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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 land on which the Council of Ontario Universities (COU) head office operates in the traditional territory of the Huron-Wendat, Anishnabek Nation and Haudenosaunee, and the treaty land of the Mississaugas of the Credit.
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- The territory is the subject of the Dish with One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant, an agreement between the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and the Anishinabek and allied nations to peaceably share and care for the resources around the Great Lakes. Today, this meeting place is still the home to many First Nations, Inuit, and Métis people from across Turtle Island and we are grateful to have the opportunity to work on this land.
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- COU recognizes the historical and ongoing contributions of Indigenous peoples to our society, the historical and continuing injustices that Indigenous peoples endure, and the need for truth and reconciliation. COU is committed to forging a sustainable relationship with Indigenous partners based on principles of mutual trust, respect, reciprocity, and inclusion, towards making historic and significant progress in advancing the process of reconciliation in our communities, in our province, and across Canada.
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