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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Students get a day-in-the-life perspective at Faith Mosaic 2006

January 27, 2006

Durham College and UOIT students attend the Faith Mosaic 2006 event that was held on campus on Thursday night.

More than 100 students turned out to celebrate Faith Mosaic 2006 at the Oshawa campus of Durham College and the University of Ontario Institute of Technology last night. S.H.A.R.E. (Students for Humanitarianism & Action through Respect & Education), one of the largest student-run organizations on campus, hosted the event in collaboration with the Campus Church, the Muslim Student Association, and the Hindu Student Association.

A pilot project for S.H.A.R.E., Faith Mosaic 2006 included a two-hour presentation with representatives from each organization demonstrating a day in the life of a person of that faith. It also brought people of the Islamic, Christian, Hindu and Bahai faiths together to learn from one another while celebrating their differences.

Although this was the first year that Faith Mosaic took place, the hope is to create a more significant event each year.

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