Collaborating on this guest-edited issue of the Canadian Journal of Native Education (CJNE) provided an opportunity for three people with vastly different histories and relations to the traditional territory of the Mississauga Anishinaabe where we now live and work to come together in good relation to one another. It has not all been easy: tight schedules, a seemingly inescapable part of dwelling in the world of academe whether as graduate student or faculty member, are only one of the limitations we faced. But the time we stole from other commitments yielded a warmth as we came to see our shared goals for the endeavor...