Kwantlen Polytechnic University

KPU has expanded both the scope and the depth of its involvement with local and regional indigenous communities. We support and embrace the Calls to Action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. As we undertake an authentic indigenization of our educational delivery we do so understanding that this is a gradual and carefully laid out process encompassing the centering of indigenous knowledge and teaching methods in classrooms, developing and offering programming in indigenous languages and meaningful exchanges of knowledge and tradition.

https://www.kpu.ca/vp-academic/academic-plan-2023/indigenous-participation

All Our Relations: Honouring the Host Nations

Surrey Urban Indigenous Leadership Committee's work takes place on the traditional territories of the Coast Salish Peoples, including the Katize, Kwantlen, and Semiahmoo First Nations. We recognize their connection to this land and acknowledge that we are newcomers to Surrey like everyone else. Our group, the Surrey Urban Indigenous Leadership Committee does not represent these land-based First Nations and we are careful not to speak on their behalf. Instead, we represent urban Indigenous people that have moved here from all over BC and Canada to make Surrey their home. Our focus is making Surrey a great place for Indigenous people living in the city — regardless of where they come from, their legal status, or their particular culture heritage. As we do this, we endeavour to live in a good way with the land-based First Nations that have called this land their home since time immemorial.