Northern Nishnawbe Education Council
Secondary Student Services Program
- Description
- Provides assistance and support to First Nations students attending high school away from their home community
- Provides case management services for each student
- Provides social and spiritual support
- Encourages academic achievement
- Offers individual counselling in areas students might be struggling with such as homesickness and socialization issues
- Coordinates arrangements to place students attending high school in Thunder Bay with a suitable boarding home
- Provides online applications for: families willing to become host boarding homes and students requiring a boarding placement
- Provides a Boarding Home Guidebook for both students and hosts
- Pays an allowance every 2 weeks to boarding parents
- Eligibility
- First Nations students from any of the 24 First Nations communities within the Northern Nishnawbe Education Council and the Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) attending provincial high school in Ontario and Winnipeg
- Application Process
- Boarding Home Program
Student requiring boarding placement and families wishing to host student can obtain application at office or on website
- Toll Free
- 1-866-530-8590
- Office
- 807-628-8413
- Crisis
- 807-629-4357 - (807-629-HELP)
- Other Crisis Supports
- 807-344-7233 - (807-344-SAFE)
- Non-crisis inquiries
- 807-629-4777
- Boarding Home Program
- 807-935-7700 ext 7709
- Fax
- 807-475-9723
- Web Site
- https://www.nnec.on.ca/secondary-student-services-program-sssp
- [email protected]
- Mailing Address
- 315 Edward St N
Thunder Bay, ON, P7C 4P3
Canada - Languages
- English, Interpretive Services - Cree, Ojibway, Oji-Cree, available upon request
- Fees
- None
- Topic(s)
- Agency Information
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- Copyright
- 211 Ontario North
- Last Verified On
- October 21, 2025
- Address
- 315 Edward St N
Thunder Bay, ON, P7C 4P3
Located at Edward St N near Churchill Dr W
Open in Google Maps - Accessibility
- Fully Accessible
- Hours of Operation
- Mon-Fri 8:30 am-4:30 pmMon0830 to 1630Tue0830 to 1630Wed0830 to 1630Thu0830 to 1630Fri0830 to 1630
Crisis Services Mon-Sun 24 hours - Service Area(s)
- Bearskin Lake First Nation
- Cat Lake First Nation
- Deer Lake First Nation
- Dryden
- Fort Severn First Nation
- Frenchman's Head
- Kasabonika Lake First Nation
- Keewaywin First Nation
- Kejick Bay
- Kenora District
- Kingfisher Lake First Nation
- Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug First Nation
- Koocheching First Nation
- McDowell Lake First Nation
- Mishkeegogamang First Nation
- Muskrat Dam First Nation
- North Caribou First Nation
- North Spirit Lake First Nation
- Ojibway Nation of Saugeen First Nation
- Pikangikum First Nation
- Poplar Hill First Nation
- Sachigo Lake First Nation
- Sandy Lake First Nation
- Sioux Lookout
- Thunder Bay
- Wapekeka First Nation
- Wawakapewin First Nation
- Wunnumin Lake First Nation
