hay ch qa’sii’em siy’yu mukw mustimuxw
— In hul’q’umi’num’ this means, “Thank you, respected ones of this place.”
The VIU community acknowledges and thanks the Snuneymuxw, Quw’utsun, Tla’amin, Snaw-naw-as and Qualicum First Nations on whose traditional lands we teach, learn, research, live and share knowledge.
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