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Land acknowledgement Cultural connections
Cultural connections
Local Indigenous communities guide how we include culture and knowledge into the Coast Mountain College experience. It is important to recognize and respect all First Nations land and people in each of the communities Coast Mountain College serves. First Nations culture plays a huge role in campus atmosphere and Canadian society. Our classes support First Peoples’ principles of learning and recognize relationships between traditional cultures of our region and success of our students. We develop programs connected to cultural, social, political, and economic values; connected to realities of Indigenous communities we serve.
Land acknowledgement
Coast Mountain College acknowledges that our campuses reside on the unceded territories of the Ts’ymsyan, Nisga’a, Haida, Gitsxan and Wet’suwet’en First Peoples. The Terrace campus is located on the traditional territory of the Laxgibuu (Wolf Clan) of the Kitsumkalum, Ts’msyan First Nation. The Smithers campus is located on the unceded territory of the Cas Yikh house who are part of the Wet’suwet’en First Nation. The Prince Rupert campus also resides on Ts’ymsyan Traditional Tribal Territory.
Pictured Here: Wa’ap Galts’ap Community House Terrace campus
The Terrace campus is located on the unceded traditional territory of the Kitsumkalum, Ts’ymsyan First Nation.
The Smithers campus is situated on unceded Wet’suwet’en First Nation land.
