Territory Acknowledgement
We acknowledge that participants accessing this learning hub are based in territories across Turtle Island wherein Indigenous Nations each have their own protocols around acknowledging territory. We offer our respect for each of your own acknowledgements.
The creators of Early Learning Hive are situated in the beautiful and unceded territories of the Lekwungen-speaking people, also known as the Songhees and Esquimalt First Nations. We are fortunate to be here with our families and understand that we are only here because of the forced displacement of the Lekwungen people.
Despite our shared histories and continued colonial impacts, the Songhees and Esquimalt peoples give generously of their time to educate settler families like our own, and offer leadership to the communities to which we belong. For this, and for all the work as custodians of these beautiful lands, we are deeply grateful.
As settlers in these territories, our allyship responsibilities and commitments are vast. With respect to the workshops on Early Learning Hive, our work means to contribute to decolonizing conceptions about gender and highlighting Indigenous cultural concepts of gender that we, as settlers, can appreciate and learn from.
Lastly, this work aspires to present to children, ways of being that are kind, inclusive, creative, and honouring of difference, so that a foundational part of their allyship journeys can be forged at a young age.
As many of you venture on your own allyship paths, please see the resources below for more information on ways to honour Indigenous voices around early childhood and gender.
Two-Spirit and Indigiqueer Children’s and YA Book Lists
2SLGBTQ+ identities and child welfare
