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Ontario Tech acknowledges the lands and people of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation.

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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Watch the replay of the open educational practices keynote

Rajiv Jhangiani, PhD, Special Advisor to the Provost on Open Education and a Psychology Instructor at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Surrey, British Columbia.*
Rajiv Jhangiani, PhD, Special Advisor to the Provost on Open Education and a Psychology Instructor at Kwantlen Polytechnic University in Surrey, British Columbia.*

If you missed the February 4 guest lecture on open educational practices by Rajiv Jhangiani, PhD, you can now watch the recorded session and access the slide deck.

Learn about the five R’s of open education, and how open educational practices can improve student outcomes and empower learners to be co-creators of knowledge.

Photo by Sebastiaan ter Burg (CC-BY 2.0)