It is of great importance to me to acknowledge the land on which I so gratefully live, play, work, learn, and gather is the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the Snuneymuxw First Nation. I also recognize the traditional territories of the Snaw-naw-as and Stz'uminus First Nations. I sincerely express here my respect for its original stewards and all Indigenous peoples who have cared for it for generations.