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Ojibiikaan Indigenous Cultural Network is an Indigenous-led nonprofit offering land, food and culture based programming in Toronto and the surrounding region. Ojibiikaan means “root” in Anishinaabemowin. Our roots connect us to the land and to each other. They are the lifelines that nourish and anchor us. Ojibiikaan works to strengthen our roots through knowledge exchange and land-based projects.

Ojiibikens EARLYON
PROGRAM

Ojiibikens offers programming focused on connecting to the land for parents and caregivers with children from 0-6, their siblings and families.

YOUTH PROJECTS

Youth programming is rooted in revitalizing traditional Indigenous growing practices, ceremonies, foods and medicines.

COMMUNITY PROJECTS

We connect communities to our plant families, animal families, water families, and land families so we can strengthen our roots together.

Upcoming Events

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Some of the in season produce for October! What’

Some of the in season produce for October!
What’s your favourite? 🍇🍎🎃

Aanii Friends! Ojibiikaan and ENAGB invite you to

Aanii Friends! Ojibiikaan and ENAGB invite you to join us for this month’s Food Sovereignty Celebration at Crawford! Join us for a day on the land connecting with our traditional foods and medicines and learn from knowledgeable Elder Kitty Lynn and Earthworkers doing Food Sovereignty Work in our communities !!
This event is open to Indigenous Families and Caregivers with children 0-6, and their families only!

Lunch and snacks will be provided. Bus pickup will be at 720 Bathurst Street outfront. Bus will leave at 11:00 AM sharp. As we will be outside for the majority of the day, please dress for the weather changes! This Program is open to Indigenous families and caregivers with children 0-6 in the GTA only. To register, please follow the link in our bio.
https://linktr.ee/ojib

Aanii Friends, Here is the October registration f

Aanii Friends,

Here is the October registration form along with our monthly schedule! 🎃

Please follow the link to our google form:

https://linktr.ee/ojib
or follow the link in our bio

Programming is open to parents and caregivers with children 0-6, siblings and family located in the Toronto City area.
Please email ethan.dankert-lannigan@ojibiikaan.com for any questions , comments or concerns!

September 30th  Which was previously known as Or

September 30th  Which was previously known as Orange Shirt Day is now known as the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation- it is one of the 94 calls to action outlined by the Truth and Reconciliation commission of Canada.   It is necessary for Canada to understand and acknowledge the colonial violence that has been forced upon Indigenous peoples and communities- residential schools, missing and murdered indigenous woman and 2- spirit peoples, the 60’s scoop, modern day child and family services, cultural erasure/genocide and the intergenerational trauma that Survivors, their families and Indigenous peoples as a whole face.   Indigenous people have been facilitating their own reconciliation for generations and this week can be draining and triggering- We see you, lifting yourself, your families and community, we see you trying to create change, we see you breaking cycles, we see you struggling under the impossible weight of a burden that was never yours to carry, please protect your wellbeing  To our Indigenous kin- to the survivors, to the families who have lost, to our communities, feeling the weight of today: please take time for yourself, rest your heart and do something that helps uplift your spirit.   And to non-indigenous kin at this time if you feel the need to be performative this week- don’t- please continue educating yourself and your peers.  Do not push your guilt onto Indigenous peoples, who are mourning and carrying the burden that was placed on them so you can free yourself of responsibility, don’t pressure indigenous peoples to provide you with education about our trauma- do your own work.

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If you need extra support today, help is available:

Indian Residential School Survivors and Family Hotline:
1-866-925-4419

Crisis Services Canada: 1-833-456-4566 or text 45645

Kids Help Phone: 1-800-668-6868

First Nations and Inuit Hope for Wellness Help Line: 1-855-242-3310

Native Youth Crisis Hotline: 1-877-209-1266

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