Territorial Acknowledgement

Adventure Canada is owned by Cedar, Alana, and MJ Swan—siblings and first-generation Canadians. Our family immigrated from Scotland to Canada in the 1950s, and we share this to be clear about our place and responsibilities as we live, work, and travel on Indigenous homelands. We were fortunate to have early experiences with Indigenous peoples and access to Indigenous lands that shaped our values and our sense of responsibility.

We maintain an office in Mississauga, Ontario, within the Treaty and Traditional Territory of the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation, and within the traditional territories of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and the Huron-Wendat and Wyandot Nations. This area is part of a network of historic land agreements in what is now Peel Region, including the Ajetance Treaty (Treaty 19) and the Credit Treaties (Treaties 22 and 23). 

In Canada, we travel through Inuit Nunangat, including Nunavut, Nunavik, and Nunatsiavut. We also journey often within Mi’kmaq, Innu, and Haida territories. Internationally, we travel in Kalaallit Nunaat (Greenland) and elsewhere, where Indigenous rights, protocols, and colonial histories are place-specific and must be learned locally, with humility and care.

Acknowledgement alone is not enough. Canada’s institutions and policies have caused profound, systematic harm to Indigenous peoples, including efforts to erase languages, governance systems, spiritual practices, and cultures. These legacies continue today through ongoing structures and biases. We recognize that our company operates in and has been successful within these systems. We have always tried, and we continue to accept the responsibility, to raise awareness and to address these systemic inequities. 

We are guided by the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Call to Action 92, which calls upon the corporate sector to adopt UNDRIP as a reconciliation framework for how we travel, partner, and operate.

We aim to contribute back to host communities by listening first, partnering locally, and acting in ways that respect Indigenous rights and self-determination.

Thank you for reading. Nakurmiik. Qujannamiik. Miigwetch.Wela’lin. Háw’aa. Qujanaq.