Sleeping Children Around the World Land Acknowledgement:

We acknowledge that we are meeting on the traditional and sacred territory of Canada’s Indigenous Peoples; the First Nations, Inuit and Métis nations who are the original inhabitants. We honour and thank them for their contributions and enduring dedication to the land on which we now stand.

We acknowledge the injustice and abuse done to Indigenous communities, and the need for collective healing.

As a global organization, we commit ourselves to Truth and Reconciliation through respectful listening, awareness, education and action. Worldwide, we stand in solidarity, to respect and preserve the land, the water, the air and to live in harmony.

Further resources for our learning journey: 

• National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation: https://nctr.ca

• Canada’s Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Final Report: https://www.rcaanc-cirnac.gc.ca/eng/1450124405592/1529106060525

• United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples:  https://www.un.org/development/desa/indigenouspeoples/declaration-on-the-rights-of-indigenous-peoples.html

• Indigenous Services Canada: https://www.canada.ca/en/indigenous-services-canada.html

• Native Land: https://native-land.ca

• Woodland Cultural Center: https://woodlandculturalcentre.ca

• Five Little Indians by Michelle Good.  Winner of CBC’s 2022 Canada Reads https://www.cbc.ca/books/canadareads/christian-allaire-championing-five-little-indians-by-michelle-good-wins-canada-reads-2022-1.6403622

• Legacy of Hope Foundation: https://legacyofhope.ca/wherearethechildren/

• Survivors' Secretariat: https://www.survivorssecretariat.ca