Land Acknowledgement

The United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples passed in 2007 acknowledges the unique culture and history of Indigenous Peoples throughout the world and recognizes “the urgent need to promote and respect the inherent rights of indigenous peoples which derive from their political, economic and social structures and from their cultures, spiritual traditions, histories and philosophies, especially their rights to their lands, territories and resources”. As such, we wish to acknowledge this land on which the University of Toronto and North American Model United Nations operate. For thousands of years, it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land.

As a student group affiliated with the University of Toronto, we wish to offer the following land acknowledgement:

We wish to acknowledge this land on which the University of Toronto and North American Model United Nations operates. For thousands of years it has been the traditional land of the Huron-Wendat, the Seneca, and the Mississaugas of the Credit. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many Indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land.