City Council · September 26, 2023 · Item 5.
Refreshed Territorial Acknowledgement for the City of Guelph, included in the report titled Refreshed Territorial Acknowledgement, dated September 6 2023, be approved.
Main motion under the agenda item Refreshed Territorial Acknowledgment, 2023-59
Carried (12 to 0)
12 in favour, 0 against — unanimous
What was voted on
The motion in its exact words, as recorded in the minutes.
That the refreshed Territorial Acknowledgement for the City of Guelph, included in the report titled Refreshed Territorial Acknowledgement, dated September 6 2023, be approved.
Moved by Councillor Allt, seconded by Councillor O'Rourke.
How the room voted
In favour (12)
- Allt
- Billings
- Busuttil
- Caron
- Caton
- Chew
- Downer
- Goller
- Guthrie
- Klassen
- O'Rourke
- Richardson
What council was given
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- Refreshed Territorial Acknowledgement - 2023-59.pdf
Council is asked to approve an updated territorial acknowledgement recognizing First Nations presence on the land now called Guelph. The original 2016 wording was meant to evolve, and Indigenous partners and community members had pointed to historical inaccuracies through omission and asked for a stronger commitment to reconciliation. The new approach has two parts: the formal acknowledgement, optionally followed by the speaker's own reflection.
- Refreshed Territorial Acknowledgment.pdf
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What was said
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46:42acknowledgement. May I please have a Councillor move and second the recommendation. Councillor
46:49Ault and Councillor Oroch, thank you. Is there any discussion on this item? Seeing none,
46:58I'm going to call the vote. Is anyone opposed? Seeing none, that's unanimous. Thank you.
47:07On behalf of council, I'd really like to thank our indigenous partners, community members
47:13and staff who came together to work long and hard on this updated territorial acknowledgement,
47:20keeping it a living document. So thank you again. Now if you're able, please stand for
47:26our national anthem. Thank you. If we could take a minute for silent reflection, please.
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