Webinar ULI Toronto: 13,000 Years of Indigenous History in the GTA Date: June 16, 2020 00:00:00 --> 00:00:04: OK, we're gonna get started. So welcome everyone and good 00:00:04 --> 00:00:05: afternoon. 00:00:05 --> 00:00:08: My name is Michelle Ackerman and I'm a consultant for 00:00:08 --> 00:00:11: the Kilmer Group and the Vice chair of UI Toronto 00:00:11 --> 00:00:12: on behalf of you, 00:00:12 --> 00:00:15: a lie, I'm pleased to welcome you today to today's 00:00:15 --> 00:00:18: webinar rather 13,000 years of Indigenous history in the GTA 00:00:18 --> 00:00:21: and why it matters to planning and development. 00:00:21 --> 00:00:23: Next slide. 00:00:23 --> 00:00:25: Before we begin, I'd like to go through a few 00:00:25 --> 00:00:26: housekeeping items first. 00:00:26 --> 00:00:29: Everyone will automatically be on you if you're experiencing issues 00:00:29 --> 00:00:30: with the Zoom platform, 00:00:30 --> 00:00:33: please direct them to the chat box at the bottom. 00:00:33 --> 00:00:35: Second, there will be a Q&A session, 00:00:35 --> 00:00:37: so please be sure to submit your questions via the 00:00:37 --> 00:00:39: Q&A function on the bottom of the screen. 00:00:39 --> 00:00:41: We also encourage you to utilize the thumbs up or 00:00:41 --> 00:00:44: like function in the Q&A that allows you to upvote 00:00:44 --> 00:00:46: a question that you would like answered. 00:00:46 --> 00:00:48: Please note this session is being recorded and will be 00:00:48 --> 00:00:51: made available on our website in the coming days. 00:00:51 --> 00:00:54: Finally, if you take this important conversation on line, 00:00:54 --> 00:00:55: please tag us with the handle. 00:00:55 --> 00:00:57: At you will I Toronto. 00:00:57 --> 00:00:59: Next slide, please. 00:00:59 --> 00:01:01: I would like to say a sincere thank you to 00:01:01 --> 00:01:02: all of you. 00:01:02 --> 00:01:04: Like Toronto sponsors, you like, 00:01:04 --> 00:01:06: Toronto relies on the support of our annual sponsors who 1 00:01:06 --> 00:01:09: are critical to organizations like ours and to allow us 00:01:09 --> 00:01:13: to deliver world class programming and facilitate timely and important 00:01:13 --> 00:01:15: dialogue. So to all of them we say thank you. 00:01:17 --> 00:01:20: In particular, I want to thank center court development for 00:01:20 --> 00:01:23: their support of today's program and in a moment I 00:01:23 --> 00:01:26: will introduce Mitch Gascoigne from center court to introduce today's 00:01:26 --> 00:01:30: program. Finally, I want to thank shared past consultation initiative, 00:01:30 --> 00:01:32: our partner for today's program. 00:01:32 --> 00:01:33: You'll hear more from Morgan Peters, 00:01:33 --> 00:01:36: manager of Operations at Shared Path at the end of 00:01:36 --> 00:01:36: this call. 00:01:36 --> 00:01:40: This program wouldn't be possible without their support. 00:01:40 --> 00:01:42: With that I'm going to turn it over to Mitch 00:01:42 --> 00:01:43: to kick off the program. 00:01:49 --> 00:01:51: Hi everyone and thanks, Michelle. 00:01:51 --> 00:01:54: Good afternoon everyone. My name is Mitch Gascoigne. 00:01:54 --> 00:01:56: I'm vice president of development at Center Court, 00:01:56 --> 00:01:59: were very pleased to be supporting today's webinar. 00:01:59 --> 00:02:02: It's an interesting important topic to us at center court. 00:02:02 --> 00:02:05: We strive to work with their community building and are 00:02:05 --> 00:02:07: currently working on a project which, 00:02:07 --> 00:02:10: with Nisha Nabi Homes to expand their current facility at 00:02:10 --> 00:02:13: the corner of Dundas and Church to very exciting project 00:02:13 --> 00:02:15: and one that we're very proud of. 00:02:15 --> 00:02:18: Today's session will go through 13,000 years of Indigenous history 00:02:18 --> 00:02:20: from an archaeological evidence. 