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Land Acknowledgement

University of Waterloo

We acknowledge the Haldimand Tract — originally 950,000 acres on both sides of the Grand River, of which only approximately 48,000 acres (about 5%) remains in Six Nations hands. This land is within the traditional territories of the Neutral, Anishinaabe, and Haudenosaunee peoples. We commit to honoring these relationships and working toward justice and reconciliation.

York University

We acknowledge the traditional territory of many Indigenous Nations. The area known as Tkaronto has been care taken by the Anishinabek Nation, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and the Huron-Wendat. The current treaty holders are the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. This territory is subject to the Dish with One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant, an agreement to peaceably share and care for the Great Lakes region.

University of Ottawa

We acknowledge the unceded traditional territory of the Algonquin Anishinabeg and the watershed of the Kitchissippi (Ottawa River). The Algonquin Anishinabeg have been present in this watershed for thousands of years before European contact and will continue to be here well into the future.

Following calls to move beyond acknowledgement, these recognitions carry responsibilities to question how our institutions benefit from colonial land relations, to challenge extractive research and teaching practices, and to build accountable relationships with Indigenous communities. This work must continue in our scholarship, our classrooms, and our everyday actions, grounded in humility, reciprocity, and a commitment to material change rather than mere recognition.