Dear Sam, With Love: In Search of a Better Way to Live, Teach, and Parent on Stolen Lands

Abstract

Framed as a letter to the author’s daughter, this essay explores what it means to live, parent, and teach as a Settler Canadian on stolen Indigenous Land. Through personal reflections and Indigenous scholarship, the author considers how love, accountability, and relational learning can guide us toward decolonial and reconciliatory futures. This essay invites readers into the ongoing work of (un)learning and imagining more just and joyful ways of being in relation.