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Located near Elliot Lake
Distance: 500km
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Mental Wellness and Minobimaadizing Program
Serpent River First Nation (21km)
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Office: 705-844-2021
Crisis: 1-855-242-3310
473 B Hwy 17 W
Serpent River First Nation, ON, P0P 1B0
Serpent River First Nation, ON, P0P 1B0
Short Description
Promotes the development of good mental health and provides mental health services
- Provides individual, family and group mental health/wellness counselling for issues such as but not limited to: addictions, anger management, anxiety disorders, depression, family violence, grief and loss
- Provides medical assisted treatment for Opioid Replacement Therapy, stimulants and alcohol
- Offers treatment services using both traditional and contemporary health care practices
- Coordinates services of a visiting psychologist
- Provides educational seminars and workshops to community members about various mental health and addiction issues
- Provides a voluntary five-day residential program for individuals struggling with childhood trauma issues
- Offers counselling, traditional talking and healing circles as well as cultural healing practices
- Partners with Benbowopka Treatment Centre in Blind River and the Dan Pine Healing Lodge in Garden River First Nation to offer the program
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Traditional Health
Serpent River First Nation (21km)
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Office: 705-844-2021
473 B Hwy 17 W
Serpent River First Nation, ON, P0P 1B0
Serpent River First Nation, ON, P0P 1B0
Short Description
- Facilitates access to diverse traditional healing services and cultural ceremonies for member communities
- Coordinates annual Gatherings which provide a wide variety of Anishnaabek based teachings, ceremonies and activities identified by the communities
- Delivers a workshop called "Weaving Mind, Body and Spirit into Presentation Development & Facilitation", as well as various cross-cultural training workshops
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Health Access Centre
Serpent River First Nation (21km)
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Office: 705-844-2021
473 B Hwy 17 W
Serpent River First Nation, ON, P0P 1B0
Serpent River First Nation, ON, P0P 1B0
Short Description
Provides a primary health care clinic for Indigenous individuals and families
- Coordinates professional services through Physicians, Nurse Practitioners, Diabetes Nurse Educator, Registered Dietitian, Occupational Therapist and Physiotherapist, Mental Health Therapist and Traditional Healers
- Offers a combination of Indigenous traditional healing methods and Western medical practices
- Provides treatment of illnesses and offers routine annual physicals
- Coordinates documentation if patient receives care from a member of the team
- Provides well children and baby care, prenatal and postnatal care
- Administers immunizations
- Offers basic and advanced foot care services and clinics
- Provides diabetes education and effective ways to manage the disease
- Offers health, nutrition education and counselling and referrals to other health care professionals
- Provides follow-up care and management of chronic diseases such as high blood pressure, arthritis and diabetes
- Community Support Services
- Diabetes Program
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder Project
- Mental Wellness and Minobimaadizing Program
- Traditional Health
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Child Well Being Unit
Serpent River First Nation (25km)
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Office: 705-844-2152
Mental Health Unit, 261 Village Rd
Serpent River First Nation, ON, P0P 1B0
Serpent River First Nation, ON, P0P 1B0
Short Description
- Delivers prevention and awareness programs/services to community families
- Promotes overall health and wellness of families, youth leadership, social development and physical fitness
- Promotes cultural and traditional teachings with a focus on ensuring the continuation of Anishinabemowin (Native language)
- Cultural activities include beading workshops, traditional feasts, smoking wild meat, maple syrup harvesting, traditional medicine making, harvest bingos, regalia making, hand drumming workshops and traditional dance workshops
- Coordinates many annual events, cultural programs, educational activities, parenting programs, and recreational activities
- After School Program activities
- Community Fun Days
- Community Socials
- Fitness Classes
- Land-based programs including Children's Summer Camps
- Little Serpents Children's Club
- Medicine Walks
- Movie Nights
- Seasonal Craft/Baking workshops
- Special Celebrations for all special occasions
- Talking Circles
- Traditional Family Services such as traditional parenting and family planning
- Youth Development
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Community Wellness
Mississauga First Nation (31km)
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Office: 705-356-1621 Ext 2224
64 Park Rd
Mississauga First Nation, ON, P0R 1B0
Mississauga First Nation, ON, P0R 1B0
Short Description
Promotes healing and wellness programs and services within the community
- Provides support and case management services
- Provides mental health education and counselling
- Offers individual and family counselling
- Provides advocacy between individual and organizations and agencies
