Commitment to Reconciliation (with Land Acknowledgement)
Boyd Therapy and Wellness respectfully acknowledges that we live and work on the traditional lands of the Anishinaabek, Haudenosaunee, Lūnaapéewak, and Attawandaron peoples. We recognize these lands as places of longstanding relationship, stewardship, and Indigenous presence, past, present, and future.
We also acknowledge the treaties and agreements that are specific to this area, including the Two Row Wampum Belt Treaty of the Haudenosaunee Confederacy / Silver Covenant Chain, the Beaver Hunting Grounds of the Haudenosae NANFAN Treaty of 1701, the McKee Treaty of 1790, the London Township Treaty of 1796, the Huron Tract Treaty of 1827 with the Anishinaabeg, and the Dish with One Spoon Covenant Wampum of the Anishinaabek and Haudenosaunee. We understand these agreements carry ongoing responsibilities. We acknowledge that treaty relationships were meant to be lived through respect, mutual obligation, and peace.
At Boyd Therapy and Wellness, reconciliation is not an add-on. It is a guiding commitment that shapes our choices in practice, policy, and the way we try to show up with clients and community. We recognize our privilege, and we name that we have benefited from colonial systems that have targeted Indigenous peoples and caused irreparable harm to Indigenous communities across Turtle Island. The impacts of colonization are ongoing. They continue to influence safety, access to care, and the conditions in which healing is possible.
We commit to practicing with humility and accountability. This means we keep learning, we reflect on how power operates in therapy spaces, and we remain open to feedback and correction. We also recognize that decolonizing a therapy space is ongoing work. It requires flexibility and adaptability, and it requires a real commitment to cultural safety and relational safety.
Our commitment includes:
Ongoing education and reflection on the history and present-day realities of colonization, including how these realities intersect with mental health, trauma, and care.
Cultural humility in practice, including listening first, acknowledging limits, and avoiding appropriation of Indigenous knowledge and practices.
Creating safer therapeutic experiences by attending to power dynamics, naming systemic inequities when relevant, and supporting client autonomy, choice, and voice.
Accountability in our policies and everyday practices, including how we welcome clients, how we communicate, and how we define professionalism so that it does not exclude or invalidate lived experience.
Relationship-building and community responsiveness, guided by respect for Indigenous leadership, local knowledge, and community-defined needs.
We understand reconciliation is a long-term responsibility. It is not a destination. We commit to showing up with integrity, to learning continuously, and to contributing, within the scope of our role as a therapy practice, to a more just and safer future.