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The Council of Ontario Universities

The Council of Ontario Universities is a leading, forward-looking organization championing and advancing the role of Ontario Universities in promoting student success, fostering community economic development, driving research and innovation, and creating high value-added jobs and growth.

Like its members, COU is a non-partisan organization committed to working in partnership with government, industry, and community stakeholders in fostering student success and economic growth. COU will take a neutral stance on geo-political issues and focus its efforts on matters of importance to Ontario universities and the prosperity of the province.

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Acknowledgement of Traditional Land
The sacred land on which the Council of Ontario Universities (COU) operates has been a site of human activity for more than 10,000 years. This land is the territory of the Huron-Wendat and Petun First Nations, the Seneca, and most recently, the Mississaugas of the Credit River. The territory was the subject of the Dish With One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant, an agreement between the Iroquois Confederacy and the Ojibwe and allied nations to peaceably share and care for the resources around the Great Lakes.
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  • Today, the meeting place of Toronto is still the home to many indigenous people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work in the community, on this territory.
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  • This statement was developed by the Elders Circle (Council of Aboriginal Initiatives). It was last revised November 6, 2014.
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