Land Acknowledgements

 Scarborough -

We would respectfully like to acknowledge that our Scarborough campus is on the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnaabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples. This land is covered by Treaty 13 signed with the Mississaugas of the Credit, and the Williams Treaties signed with multiple Mississaugas and Chippewa bands.

Vaughan - 

We would respectfully like to acknowledge that our Vaughan campus is situated in the Territory and Treaty 13 lands of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. We also recognize the traditional territory of the Huron-Wendat and the Haudenosaunee. The City of Vaughan is currently home to many First Nations, Métis and Inuit people today. 

Barrie - 

We would respectfully like to acknowledge that our Barrie campus is on the traditional territory of the Anishinaabeg people, which include the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Pottawatomi Nations, collectively known as the Three Fires Confederacy. This land is also part of the Treaty 18 region, signed in 1818, and is within the Williams Treaties area.

Sault Ste. Marie-

We would respectfully like to acknowledge that our Sault Ste. Marie campus is on the traditional territory of the Anishnaabeg and Métis people. This land is also part of the Robinson-Huron Treaty territory.

As settlers, we're grateful for the opportunity to live, work, and meet here and we thank all the generations of people who have taken care of this land - for thousands of years. Long before today, as we gather here, there have been aboriginal peoples who have been the stewards of this place In particular, we acknowledge (identify the appropriate territory). We recognize and deeply appreciate their historic connection to this place. 

We also recognize the contributions of Métis, Inuit, and other Indigenous peoples have made, both in shaping and strengthening this community in particular, and our province and country as a whole. 

As settlers, this recognition of the contributions and historic importance of Indigenous peoples must also be clearly and overtly connected to our collective commitment to make the promise and the challenge of Truth and Reconciliation real in our communities, and in particular to bring justice for murdered and missing indigenous women and girls across our country.