Since long before the City of Guelph was founded, this land has been lived on and cared for by First Nations peoples, including the Attiwonderonk, the Anishinaabeg (including Mississauga, Ojibwe, Potawatomi, Odawa, and Chippewa peoples), and the Haudenosaunee (or Six Nations: the Mohawk, Onondaga, Cayuga, Seneca, Oneida, and Tuscarora peoples).
Today, this land that we work and live on is held as the treaty lands and territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, subject to the 1792 Between the Lakes Treaty No. 3. You can read more about the historical and ongoing relationship between Indigenous and settler governments in this region at the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation’s website.
CUPE 241 is committed to reconciliation, to the protection of the natural world, and to respect and fairness for all people. We stand in solidarity with all workers to hold governments and employers accountable to the principles of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.