Land Acknowledgement 

UPlift Black recognizes that our centre for Social Justice and Inclusion is located on the traditional territory of the Anishnaabeg peoples, which includes the Ojibwe, Odawa, and Pottawatomi nations, collectively known as the Three Fires Confederacy.**

We acknowledge that we live, work, meet, and travel on the ancestral lands of Indigenous Peoples who have cared for this territory, now known as Canada, since time immemorial.

At UPlift Black, we recognize that people of African descent have arrived in this land through various means: forcibly through the Transatlantic slave trade, as freedom seekers via the Underground Railroad, as loyalists following the American Revolution, and through immigration schemes such as the West Indian Domestic Scheme of 1955, all in pursuit of better opportunities. This understanding compels us to confront the complexities of living on this land, which has been taken from its original stewards. We stand in solidarity with the Indigenous peoples of Turtle Island and commit to honoring their histories and cultures.

We are dedicated to advancing in the spirit of truth, reconciliation, reparations, and respect with First Nation, Métis, and Inuit communities across Turtle Island. 

Reconciliation is a collective responsibility for all who call Turtle Island home.