Land acknowledgement

Remember that part about how we’re not a perfect community? This is one of those places where we’re learning what it means to make things right. We recognize that any statement is only one small step in the ongoing journey of reconciliation. The deeper work is about restoring relationships that have been long overlooked.

At the heart of this is our desire to pursue shalom, the wholeness and peace God intends for all creation. That includes telling the truth about our history, listening to Indigenous voices, and asking what justice, repair, and right relationship look like here and now.

We know this work takes time, and we’re far from finished. But we’re committed to move forward with humility, hope, and a desire to live more justly on this land we call home.

The land that our church building stands on is the traditional territory of many nations, including the Anishinaabe, the Huron-Wendat, and the Haudenosaunee Confederacy, and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis people.

This land is also under Treaty 13 signed with the Mississaugas of the Credit, and the Williams Treaties signed with multiple Mississaugas and Chippewa bands.

See the full Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada: Calls to Action or the child/youth-friendly guide to the TRC’s 94 Calls to Action.