acknowledgements

Land Acknowledgement

I live, learn, and work on the unceded territories of Indigenous Nations. York University, where I am currently based, is located in Tkaronto, a place that has long been cared for by the Anishinabek Nation, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Huron-Wendat, and is now home to many First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities. The current treaty holders are the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, and this territory remains subject to the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant. As a migrant student and researcher working within Canada’s settler colonial context, I understand this acknowledgment not as a formality, but as an ongoing responsibility to reflect on my positionality and on what it means to conduct migration research on these lands.

Learning Acknowledgement

Growing up as a first-generation university student in my family, I came to understand the transformative role of education, particularly its potential to address inequality and support those from marginalized communities. At the same time, I understand learning as something that extends beyond formal and institutional academic settings. Learning also takes place outside the classroom, in everyday interactions, community spaces, and social movements. I have learned tremendously from people I have encountered in everyday spaces such as streets, as well as through social justice organizing, protests, and collective action, and these experiences have shaped my perspective as both an activist scholar and a person.

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