We extend our respect to all First Nations, Métis and Inuit Peoples for their past, present and future contributions to the lands where we are fortunate to conduct our work.
As a team spread out across multiple time zones in North America, we are grateful to operate on the traditional, unceded territories of multiple groups of Indigenous Peoples.
In the Kitchener-Waterloo regions, our team operates on traditional territories of the Neutral, Anishinaabeg and Haudenosaunee Peoples. In the Calgary region, we operate on traditional territories of the Niitsitapi (Blackfoot Confederacy); the people of the Treaty 7 region in Southern Alberta, which includes the Siksika, the Piikani, the Kainai, the Tsuut’ina and the Iyarhe Nakoda; as well as the Métis Nation of Alberta, Region 3. In the Victoria region, we operate on traditional territories of the Lekwungen (Songhees) Peoples of the Coast Salish Nation.
We recognize and appreciate Indigenous Peoples’ historic connection to these places where we work. We seek to better understand the enduring history that has brought us to reside on the land, and we seek to understand our place within that history.
We are grateful for the opportunity to live and work here and re-affirm our commitment to make the promise and the challenge of Truth and Reconciliation real in our communities.