The UPROOT team uses a two-eyed seeing approach in weaving Indigenous and Western knowledge systems together in our community-based projects. Projects are co-developed with partners, student learners, and faculty members based on the expressed opportunities and priority areas from each community.
The UPROOT Team would like to acknowledge that the University of British Columbia’s Vancouver campus is located on the traditional, ancestral, and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) people. We would also like to acknowledge that Indigenous and non-Indigenous members of our team work, live, and play in communities across British Columbia and represent diverse cultural backgrounds. Our Indigenous partners represent themselves as individuals and do not speak for their respective nations or communities as a whole. These distinct perspectives enrich our relationships, collaborations, and experiences.
