Most schools in Ontario begin every day with a reading of the Land Acknowledgment followed by the playing of the national anthem. Many students will listen to the Land Acknowledgment and some will even recite it. The question is, do they understand the meaning and intentions behind the words?

Tân’si! Sam nisihkâson. I’m the Indigenous Lead for Embodied Learnings and a teacher candidate in the Waaban Indigenous Teacher Education Program at York University. Being in this program has truly been a life changing experience . . .