about CQC

We acknowledge that we are uninvited guest on stolen, unceded land. My studio is on the traditional territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, the Anishnabe, and the Ho-do-no-sau-nee. I am grateful to Indigenous communities for their knowledge, education, and providing a safe haven for my family and many South Asian immigrant families to start a new life in. I would also like to acknowledge the systemic genocide and erasure of Indigenous people and identity that has taken place historically and continues to take place to this day in Canada. What can we do to become allies? We must actively build bridges with Indigenous communities, share their stories and knowledge through education, and become allies through our words and actions. On a personal note, I am eternally grateful for the knowledge Indigenous Elders have shared with me about spirituality through the Great Creator and Turtle Island, as it’s given me a language to articulate something deep within me.