Huron Perth Public Health has adopted a land acknowledgment for their monthly board meetings.
Public health has worked with an internal Indigenous Working Group focused on Indigenous initiatives such as a land acknowledgment which will now be done at the start of each board meeting.
The North Perth-North Huron Family Health Team and Huron Perth and Area Ontario Health Team have included land acknowledgment in their board meetings.
Huron Perth Public Health has adopted the following land acknowledgement;
“We acknowledge that the land where we gather today is the traditional territory of the Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee, Neutral, and Wendat peoples. Today, this land is still home to Indigenous peoples, and we are grateful to have the opportunity to meet and work on this territory. We recognize the First Peoples’ continued stewardship of the land and water, and that this territory was subject to the Dish with One Spoon wampum under which multiple nations agreed to care for the land and resources by the Great Lakes in peace.
We acknowledge and recognize the Upper Canada Treaties signed in regards to this land, which include Treaty #29 and Treaty #45 1/2, and our roles and shared responsibilities as treaty people committed to moving forward in the spirit of reconciliation, gratitude, and respect with all Indigenous, First Nation, Métis and Inuit people.”
