Land Acknowledgement

Adrianne Yiu Coaching & Consulting is located in Treaty 13, which is located on the traditional territories of the Mississauga’s of the Credit, Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee, and Wendat peoples. A Mohawk word for the place in the water where the trees are standing, Tkaronto is the home of many Indigenous nations and original caretakers of this land.

I come from a long line of bold and powerful matriarchs from the Guangdong Province in China who fled to Hong Kong in the 30s due to genocide, war, displacement and imperialism. My parents settled on this land in the 60s in search of a better life. My lived experiences as a woman of colour have allowed me to see the interconnectedness of all our struggles and how our oppression and liberation is tied together. I have deep solidarity for Indigenous people across Turtle Island to Palestine, Sudan and the Congo who are fighting for their land, freedom and self-determination.

As a settler, I am committed to practicing from an anti-oppressive and anti-colonial approach and I’m grateful to the teachings of Black, Indigenous and racialized feminists, activists and writers like Audre Lorde, bell hooks, Grace Lee Boggs, Robin Wall Kimmerer, Patty Krawec, Mariame Kaba, Kelly Hayes, and adrienne maree brown who have deeply influenced my work to date.