Local Welcoming 2024

Located on traditional un-ceded Algonquin territory, Ottawa is home to approximately 40,000 First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples and the Indigenous communities are diverse, representing many nations, languages and customs.

In our Welcome Plenary, we will be accompanied by Elder Verna McGregor, of the Algonquin community of Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg, alongside Brian Jackson from McConnell Foundation, also of the Anishinaabe community (Wekwâgam).