Land Acknowledgement

Earth’s Refillery Coop acknowledges that we operate on Treaty 6 Territory, the traditional and ancestral homelands of many First Nations, including the Cree, Dene, Saulteux, Nakota Sioux, Blackfoot, and Métis peoples. We recognize that this land has never ceased to be Indigenous land and that colonialism is an ongoing system that continues to dispossess Indigenous peoples of their land, cultures, and sovereignty. 

As a worker and community-owned cooperative, we understand that colonialism and capitalism are interconnected systems of extraction. The wealth accumulated through the exploitation of land has always depended on the exploitation of people.  The enclosure of common lands, the displacement of Indigenous Nations, and the commodification of food, water, housing, and labour are not separate histories, they are part of the same ongoing project. Building a more just future means challenging these systems together.

Food reminds us that another way is possible. Every meal depends on relationships: between people and the land, between growers and communities, between neighbours who share knowledge, labour, and care. For millennia, Indigenous peoples have stewarded these lands through reciprocal relationships that sustained both human and ecological communities. We honour those traditions and recognize that food sovereignty begins with Indigenous sovereignty. We believe everyone deserves access to nourishing food, and that communities, not corporations, should shape how food is grown, shared, and distributed.

A land acknowledgement is only meaningful when it is paired with action. We are committed to supporting Indigenous sovereignty, strengthening local food systems, reducing our ecological footprint, and building relationships based on solidarity, reciprocity, accountability, and collective care. We understand this work as part of a broader struggle for liberation—for Indigenous peoples, for workers, and for this land itself.