Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions

lək̓ʷəŋən

Hay’sxw’qa lək̓ʷəŋən elth’telnexw, and W̱SÁNEĆ elth’telnexw
‘I’tsun’ult syaas tu lək̓ʷəŋən tunuxw
Hay’sxw’qa siem si’ye’ye

Thanking all Lekwungen peoples and Saanich peoples.
We work on Lekwungen lands.
Thank you, all respected friends.

SENĆOŦEN

JIEĆEȽ ȽTE OL E TŦE W̱SÁNEĆ I, LEQEṈEN EȽTÁLṈEW̱. ĆȺI ȽTE ȻE ÁȽE TIÁ E TŦE ÁLEṈENEȻs EṮ W̱SÁNEĆ I, LEQEṈEN.

HÍSW̱KE SIÁM

We are thankful to the Saanich and Lekwungen people. We work here in the homelands of the Saanich and Lekwungen peoples. Thank you, honourable ones.

U OȽET ȽTE OL E TŦE MEQ EȽTÁLṈEW̱ ÁȽE I, TŦE MEQ XÁXE TEṈEW̱

We respect all the people here and all the sacred land/s.

At the University of Victoria, where the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions (PICS) is hosted, we acknowledge and respect the Lək̓ʷəŋən (Songhees and Esquimalt) Peoples on whose territory the university stands, and the Lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples whose historical relationships with the land continue to this day.

PICS and its university network have campuses across the province known as British Columbia. We respect and acknowledge the many unceded traditional territories and Nations where PICS universities stand including:

xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) • Sḵwx̱wú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish) • səl̓ilw̓ətaʔɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) • q̓íc̓əy̓ (Katzie)• kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem) • Qayqayt• Kwantlen• Semiahmoo• Tsawwassen• Stó:lō • Syilx (Okanagan) • Dakelh (Carrier) territory: Lheidli T’enneh, Lhtako, Nazko, Lhoosk’uz • ?Esdilagh, a Tsilhqot’in Nation • Dane-zaa territory: Doig River, Blueberry River, and Halfway River• Tsimshian territory: Kitsumkalum, Kitselas, Lax Kw’alaams, and Metlakatla • and Gitwinksihlkw, a Nisga’a Village.