Learning relational responsibility – UVic News

March 5, 2025

Since the fall of 2023, students and community members have gathered at the University of Victoria to learn what it means to be a respectful visitor on the territories of the Lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ Peoples, on whose traditional territory the University stands.

With guidance from course weavers Mick Scow (Kwakwaka’wakw/Snuneymuxw) and W̱SÁNEĆ Matriarch Tracy Underwood, participants in Indigenous Studies 100: Relational Responsibilities to Coastal Indigenous Peoples & Lands meet weekly to hear from community-based knowledge holders.

Building the foundation