00:02:20 --> 00:02:22: In addition, Digenis oral history, 00:02:22 --> 00:02:26: Carolyn, Ron, and Ron, who Michelle will introduce momentarily, 00:02:26 --> 00:02:29: will talk about the various treaty agreements and traditional territory 00:02:30 --> 00:02:32: claims in the GTA and how this relates to city 00:02:32 --> 00:02:33: building work. 00:02:33 --> 00:02:35: We do now introduced to introduce our speakers. 00:02:35 --> 00:02:37: I'll pass it back over to Michelle. 00:02:40 --> 00:02:42: Thank you Mitch. 00:02:42 --> 00:02:43: So on to our speakers. 00:02:43 --> 00:02:46: Carolyn King is the chair and co-founder of the Shared 00:02:46 --> 00:02:48: Path Consultation Initiative. 00:02:48 --> 00:02:50: Carolyn is the first woman to have been elected as 2 00:02:50 --> 00:02:53: Chief of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation. 00:02:53 --> 00:02:56: She is over 25 years of work experience in the 00:02:56 --> 00:02:59: field of First Nations community and economic development and extensive 00:02:59 --> 00:03:01: experience in public relations, 00:03:01 --> 00:03:04: environmental planning, policies and procedures, 00:03:04 --> 00:03:07: and community radio. She is a board member on numerous 00:03:07 --> 00:03:10: local community based organizations and is served at the municipal, 00:03:10 --> 00:03:14: Regional and national levels. She has received numerous awards including 00:03:14 --> 00:03:16: the Queen Elizabeth the 2nd. 00:03:16 --> 00:03:17: Diamond Jubilee medal. In 2012. 00:03:17 --> 00:03:21: In recognition of her support for First Nations history and 00:03:21 --> 00:03:23: the advancement of Aboriginal people, 00:03:23 --> 00:03:26: she is the creator of the Moccasin Identifier Project, 00:03:26 --> 00:03:29: which aims to educate and create a greater awareness of 00:03:29 --> 00:03:32: indigenous peoples and their connections to the land. 00:03:32 --> 00:03:36: Ronald F Williamson is the founder of Archaeological Services, 00:03:36 --> 00:03:40: Inc, a cultural resource management firm based in Toronto on. 00:03:40 --> 00:03:43: He holds an honours BA from the University of Western 00:03:43 --> 00:03:46: Ontario and in MA and PhD from McGill University. 00:03:46 --> 00:03:49: All in anthropology. Ron is also an associate member of 00:03:49 --> 00:03:53: the graduate faculty at the University of Toronto Anthropology, 00:03:53 --> 00:03:57: an at Western University Anthropology in London and Chair Board 00:03:57 --> 00:04:00: of directors at the Museum of Ontario Archaeology at Western 00:04:00 --> 00:04:01: University, 00:04:01 --> 00:04:04: London. He's also the vice chair of the Shared Pass 00:04:04 --> 00:04:06: Consultation Initiative. 00:04:06 --> 00:04:10: Ron is published extensively on both indigenous and early colonial 00:04:10 --> 00:04:11: Great Lakes history. 00:04:11 --> 00:04:14: In 2016, he was conferred the Smith Wittenberg Award, 00:04:14 --> 00:04:18: the Canadian Archaeological Associations most prestigious award. 00:04:18 --> 00:04:22: For outstanding contributions to Canadian archaeology and in 2019 he 00:04:22 --> 00:04:25: was given a Heritage Toronto Lifetime Achievement Award. 00:04:25 --> 00:04:30: With that, I'll turn it over to Carolyn and Ron. 3 00:04:30 --> 00:04:32: Thank you, Michelle. 00:04:32 --> 00:04:37: Welcome everybody today. Caroline and I are going to play 00:04:38 --> 00:04:42: a little tag team on the 13,000 years of Indigenous 00:04:43 --> 00:04:48: history and also explain why that matters to planning and 00:04:48 --> 00:04:52: development in Ontario. 00:04:52 --> 00:04:54: We want to begin by looking at the City of 00:04:54 --> 00:04:58: Toronto land acknowledgement which you can see before you. 00:04:58 --> 00:05:03: You will know that it includes the traditional territory of 00:05:03 --> 00:05:06: the Mississaugas of the credit. 00:05:06 --> 00:05:09: Various Anishinaabeg nations Chippewa it says, 00:05:09 --> 00:05:13: but also holding a Shawnee and the Wendat peoples and 00:05:13 --> 00:05:16: is now home to many diverse peoples.