diff --git a/css/styles.css b/css/styles.css
index 5ee1af89a64a2f4195a315074728f02d81accc97..a272b4e35b00358647ee5ac7f2fd6fe446031443 100644
--- a/css/styles.css
+++ b/css/styles.css
@@ -1063,6 +1063,12 @@ svg:not(:root) {
     .uw-footer__social-directory a:hover {
       color: #fdd54f;
       text-decoration: underline; }
+  .uw-footer__territorial {
+    grid-column: 1 / 4;
+    grid-row: 4 / 5; }
+    @media (min-width: 30em) {
+      .uw-footer__territorial {
+        grid-row: 3 / 4; } }
 
 .l-grid {
   display: flex;
@@ -4219,6 +4225,39 @@ picture {
     box-shadow: 0 0 0 2px #4773aa;
     outline: 0; }
 
+.uw-bg--black {
+  background-color: #000; }
+
+.uw-bg--white {
+  background-color: #fff; }
+
+.uw-territorial {
+  text-align: center; }
+  .uw-territorial p {
+    font-family: Typ1451-Regular;
+    font-size: 0.75rem;
+    font-weight: 200;
+    letter-spacing: 0.5px;
+    line-height: 1.7;
+    padding: 1rem 0.5rem; }
+    .uw-bg--black .uw-territorial p {
+      color: #fff; }
+  .uw-bg--black .uw-territorial a {
+    color: #fdd54f;
+    text-decoration: none; }
+    .uw-bg--black .uw-territorial a:hover {
+      text-decoration: underline; }
+  .uw-bg--white .uw-territorial a {
+    color: #000;
+    text-decoration: underline; }
+    .uw-bg--white .uw-territorial a:hover {
+      text-decoration: none; }
+  @media (min-width: 49.81em) {
+    .uw-territorial {
+      text-align: left; }
+      .uw-territorial p {
+        line-height: 1.5; } }
+
 .uw-twitter__wrapper {
   margin-left: auto;
   margin-right: auto;
diff --git a/source/_patterns/03-layouts/footer/_footer.scss b/source/_patterns/03-layouts/footer/_footer.scss
index a750b28fd454f170cd521945e54e60c5fcfcac45..2c53c95c5b4a99b9aca785717ce03e0fb2e75cfb 100644
--- a/source/_patterns/03-layouts/footer/_footer.scss
+++ b/source/_patterns/03-layouts/footer/_footer.scss
@@ -92,4 +92,11 @@
       text-decoration: underline;
     }
   }
+  &__territorial {
+    grid-column: 1 / 4;
+    grid-row: 4 / 5;
+    @include medium {
+      grid-row: 3 / 4;
+    }
+  }
 }
diff --git a/source/_patterns/03-layouts/footer/footer.twig b/source/_patterns/03-layouts/footer/footer.twig
index 0f9da41e023b94dd364e77762ee8b53ee447ede4..f77b9514d477988716f30c8db932762e8d35786e 100644
--- a/source/_patterns/03-layouts/footer/footer.twig
+++ b/source/_patterns/03-layouts/footer/footer.twig
@@ -16,5 +16,12 @@
                 <a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/social-media/">@uwaterloo social directory</a>
             </div>
         </div>
+        <div class="uw-footer__territorial">
+
+            {% include "@components/territorial-statement/territorial-statement.twig" with {
+                'territorial_text': territorial_text,
+                "modifier_classes": modifier_classes
+            } %}
+        </div>
     </div>
 </footer>
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diff --git a/source/_patterns/03-layouts/footer/footer.yml b/source/_patterns/03-layouts/footer/footer.yml
index b8e38a5bdcfb5013c613a20e60c4db45b391b614..c8a83b00c9ae00d5ead702d03ea804f1f8476e1d 100644
--- a/source/_patterns/03-layouts/footer/footer.yml
+++ b/source/_patterns/03-layouts/footer/footer.yml
@@ -75,4 +75,6 @@ social_media:
       url: "https://www.instagram.com/uofwaterloo/"
     - text: "LinkedIn"
       url: "https://www.linkedin.com/edu/school?id=10875"
-social_media_placement: "global-site-footer"
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+social_media_placement: "global-site-footer"
+modifier_classes: 'black'
+territorial_text: '<p>The University of Waterloo acknowledges that our work is on the traditional territory of ‎ the Neutral, Anishinaabeg and Haudenosaunee peoples. Our institution is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land promised to the Six Nations that includes six miles on each side of the Grand River. Our active work toward reconciliation takes place across our campuses through research, learning, teaching, and community building, and is centralized within our <a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/human-rights-equity-inclusion/about/indigenous-initiatives" >Indigenous Initiatives Office</a>.</p>'
