I acknowledge, and work on acts of reconciliation with, those on whose unceded homelands I live and work uninvited. It is the home of the lək̓ʷəŋən People (Songhees and Esquimalt Nations) who have been here from time immemorial and whose culture, language and relationship with the land continues now and into the future. It is land whose stewardship and responsibility is shared with the W̱SÁNEĆ (BOḰEĆEN – Pauquachin. SȾÁ,UTW̱ – Tsawout, W̱JOȽEȽP – Tsartlip, W̱SÍḴEM – Tseycum First Nation) T’Souke (Sooke), Sc’ianew (Beecher Bay) and the nəxʷsƛ̕ay̕əm (Klallam) Peoples.