Councillor B. Henderson called the meeting to order at 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, July 6, 2021, and acknowledged that Emergency Advisory Committee meets on the traditional land of Treaty 6 Territory. The Chair also acknowledged the diverse Indigenous peoples whose ancestors' footsteps have marked this territory for centuries such as: Cree, Dene, Saulteaux, Blackfoot, Nakota Sioux, as well as Metis and Inuit, and now settlers from around the world.