We respectfully acknowledge that we are working and learning today on the ancestral lands and waters of the Anishinaabeg, within Treaty Three Territory, and on the land that the Métis call home. We give gratitude to the land and water for the gifts and many benefits we receive. We also give thanks to the First Nation Peoples, as the original protectors of the land and water. We offer this acknowledgment to affirm our commitment and responsibility in improving relationships with the land and water in which we live and share with all our relatives and all of creation. We make this commitment to move forward in a reciprocal relationship between nations and to improve our own understanding of First Nation, Métis, and Inuit peoples - and each other, every day.