- Provides information to raise awareness of family violence and strategies to stop it
- Alternative healing teachings
- Group talking circles to promote inner healing
- Stress relief and massage therapy
- Sweat lodge sessions
- Traditional healers
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Substance Abuse Treatment Centre
Blind River (32km)
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Office: 705-356-1681
144 Causley St
Blind River, ON, P0R 1B0
Blind River, ON, P0R 1B0
Short Description
- Serves as a First Nations owned and operated 16-bed residential addictions treatment facility
- Offers a balanced treatment plan with Ojibwe Cultural teachings and ceremonies
- Offers a 28 day residential program to both men and women seeking assistance in dealing with addictions
- Focus is on an abstinence-based model, grounded in the 12 Step Alcoholics Anonymous approach to treatment
- Alcohol
- Hallucinogens
- Narcotics
- Prescription drugs
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Cultural Resource Program
Sagamok Anishnawbek (48km)
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Office: 705-865-2192
Saswin Building, 51 Kokoko Miikan
Sagamok Anishnawbek, ON, P0P 1P0
Sagamok Anishnawbek, ON, P0P 1P0
Short Description
- Ensures traditional healing alternatives are available for community members
- Coordinates healing programs for individuals on a healing journey
- Promotes and plans traditional customs and ceremonies for individuals, families and community
- Traditional Native healers
- Healing circles
- Talking/sharing circles
- Sweat lodges
- Smudging ceremonies
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Community Mental Health Program
Sagamok Anishnawbek (48km)
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Office: 705-865-2171
Saswin Building, 51 Kokoko Miikan
Sagamok Anishnawbek, ON, P0P 1P0
Sagamok Anishnawbek, ON, P0P 1P0
Short Description
Promotes the development of good mental health and provides services for individuals with mental health issues to enrich their quality of life
Provides counselling, information and awareness activities including but not limited to:
Provides counselling, information and awareness activities including but not limited to:
- Addictions and substance abuse
- Anger management
- Anxiety disorders
- Depression
- Family violence
- Grief and loss
- Parenting issues
- Phobias
- Post-traumatic stress disorder
- Self-esteem
- Sexual abuse
- Stress management
- Counselling services for stress management and crisis intervention
- Prevention services
- Referrals to appropriate supports
- Workshops
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Community Addictions Program
Sagamok Anishnawbek (48km)
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Office: 705-865-2171
Crisis: 705-863-3178
Saswin Building, 51 Kokoko Miikan
Sagamok Anishnawbek, ON, P0P 1P0
Sagamok Anishnawbek, ON, P0P 1P0
Short Description
Provides services and support for individuals and families struggling with addiction issues
- Offers Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings when required
- Administers the community needle exchange and safe inhalation kit program
- Provides transportation to all meetings and workshops upon request
- Provides public seminars/meetings to raise community awareness of problematic alcohol, drug use and gambling addictions
- Holds educational sessions in schools
- Coordinates cultural and spiritual events
- Facilitates recreational activities and social events
- Provides individual and group discussions
- Offers cultural and spiritual gatherings
- Counselling, sharing circles and support groups
- Regular phone calls and home visits
- Referrals to Band services, social services, detoxification and treatment centres and medical assistance
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National Native Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program
Zhiibaahaasing First Nation (52km)
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Office: 705-283-3963
Health Clinic, 36 Sagon Rd
Zhiibaahaasing First Nation, ON, P0P 1Y0
Zhiibaahaasing First Nation, ON, P0P 1Y0
Short Description
Provides services and support for individuals and families struggling with addiction issues
- Offers Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings when required
- Provides transportation to all meetings and workshops upon request
- Provides public seminars/meetings to raise community awareness of problematic alcohol, drug use and gambling addictions
- Holds educational sessions in schools
- Coordinates cultural and spiritual events
- Facilitates recreational activities and social events
- Provides individual and group discussions
- Offers cultural and spiritual gatherings
- Counselling, sharing circles and support groups
- Regular phone calls and home visits
- Referrals to band services, social services, detoxification and treatment centres and medical assistance
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Family Well Being Program
Zhiibaahaasing First Nation (52km)
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Office: 705-283-3963
Health Clinic, 36 Sagon Rd
Zhiibaahaasing First Nation, ON, P0P 1Y0
Zhiibaahaasing First Nation, ON, P0P 1Y0
Short Description
Assists community to design and deliver their own holistic, prevention-focused services/programs and cultural supports to promote a healthy community and support families as needed
- Focus is on improving the overall health and well-being of communities and to empower families to build healthy relationships
