The SLS recognizes that colonization and its associated attitudes, policies, and institutions have caused significant and ongoing harm to Indigenous peoples, including the historic exclusion of Indigenous students from higher education. Today, we are proud that Indigenous students are enrolling and succeeding at Windsor Law in increasing numbers.

We believe that a respectful and meaningful territory acknowledgement is an important part of this work. The SLS recognizes that Windsor Law is located on the traditional territory of the Three Fires Confederacy of First Nations, including the Ojibwa, Odawa, and Potawatomi, and acknowledges the role that law and legal institutions have played—and continue to play—in colonial harm.

The SLS encourages students to reflect on how they have come to be here and commits to fostering a welcoming, respectful, and inclusive learning environment that values Indigenous ways of knowing and being.