An “African Ancestral Acknowledgement” in city staff email signatures? They are now included as part of the opening statement before meetings at City Hall and one plays on a loop at Yonge-Dundas Square, the place city officials want us to call Sankofa Square.

Daniel Tate of Integrity TO, a City Hall watchdog group recently raised the alarm about the email practice.

Tate shared a screen shot of the email signature of Lisa Di Felice, the Coordinator Administration and Operations at the Office of the Integrity Commissioner. Her email signature now includes her pronouns, she/her in case you were wondering, plus a land acknowledgement and an African ancestral acknowledgement.

“Ideology has now seeped into every nook and cranny of life including email signatures,” Tate said.

Tate said that h

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