Making Land Acknowledgements in the University Setting Meaningful and Appropriate

by Ahliil Saitanan  |   

Div. of Population Health Sciences associate professor Corrie Whitmore co-authored a published article with her partner, Erik Carlson, in about making land acknowledgements in university settings meaningful, titled "."

According to the article abstract, land acknowledgments are a step that educators and institutions can take to begin realigning their relationship with Indigenous peoples. However, many fear doing more harm than good when taking the first step of doing a land acknowledgment. In this paper, an instructor who overcame such hesitation and an Indigenous faculty member share a six-item framework for land acknowledgments developed in collaboration with Indigenous students, colleagues, and community members that greatly increases the likelihood of doing good rather than harm when delivering a land acknowledgement.

Corrie Whitmore