Land Acknowledgement

The Nova Scotia Nursing and Midwifery Regular respectfully acknowledges that we are located in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral, unceded and unsurrendered territory of the Mi’kmaq.

We recognize the Mi’kmaq as the past, present, and future caretakers of this land, where the territory and its 13 First Nations are covered by the Treaties of Peace and Friendship, which remain effective today.

NSNMR acknowledges the historic and ongoing systemic barriers and injustices caused by colonization and the resulting discriminatory treatment of Indigenous peoples in health care. We recognize colonialism has caused significant barriers to access, participation, representation, and success in the Nursing and Midwifery professions and traditional Midwifery practices and ceremony in community.

This acknowledgment stands as commitment of NSNMR’s responsibility to learning, to dismantling ongoing legacies of oppression and that our truth and reconciliation work affects meaningful change in the regulation of the Nursing and Midwifery professions.

Our pledge is to become anti-racist and to support others to do the same. We must take definitive actions to uphold Indigenous rights and eliminate racism within the health care system and earn the trust of Indigenous people.

We are all treaty people.

African Nova Scotian Acknowledgement

The Nova Scotia Nursing and Midwifery Regulator (NSNMR) recognizes African Nova Scotian communities, whose roots in this province span for over 400 years and whose presence has profoundly shaped the cultural, social, economic and political fabric of Nova Scotia. We honour the ongoing resilience, leadership and cultural contributions of these communities today.

We respectfully acknowledge the long-standing history, presence, and contributions of African Nova Scotian communities, descendants of free and enslaved African peoples, including the Black Loyalists, Black Refugees, and Maroons. We recognize the enduring impacts of systemic anti-Black racism.

Through our role as a regulator, NSNMR understands its responsibility to examine and address inequities that affect African Nova Scotians, including those that may arise within regulatory systems and professional practice. We reaffirm our commitment to fostering a profession grounded in equity, cultural safety, accountability, and trust; to working in meaningful partnership with African Nova Scotian communities; and to approaching this work as an ongoing process of learning, reflection, and action.

To understand how the acknowledgement was developed, view our development document (PDF).