{"id":8904,"date":"2024-11-04T10:45:41","date_gmt":"2024-11-04T15:45:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/2024\/11\/04\/november-3-9-is-treaties-recognition-week\/"},"modified":"2024-11-04T10:45:41","modified_gmt":"2024-11-04T15:45:41","slug":"november-3-9-is-treaties-recognition-week","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/schools.wrdsb.ca\/continuing-education\/2024\/11\/04\/november-3-9-is-treaties-recognition-week\/","title":{"rendered":"November 3-9 is Treaties Recognition Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>November 3-9 is Treaties Recognition Week<\/strong> in Ontario. This week aims to:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Raise awareness about treaty rights and responsibilities<\/li>\n<li>Build understanding between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>It was created in response to the <a href=\"https:\/\/ehprnh2mwo3.exactdn.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Calls_to_Action_English2.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Truth and Reconciliation Commission\u2019s Calls to Action<\/a> in 2016.<\/p>\n<h2>What Is A Treaty?<\/h2>\n<p>Treaties are the legally binding agreements that set out nation-to-nation rights, responsibilities and relationships including:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Indigenous Nations<\/li>\n<li>Federal governments<\/li>\n<li>Provincial governments<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>They provide a framework for land use, as well as living together in partnership and cooperation.<\/p>\n<h2>Treaty Rights<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Are the specific rights embodied in the treaties that were entered into with the British government, and later Canada<\/li>\n<li>Set aside reserved lands for the exclusive use of First Nations, and their rights to hunt, fish, and trap on provincial Crown lands<\/li>\n<li>Are protected by subsection 35(1) of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thecanadianencyclopedia.ca\/en\/article\/constitution-act-1982\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Constitution Act, 1982<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Learn more about the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ontario.ca\/page\/history-treaties-ontario\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">History of treaties in Ontario<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>By learning about Treaties, staff and students are able to better understand:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The relationship between First Nation, M\u00e9tis, and Inuit Nations and this country called Canada<\/li>\n<li>How First Nations continue to fight for those agreements to be honoured<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Waterloo Region District School Board (WRDSB) staff are being supported with a variety of resources and professional development opportunities from the Indigenous, Equity, and Human Rights Department, so that they may support students and the WRDSB community.<\/p>\n<p>Educating ourselves on Canada\u2019s reconciliation journey enables us to recognize the impact of:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Colonialism<\/li>\n<li>Injustice<\/li>\n<li>Inequality<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Territorial Acknowledgement<\/h2>\n<p>Consider using this territorial acknowledgement in presentations or through digital communication:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>I acknowledge that the land on which WRDSB sites are situated are the lands traditionally used by the Haudenosaunee, Anishinaabe, and Chonnonton people. I also acknowledge the enduring presence and deep traditional knowledge, laws, and philosophies of the Indigenous people with whom we share this land today. We are all treaty people with a responsibility to honour all our relations.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<h2>Join the Conversation<\/h2>\n<p>What have you learned during Treaties Recognition Week? Share what you\u2019re learning on social media and be sure to use the hashtag #IndigenousWRDSB.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>November 3-9 is Treaties Recognition Week in Ontario. This week aims to: Raise awareness about treaty rights and responsibilities Build understanding between Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples It was created in response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission\u2019s Calls to Action in 2016. What Is A Treaty? 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