Guide for territorial acknowledgements in Quebec

We [I] would like to begin by acknowledging that the land on which we gather is the traditional and unceded territory of the Abenaki people and the Wabenaki confederacy.

We [I] would like to begin by acknowledging that the land on which we gather is the traditional and unceded territory of the Kanien’keha:ka (Mohawk), a place which has long served as a site of meeting and exchange amongst nations.

— Concordia University, Territorial acknowledgment

We [I] would like to begin by acknowledging that the land on which we gather is the traditional and unceded territory of the Kanien’keha:ka (Mohawk), a place which has long served as a site of meeting and exchange amongst nations.

In the spirit of friendship and solidarity, Université Laval recognizes the First Peoples of this land. Here, at the meeting place of the Nionwentsïo territory of the Huron-Wendat people, the Ndakina territory of the Wabanaki people, the Nitassinan territory of the Innu people and the Wolastokuk territory of the Wolastoqey people, we honour our shared relationships.

— Université Laval, December 2021

The University of Montreal acknowledges the Indigenous nations that, prior and even after the establishment of the French, encountered one another on the territory of the Island of Montreal. It also honours the memory of the Great Peace of 1701, a treaty that fostered peaceful relationships between France, its Indigenous allies and the Haudenosaunee federation. The spirit of fraternity that inspired this famous treaty serves as a model for our own university community.

— Acknowledgements provided by the head advisor of student affairs and success in the office of the Vice-rector of student affairs