Evan Schilling, MI, B.Arch, B.E.S

Architecture Librarian

(they/them; he/him)

Musagetes Architecture Library
University of Waterloo School of Architecture

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Library Representative, FAUW Equity Committee

Member, UW Working Group on Gender and Sexual Diversity

Coordinator, ARLIS/NA Critical Librarianship SIG

I acknowledge that I live and work on the traditional territory of ‎the Neutral, Anishnaabeg, and Haudenosaunee peoples who are still under colonial rule. The Musagetes Library, and the University of Waterloo are situated on the Haldimand Tract, which the British granted to the Six Nations in 1784 as compensation for their alliance during the American Revolution and for the loss of their traditional territory. Although it is important to acknowledge the land and broken treaties, we need to each engage in concrete actions, or else acknowledgements are merely token gestures rather than a meaningful practice. We cannot change the past, but we can continue to share in the work of healing and decolonization, respectfully following the leadership of Indigenous communities and leaders.