WomenatthecentrE acknowledges that the land on which we operate is the territory of the Huron-Wendat, the Anishinaabe Nation, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, Métis, Inuit, and the Mississauga’s of the Credit, and was taken without consent. Today, this land is still home to many First Nations and Indigenous Peoples from across Turtle Island.

We recognize the inherent connections between ongoing colonialism and all forms of violence, including racism, sexism, and over-policing that disproportionately impact Indigenous communities, particularly Indigenous women, girls, and two-spirit people. WomenatthecentrE actively works to break this pattern of ongoing violence because it is crucial to our work of dismantling the embedded impacts of colonialism. Too often, land acknowledgements are presented as something to cross off a checklist or are done performatively to be ‘politically correct’ so, it is important to take time to honour and recognize each of our relationships with the land, otherwise, the words we speak in a land acknowledgement hold no meaning.

It is important to remember that while anyone can do a land acknowledgement, only certain people have the right to welcome you to this land. WomenatthecentrE asks everyone, settler and migrant, to take a moment to think about their relationship with this land, and our responsibilities to honour the land and Indigenous Peoples. We invite you to share the land in which you are occupying.

If you are unsure of whose land you are on, please visit native-land.ca.