A Dish With One Spoon
We recognize the significance of the Dish With One Spoon Covenant to this land: a promise to share the territory, to care for it, and to take only what we need so that there is always enough for those who come after us.
Land Acknowledgement
Recognizing the land, the history and the peoples of the territory where we live, work and support one another.
Hopewell Support Services lives, works and provides care across Guelph and Wellington County, on the treaty lands and territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, and on the ancestral lands of the Attawandaron (Neutral), Anishinaabe and Haudenosaunee peoples.
We offer our respect and gratitude to the First Nations, Métis and Inuit peoples who have cared for this land since time immemorial, and who continue to strengthen our community today.
The promises of this land
What this territory carries
The Haldimand Treaty
This land is also connected to the Haldimand Treaty and the territory along the Grand River, a history that continues to shape the communities of Guelph-Wellington today.
More than words
Belonging is our whole purpose
For an organization whose whole purpose is belonging (building homes and communities where every person is seen, valued and supported), this acknowledgement is more than words. We are committed to listening, learning, and walking the path of reconciliation, and to ensuring the people we support and the people we employ from Indigenous communities feel a genuine sense of welcome and belonging at Hopewell.
This acknowledgement is offered with humility. It is a living statement that we will keep learning from and revising in relationship with Indigenous community members and partners.
A full life together, for everyone.
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