Land Acknowledgements

Anderson College’s Land Acknowledgements

Anderson College, in operating 10 campuses in Ontario, acknowledges the traditional territories of a diverse range of Indigenous peoples who have been stewards of these lands since time immemorial; we recognize that the regions in which we reside represent both unceded territory and those subject to various, essential treaties.

We feel deeply honoured and privileged to study, work and educate on these lands and, while each campus acknowledges the territory on which it resides, we would like to acknowledge in brief some of the First Nations peoples who have lived on, stewarded and continue to enrich these places.

Anderson College’s head office is in Toronto and is home to and meeting place of many Indigenous peoples from across Turtle Island. We acknowledge the diversity of the first peoples of this area – the Huron-Wendat, the Haudenosaunee, the Anishinaabe, and the Mississaugas of the Credit.

We acknowledge all the treaties and the first peoples of our Ontario campus sites, in Brampton – the Anishinabek, Huron-Wendat, Haudenosaunee and Ojibway/Chippewa peoples, Metis and Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation; in Brantford – the Haudensaunee and Anishnaabeg; in Hamilton – the Erie, Neutral, Huron-Wendat, Haudenosaunee and Mississaugas; in Kitchener – the Neutral, Haudenosaunee and Anishnaabeg; in London – the Anishinaabek, Haudenosaunee, Lūnaápéewak and Attawandaron; in Mississauga-Dundas and Mississauga-Hurontario – the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and Huron-Wendat and Wyandot Nations; in North York – the Huron-Wendat, Seneca, Haudenosaunee and most recently, the Mississaugas of the Credit River; in Windsor – the Anishnaabeg of the Three Fires Confederacy (the Ojibwe, Potawatomi, and Odawa).

We further recognize and acknowledge the many other Indigenous nations that may be represented among our students and colleagues. We are committed to uplifting Indigenous voices, as well as those of other diverse communities: settlers, newcomers, those who have been displaced – whether from their traditional territories or from their home countries – and offering them a place at Anderson College, where they are welcomed, respected, encouraged and supported.