PERSONAL SETTLER ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I work, live and play from the Traditional Territory of the Mississaugas of Scugog First Nation and the territory that is covered by the Johnson-Butler Purchase of 1788 and the Williams Treaty of 1923.
As a person who exists because of the strengths of the generations of people who have strived through oppression, I recognize and honor the Indigenous Peoples of this land who have and continue to strive through the oppression of colonialism and the current oppressions that Canada has imposed on them. Because of their endurance and compassion, it is possible for me and people like me to have a home that offers privilege and hope.
I and the rest of the settlers have much work to do in acknowledging the oppression, restoring truths, and reconciling the exploitative relationship we created and continue to foster toward the Indigenous Peoples and their land.
I attempt to do my part by gounding my work, life and play from a decolonizing mindset and practices.
Mikahelia Wellington
RD, MPH, CDE
she/her
Hi, my name is Mikahelia, a.k.a. Mika. I am the founder of Making Kitchen Legacies Inc., a company I created to make memories through food and nourish people through community nutrition
My hope is that Making Kitchen Legacies. Inc will be the space where people go to create new memories while learning and practicing affirming and nourishing health promotion and health management through community nutrition.
The Kitchen Legacy
Memories are everything. If you’re not making them, you’re not having them.
I was inspired to start Making Kitchen Legacies Inc. when I realized the importance of shifting my perception of how my family were living with my Dad’s worsening Alzheimer’s disease. It’s been scary, depressing and tragic. I still grieve who my father was and the life he and we do not get to live.
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Let’s make some today. Send me a message to see how you can get started making your own kitchen legacies.
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