I acknowledge that I live and work on the unceded ancestral lands of the Máthxwi (Matsqui) and Semá:th (Sumas) Peoples. I come to this land as a settler of mixed Celtic ancestry, carrying both gratitude and responsibility. I recognize that my ability to build a life here is tied to ongoing colonial systems that continue to dispossess and harm Indigenous Peoples.

I am committed to challenging colonial norms and white supremacy in the systems I move within, and to showing up in solidarity in ways that are tangible and ongoing — by dismantling inequities, amplifying Indigenous leadership, and supporting sovereignty, land back, and self-determination. I commit to walking forward in relationship, refusing neutrality, and shifting whatever power I hold.