We acknowledge the many Traditional Custodians of this land throughout Canada. We honor their Elders and traditional Knowledge Keepers of past and present. We respect their deep enduring connection to their lands, waterways, and neighboring Bands since time immemorial. We cherish the richness of First Nations Peoples’ artistic and cultural expression, their being and history. Locally, we recognize we are guests located within the k’tunaxa Territory, home of the yaqan nu?kiy Band who are the unceded and unsurrendered Traditional Owners on which the land we are privileged to gather, live, learn and work on. We pay our respect to both past and present, and to our shared future.