In honour of our 20th Anniversary, the Government of British Columbia honoured the GSC with the following proclamation, designating 15 November 2019 as "20th Anniversary of Canada's Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre at BC Cancer Day":

Canada’s Michael Smith Genome Sciences Centre respectfully acknowledges that we operate on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the xʷməθkwəy̓əm (Musqueam), Səl̓ílwətaʔ/Selilwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh), and Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish) nations who have cared and nurtured this land for all time. We give thanks, as uninvited guests, to be able to live and work on these lands.