- Works to eliminate family violence, the number of youth involved in the justice system and the number of children in care
- Activities that revitalize Native language
- Alcohol and drug abuse prevention and intervention
- Community events such as feasts
- Family circles, counselling and child/youth support groups
- Referrals to other programs and services
- School programs
- Traditional land-based healing events
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Aboriginal Healing and Wellness
Sheshegwaning First Nation (52km)
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Office: 705-283-3030
Health Centre, 1079B Sheshegwaning Rd
Sheshegwaning First Nation, ON, P0P 1X0
Sheshegwaning First Nation, ON, P0P 1X0
Short Description
- Provides information based on a combination of traditional and modern health services for family violence, strategies to stop it and healthy relationships
- Provides crisis counseling and intervention services to address mental and emotional issues
- Facilitates group talking circles
- Offers individual peer counselling
- Provides referrals to community and regional supports and services including shelters and safe houses for women and their children escaping domestic violence
- Provides education and information about health and wellness issues
- Hosts traditional gatherings including traditional teachings and feasts
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Mental Health and Addictions
Sheshegwaning First Nation (52km)
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Office: 705-283-3030
Health Centre, 1079B Sheshegwaning Rd
Sheshegwaning First Nation, ON, P0P 1X0
Sheshegwaning First Nation, ON, P0P 1X0
Short Description
- Provides on-site counseling services with visiting mental health professionals
- Offers referrals to services not available in community
- Aboriginal Healing and Wellness
- Brighter Futures Building Healthy Communities
- National Native Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program
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National Native Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program
Sheshegwaning First Nation (52km)
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Office: 705-283-3030
Health Centre, 1079B Sheshegwaning Rd
Sheshegwaning First Nation, ON, P0P 1X0
Sheshegwaning First Nation, ON, P0P 1X0
Short Description
Provides services and support for individuals and families struggling with addiction issues
- Offers Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings when required
- Provides transportation to all meetings and workshops upon request
- Provides public seminars/meetings to raise community awareness of problematic alcohol, drug use and gambling addictions
- Holds educational sessions in schools
- Coordinates cultural and spiritual events
- Facilitates recreational activities and social events
- Provides individual and group discussions
- Offers cultural and spiritual gatherings
- Counselling, sharing circles and support groups
- Regular phone calls and home visits
- Referrals to band services, social services, detoxification and treatment centres and medical assistance
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Child and Family Services
Sheshegwaning First Nation (52km)
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Office: 705-283-3030
Health Centre, 1079B Sheshegwaning Rd
Sheshegwaning First Nation, ON, P0P 1X0
Sheshegwaning First Nation, ON, P0P 1X0
Short Description
Delivers prevention and early intervention services to high-risk children and families of the community
- Administers child welfare prevention services in collaboration with Kina Gbezhgomi Child and Family Services located in Wiikwemkoong
- Evaluates short and long-term programs and workplans with individuals and families for adequacy and effectiveness
- Partners with community police officers and local nursing staff to identify and support troubled families
- Teaches parenting skills and assisting children through difficult times
- Develops and administers healthy social and recreational programs for families such as after-school programs and babysitting courses
- Hosts community forums to address issues such as youth drug abuse, inadequate housing, and schooling problems
- Organizes elders meetings that address traditional child rearing methods
- Provides information sessions about understanding substance dependency and resulting family violence, and overcoming oppression by understanding cultural realities
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Traditional Health Program
Thessalon First Nation (61km)
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Office: 705-842-2670
Health & Social Services Centre, 32 Sugarbush Rd
Thessalon First Nation, ON, P0R 1L0
Thessalon First Nation, ON, P0R 1L0
Short Description
Provides community members with cultural awareness and traditional teachings
- Teaches and assists community members in the art of regalia making
- Offers the traditional teachings behind the different regalia
- Provides workshops for skilled crafts such as traditional pipes, drums, rattles, moccasins, baskets and beading
- Provides services of skilled medicine people who teach how to identify local medicines used for minor ailments
- Provides a healing lodge for cultural ceremonies
- Medicine walks
- Seasonal ceremonies
- Sweat lodge ceremonies
- Talking circles
- Traditional cedar baths
- Traditional stress management
- Traditional healer services
