We are thankful to be welcome on these lands in friendship. The lands we are situated on are covered by the Williams Treaties and are the traditional territory of the Mississaugas, a branch of the greater Anishinaabeg Nation, including Algonquin, Ojibway, Odawa and Pottawatomi. These lands remain home to many Indigenous nations and peoples.

We acknowledge this land out of respect for the Indigenous nations who have cared for Turtle Island, also called North America, from before the arrival of settler peoples until this day. Most importantly, we acknowledge that the history of these lands has been tainted by poor treatment and a lack of friendship with the First Nations who call them home.

This history is something we are all affected by because we are all treaty people in Canada. We all have a shared history to reflect on, and each of us is affected by this history in different ways. Our past defines our present, but if we move forward as friends and allies, then it does not have to define our future.

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First International Critical Race Theory & Human Rights Conference

October 26, 2005

TORONTO, Ontario - On October 27 and 28, join top North American academics, anti-racist and human rights experts, and grassroots human rights and community activists at the first International Critical Race Theory & Human Rights Conference. Aimed at eliminating racism in the global community, the conference will bring together the next generation of activists to create an inclusive human rights culture across all boundaries: age, race, class and gender.

Hosted by Ontario's newest university, the University of Ontario Institute of Technology, President Dr. Gary Polonsky will deliver opening remarks.

When: Thursday, October 27, 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
Friday, October 28, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.

Where: The Renaissance Toronto Hotel Downtown
Rogers Centre (formerly SkyDome)
1 Blue Jays Way, Toronto

Speakers include:

Professor Kimberle Crenshaw: law professor UCLA & Columbia law schools, prominent civil rights activists and Black feminist legal scholarship;
Patricia Monture: lawyer, activist, and professor of Native Studies at the University of Saskatchewan;
Carol Aylward: author of first Canadian Critical Race Theory text, professor of law at Dalhousie University; and
Joanne St. Lewis: equality and race-based human rights expert, professor of law at Ottawa University; and more

Sponsored by the Canadian Race Relations Foundation, CAW Local 222, and CUPE - Ontario Division, and endorsed by the Center for Research Action on Race Relations.

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