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SSUNS 2026 is held at Le Centre Sheraton Montreal .

Land Acknowledgement

SSUNS 2026 will be held at the Sheraton Hotel, with preparatory work accomplished at McGill University. Both of these sites are located in Montréal, known as Tiohti:áke to the Kanien'kehá:ka Nation, a founding nation of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy. This territory is unceded land, and prior to the colonization of these Indigenous peoples, it served as a place of exchange and gathering for the Haudenousaunee and Anishinaabe nations. Owing to our use of such land, we must honor, recognise, and respect these nations as stewards of the lands and waters on which we meet. 

It is important to understand the rich history of Indigenous communities and their connection to this land for millennia to the present day. In the 15th and 16th Centuries, European nations discovered the Americas and quickly began their settlements. This was the beginning of the colonization of Indigenous Peoples across these two continents, and led to the greatest genocide the world has ever witnessed. For over 500 years Indigenous Peoples have been the subject of extreme discrimination and racism, facing atrocities from ethnic cleansing, to assimilation, to cultural segregation.

A land acknowledgement must not replace reparatory and reconciliatory work.  In order to achieve this, we must all be dedicated to recognizing the atrocities enacted by Euro-centric settlers and the long-lasting impact that colonization has had on Indigenous communities and Peoples. To move beyond a land acknowledgement, we must actively work to dismantle settler-colonial legacies that persist to this day. We can take the first step by educating ourselves. To find allyship tools from the Montreal Indigenous Community NETWORK, please consult https://reseaumtlnetwork.com/en/being-an-ally/our-tools/. If you are interested in further resources about initiatives, please contact the Chief of Human Resources at hr@ssuns.org.