Land Acknowledgement

Last Updated Dec 27 2025

Broaden Ur Schemas is based in Tkaronto (Toronto), on the traditional, unceded territories of the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishinaabe, the Haudenosaunee, and the Wendat peoples, covered by Treaty 13 and the Williams Treaty. 

My parents came to this land from Bangladesh in the 1990’s with the hope of a better future for themselves and their children. I understand that this hope has only been made possible because of the dispossession, displacement, and oppression of Indigenous peoples, and I hold this truth with great humility and responsibility as a settler on this land.

As a Bengali woman who comes from a long line of ancestors who have survived imperial violence and fought for the liberation and the recognition of our culture, language, and overall sovereignty, I recognize how interconnected our struggles across the globe are. I stand in solidarity with those fighting for their own dignity, land, and freedom such as those across Turtle Island, Bangladesh, Palestine, Congo, Sudan, Yemen and beyond. 

"No pride for some of us without liberation for all of us"

- Micah Bazant in honour of Marsha P. Johnson

This the ethos that grounds my work and the work of Broaden Ur Schemas, as I understand that healing cannot and should not be separated from justice. I am committed to approaching and informing my work through an anti-oppressive, anti-colonial, trauma-informed, and justice-oriented lens. As I continue to learn and unlearn what is necessary to guide my understanding of accountability, reciprocity, and relational care, I invite you to do the same. Please see below a list of resources that can support your journey of reflection, responsibility, and solidarity with Indigenous people, their land, and the systems of oppression that connect our lives.

Resources

  • https://canadianart.ca/features/a-digital-land-acknowledgement/

    Whose Land is a web-based app that uses GIS technology to assist users in identifying Indigenous Nations, territories, and Indigenous communities across Canada. You can use this app to learn about the territory your home or business is situated on, about the treaties and agreements signed across Canada and find information for a land acknowledgement.

  • https://www.robinwallkimmerer.com/books

    Braiding Sweetgrass is a 2013 nonfiction book by Potawatomi professor Robin Wall Kimmerer, about the role of Indigenous knowledge as an alternative or complementary approach to Western mainstream scientific methodologies.

  • https://www.broadleafbooks.com/store/product/9781506478258/Becoming-Kin

    Weaving her own story with the story of her ancestors and with the broader themes of creation, replacement, and disappearance, Krawec helps readers see settler colonialism through the eyes of an Indigenous writer. Settler colonialism tried to force us into one particular way of living, but the old ways of kinship can help us imagine a different future. Krawec asks, What would it look like to remember that we are all related? How might we become better relatives to the land, to one another, and to Indigenous movements for solidarity? Braiding together historical, scientific, and cultural analysis, Indigenous ways of knowing, and the vivid threads of communal memory, Krawec crafts a stunning, forceful call to "unforget" our history.

  • https://adriennemareebrown.net/book/holding-change-2/

    This book, half written by adrienne, half anthology of Black feminist wisdom on facilitation and mediation, is a practical guide to bringing emergent strategy ideas, practices and principles to life in the work of holding people and organizations through processes of change.

Contact

If you have questions about this Land Acknowledgement, or suggestions for resources, please feel free to get in touch with us at:
broadenurschemas@gmail.com

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