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diff --git a/source/_patterns/04-components/territorial-statement/_territorial-statement.scss b/source/_patterns/04-components/territorial-statement/_territorial-statement.scss
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..ba324f99e78980ce19b25789a29ce6099711bbd9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/_patterns/04-components/territorial-statement/_territorial-statement.scss
@@ -0,0 +1,42 @@
+.uw-bg--black{
+  background-color:gesso-brand(org-default,uw-black,lvl4);
+}
+.uw-bg--white{
+  background-color:gesso-brand(org-default,uw-white,lvl1);
+}
+.uw-territorial{
+  text-align:center;
+  p{
+    font-family: Typ1451-Regular;
+    font-size: rem(gesso-font-size(0));
+    font-weight:200;
+    letter-spacing:0.5px;
+    line-height:1.7;
+    padding:1rem 0.5rem;
+    .uw-bg--black &{color:gesso-brand(org-default,uw-white,lvl1);}
+    .uw-bg--white &{}
+  }
+  a {
+    .uw-bg--black & {
+      color: gesso-brand(org-default, uw-gold, primary);
+      text-decoration: none;
+      &:hover {
+        text-decoration:underline;
+      }
+    }
+
+    .uw-bg--white & {
+      color: gesso-brand(org-default, uw-black, lvl4);
+      text-decoration: underline;
+      &:hover {
+        text-decoration: none;
+      }
+    }
+  }
+  @include large{
+    text-align:left;
+    p{
+      line-height:1.5;
+    }
+  }
+}
diff --git a/source/_patterns/04-components/territorial-statement/territorial-statement.md b/source/_patterns/04-components/territorial-statement/territorial-statement.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..923c5ed04d431ced1ba0fb1f3a8ea9ac277dc2a3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/_patterns/04-components/territorial-statement/territorial-statement.md
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+---
+el: territorial statement
+title: Territorial statement
+---
+
+__Variables:__
+* modifier_classes: Choose "black or white" to determine the background color of the statement"
+
diff --git a/source/_patterns/04-components/territorial-statement/territorial-statement.twig b/source/_patterns/04-components/territorial-statement/territorial-statement.twig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..89ef1ee520b42446a7565697d3433a9de285ae90
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/_patterns/04-components/territorial-statement/territorial-statement.twig
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+<div class="uw-bg--{{ modifier_classes }}">
+    <div class="uw-territorial">
+        {{ territorial_text }}
+    </div>
+</div>
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diff --git a/source/_patterns/04-components/territorial-statement/territorial-statement.yml b/source/_patterns/04-components/territorial-statement/territorial-statement.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1f8ecbb9ecab294c60d883ba324ff18f9988fbec
--- /dev/null
+++ b/source/_patterns/04-components/territorial-statement/territorial-statement.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+---
+modifier_classes: 'black'
+territorial_text: '<p>The University of Waterloo acknowledges that our work is on the traditional territory of ‎ the Neutral, Anishinaabeg and Haudenosaunee peoples. Our institution is situated on the Haldimand Tract, the land promised to the Six Nations that includes six miles on each side of the Grand River. Our active work toward reconciliation takes place across our campuses through research, learning, teaching, and community building, and is centralized within our <a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/human-rights-equity-inclusion/about/indigenous-initiatives" >Indigenous Initiatives Office</a>.</p>'
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