples on whose lands you reside to gain clarity and meaning if you are have important questions about your own land acknowledgements.   Below are a number of informative guides that might assist you in developing a personal land acknowledgement.

• Here First: Starting Guide for Settlers - Capilano Student Union's Land Acknowledgement Guide:  Focused and informative guide about land acknowledgements for Capilano University.
• Liberated Yet? Khelsilem’s Tips for Acknowledging Territory 1.0:  Khelsilem tells it like it is - A thoughtful and provocative guide!
• Transformative Territory Acknowledgement Guide by Len Pierre Consulting - "The Transformative Territory Acknowledgement Guide explains the importance of land acknowledgments as essential in demonstrating the commitment to reconciliation. The guide instructs individuals on how to avoid “performative” or “superficial” land acknowledgements and avoid a performative pitfall" -Realizing UNDRIP Initiative. 
• Land Acknowledgements: From Recitation, to Real. RAVEN Trust.
• Doing Land Acknowledgments:  A comprehensive guide from UBC's Decolonization & Anti-racism Guide.  
• SFU's Positionality statement and land acknowledgement workshop
• LISSA Land Acknowledgement, Template for Personalization, Definitions, and Speaker Protocol: Robust guide from University of Alberta's Library and Information Sciences Students' Association.
• CAUT (Canadian Association of University Teachers) Guide to Acknowledging First Peoples & Traditional Territory: This guide gives general guidance and includes examples of the official land acknowledgements of universities and colleges in Canada.
• BCGEU Guide to First Nations Acknowledgement, Protocol & Terminology: This is from the BC Government and Service Employees' Union (BCGEU) and has some useful information on land acknowledgement practices.