Territory Acknowledgement
Territory acknowledgement is a way that people insert an awareness of Indigenous presence and land rights in everyday life. We at CEPD respectfully acknowledge that the entirety of the School’s wider campus of Northern Ontario is on the homelands of First Nations and Métis Peoples. The medical school buildings at Laurentian University and Lakehead University are located on the territory of the Anishinabek Nation, specifically Atikameksheng and Wahnapitae First Nations and Fort William First Nation.
Northern Ontario consists of six treaty areas: Robinson-Huron, 1850, north of Lake Huron including Manitoulin Island; Robinson-Superior, 1850, north of Lake Superior; Manitoulin Island Treaty, 1862, Manitoulin Island excepting Wikwemikong Unceeded Indian Reserve #2; Treaty 3, 1873, southern part of Northwestern Ontario; Treaty 5, 1875, portion of area extends into western Ontario from Manitoba; and Treaty 9, northern two-thirds of Northern Ontario.
