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Congratulations to Jillian Gamez

Weir Bowen LLP would like to congratulate Jillian Gamez on receipt of the fifth annual Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF) Edmonton Recognition Award. The award is presented annually to a person, group, or organization which has made a significant contribution to the promotion of women’s substantive equality. Jillian was recognized this year for her contribution and support of women and gender equality in Edmonton theatre. She is an active participant in the Edmonton theatre community, serving on the board of directors of Workshop West Playwrights’ Theatre and acting in productions at the Edmonton Fringe Festival and as part of Players de Novo.

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Posted on November 5, 2019

INDIGENOUS LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

The lands on which Edmonton sits and the North Saskatchewan River that runs through it have been the sites of natural abundance, ceremony and culture, travel and rest, relationship building, making, and trading for Indigenous peoples since time immemorial. Edmonton is located within Treaty 6 Territory and within the Metis homelands and Metis Nation of Alberta Region 4. We acknowledge this land as the traditional territories of many First Nations such as the Nehiyaw (Cree), Denesuline (Dene), Nakota Sioux (Stoney), Anishinaabe (Saulteaux) and Niitsitapi (Blackfoot).

Weir Bowen acknowledges the many First Nations, Métis and Inuit who have lived in and cared for these lands for generations. We are grateful for the traditional Knowledge Keepers and Elders who are still with us today and those who have gone before us. We make this acknowledgement as an act of reconciliation and gratitude to those whose territory we reside on or are visiting.