Holon Leadership recognizes that our work takes place on traditional Indigenous lands across nations, and across Canada. Our work is founded on the lands of Ontario, which is covered by 46 treaties and other agreements, such as land purchases by the Crown signed between 1781 and 1930. Treaties are the legally binding agreements that set out the rights, responsibilities and relationships of First Nations and the federal and provincial governments. Please use this interactive map to learn which traditional territory you sit on.
We acknowledge that this is sacred land upon which we are privileged to live and work. Our work resides on the lands of the St. Lawrence Iroquoians , Ho-de-no-sau-nee-ga (Haudenosaunee), Anishinabewaki ᓂᔑᓈᐯᐗᑭ and Omàmìwininìwag (Algonquin). A white settler named this specific place Manotick, for which he ascribed this Ojibwa word that means “island in the river.” I personally, as the founder of Holon Leadership, have yet to learn what this land was called before being named by this white settler. This is part of my work.
Holon Leadership is committed to a journey of continuous learning and relationship building that will help honour the interdependent relationship of people and the land. We also recognize our own limitations on this journey of decolonization, truth finding, and reconciliation efforts. It requires us to do our own work – enabling shifts in ourselves, our expectations, and our use of power.
We offer this acknowledgment and intentions as part of our journey.