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Traditional Health Services
Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation (67km)
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Office: 705-368-2182
48 Hillside Rd
Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation, ON, P0P 1K0
Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation, ON, P0P 1K0
Short Description
- Provides traditional teachings and workshops for individuals and families to meet specific life's needs in areas such as pre/postnatal, parenting, children and adolescent, adult life skills, elder care and holistic health promotion
- Provides traditional healing services through Traditional Healers, cultural ceremonies and herbal prescriptions
- Coordinates the healing services on an individual or community request
- Case management
- Filling of herbal prescriptions
- Supportive counselling
- Referrals to Traditional Healers and other health care providers
- Follow-up appointments
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Health Centre
Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation (67km)
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Office: 705-368-2182
Crisis: 1-877-841-1101
48 Hillside Rd
Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation, ON, P0P 1K0
Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation, ON, P0P 1K0
Short Description
Health centre focused on family and community health
- Offers primary health care services through a medical clinic and outreach programs
- Provides clinical services through Physicians, Nurse Practitioners and Traditional Healers
- Offers a combination of Indigenous traditional healing methods and Western medical practices
- Provides chronic disease management and prevention, pre/postnatal care, nutrition, health education, health promotion, and counselling
- Provides referrals to other service providers and specialists
- Coordinates and hosts a public Child Poverty Task Force to address food-related health challenges in at-risk communities on Manitoulin Island; Task Force also compiled the Community Food Security Directory for Manitoulin
- Collaborates with Mnaamodzawin Regional Health Authority and all First Nation Health Centres/Services on Manitoulin Island as well as other health service providers
- Publishes a monthly newsletter online
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Family Support Services
Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation (69km)
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Office: 705-368-2228
13 Hill St
Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation, ON, P0P 1K0
Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation, ON, P0P 1K0
Short Description
- Delivers prevention and early intervention services to high-risk children and families of the community
- Administers child welfare prevention services in collaboration with Kina Gbezhgomi Child and Family Services located in Wikwemikong
- Evaluates short and long-term programs and workplans with individuals and families for adequacy and effectiveness
- Partners with community police officers and local nursing staff to identify and support troubled families
- Teaches parenting skills and assisting children through difficult times
- Develops and administers healthy social and recreational programs for families such as after-school programs and babysitting courses
- Hosts community forums to address issues such as youth drug abuse, inadequate housing, schooling problems and after school activities
- Organizes elders meetings that address traditional child rearing methods
- Provides information sessions about understanding substance dependency and resulting family violence, and overcoming oppression by understanding cultural realities
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National Native Alcohol and Drug Abuse Program
Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation (69km)
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Office: 705-368-3171
12B Hill St
Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation, ON, P0P 1K0
Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation, ON, P0P 1K0
Short Description
Provides services and support for individuals and families struggling with addiction issues
Provides the following services aimed at preventing problematic alcohol and drug use problems from reoccurring:
- Offers Alcoholics Anonymous (AA) and Narcotics Anonymous (NA) meetings when required
- Provides transportation to all meetings and workshops upon request
- Provides public seminars/meetings to raise community awareness of problematic alcohol, drug use and gambling addictions
- Holds educational sessions in schools
- Coordinates cultural and spiritual events
- Facilitates recreational activities and social events
- Provides individual and group discussions
- Offers cultural and spiritual gatherings
Provides the following services aimed at preventing problematic alcohol and drug use problems from reoccurring:
- Counselling, sharing circles and support groups
- Regular phone calls and home visits
- Referrals to Band services, social services, detoxification and treatment centres and medical assistance
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Community Wellness and Mental Health Program
Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation (69km)
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Office: 705-368-3171
12B Hill St
Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation, ON, P0P 1K0
Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation, ON, P0P 1K0
Short Description
Supports reduction and prevention of mental health issues and family and community violence
- Provides culturally appropriate support services, resources, educational materials, and workshops to address community wellness needs
- Coordinates men's and women's wellness sessions such as breakfasts and guest speakers
- Provides victim service referrals and emergency support for family violence and mental health crises
- Works one-on-one with families experiencing family violence to develop a plan of action for identified concerns
- Provides referrals to counselling, legal services, and treatment centres and other needed supports
- Organizes and facilitates community events in schools, powwows, and health fairs to promote a healthy lifestyle and prevention of family violence
- Develops programs, workshops, promotions, and prevention education campaigns dealing with family-based violence awareness
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Family Well Being Program
Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation (69km)
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Office: 705-368-3171
12B Hill St
Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation, ON, P0P 1K0
Aundeck Omni Kaning First Nation, ON, P0P 1K0
Short Description
Assists community to design and deliver their own holistic, prevention-focused services/programs and cultural supports to promote a healthy community and support families as needed
- Focus is on improving the overall health and well-being of communities and to empower families to build healthy relationships
- Works to eliminate family violence, the number of youth involved in the justice system and the number of children in care
- Activities that revitalize Native language
- Alcohol and drug abuse prevention and intervention
- Community events such as feasts
- Family circles, counselling and child/youth support groups
- Referrals to other programs and services
- School programs
- Traditional land-based healing events
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Walking The Path Program
M'Chigeeng (72km)
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Office: 705-377-7135
5926 Highway 540
M'Chigeeng, ON, P0P 1G0
M'Chigeeng, ON, P0P 1G0
Short Description
Provides an educational initiative for the healthy development of high-risk youth in Aboriginal communities
- Offers a ten-week course to youth from Grade 4-8 to promote self-worth, self-esteem and respect for others
- Delivers the program through cultural teachings, healing circles, role models and community awareness
- Uses a team approach involving police officers, teachers, principals, social workers, health care providers and Aboriginal Elders
- Provides a community graduation ceremony for student participants including a feast, ceremony, prizes and certificate
- Cultural Teachings
- Medicine Wheel Teachings
- History of Aboriginal People
- Finding our Strengths
- Painting the Mask
- Healing Circle and Discussion
- Self Esteem
- History of Native People
- Community Awareness
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Community Wellness Program
M'Chigeeng First Nation (73km)
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Office: 705-377-5347
M'Chigeeng Health Centre, 689A Hwy 551
M'Chigeeng First Nation, ON, P0P 1G0
M'Chigeeng First Nation, ON, P0P 1G0
Short Description
Promotes healthy individuals, families and communities
- Supports reduction or prevention of family and community violence
- Provides culturally appropriate support services, resources, educational materials, and workshops to address community wellness needs
- Participates in and assists to organize community events such as Winter Carnival, Aboriginal Day, Family Fun Weekend and National Addictions Awareness Week
- Promotes a culturally appropriate approach to healing and wellness
- Partners with Noojmowin Teg Health Centre and Manitoulin Central Family Health Team
- Drum teaching circles
- Monthly Healer visits
- Opening and closing ceremonies
- Quarterly sweat lodges
- Seasonal Medicine walks
- Spring Fast
- Strengthening Families sessions
- Automated External Defibrillator training
- Certified Water Safety Swimming lessons
- Cardio Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) training
- First Aid training
- Fitness Gym management and promotion
- Health Care provider training
- Swim Instructor Certificate program
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Justice - Maamwi Noojmodaa Program
M'Chigeeng (73km)
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Office: 705-377-5307
1110 Highway 551
M'Chigeeng, ON, P0P 1G0
M'Chigeeng, ON, P0P 1G0
Short Description
- Serves as a victim impact/empathy program for adult Indigenous offenders who are in the justice system
- Delivers weekly healing sessions separately for men and women
- Facilitates all sessions through a Traditional Knowledge Keeper/Elder and the Program Worker
- Teaches Anishinabek principles and approaches to build a healthier community
- Strives to improve decision-making skills of participants
- Offers free transportation to sessions
- Fall harvest and hunt
- Fall and spring fasting
- Traditional fire keeping and Shkaabewis teachings
- Monthly full moon ceremonies
- Buffalo teachings
- Sharing circles
- Beading and regalia making
- Sweat lodges and cedar baths
- Medicine picking (Summer harvest)
- Mental, emotional, spiritual and physical self-care
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