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    October Movement Challenge: Wabano Walks

    🍂 Wabano Walks: October Movement Challenge 🍂 As the seasons continue to change, we invite you to join Wabano Walks: October Movement Challenge, a month-long opportunity to get moving, connect with others, and support your overall well-being. At Wabano, we recognize that wellness is about more than physical health. It is about finding balance, building...

  • Chronic Disease Support Circle

    Recurring
    299 Montreal Rd. Sky Room 299 Montreal Rd., Ottawa, ON, Canada

    A safe space open to those living with a chronic disease. Practice skills, mindfulness, and explore community supports. Bring your own art projects to work on during the meeting. Registration required: Funded by Ontario Health  

  • hand on the shoulder of a man with the medicine wheel overlayed on the photo

    Nimiigwetchwendam

    Recurring
    Wabano Housing Office 338 Montreal Rd., 2nd Floor, Ottawa, ON, Canada

    A weekly, co-ed, confidential and in-person sharing circle utilizing the 7 Sacred Teachings, the Medicine Wheel and other traditional concepts as guiding principles to promote the healing and wellness of participants. Light snack and bus tickets provided. In-person at Wabano Housing, 338 Montreal Rd., 2nd Floor No registration is required for this group. Wabano programs...

  • Seasonal Food and Wellness

    Recurring
    299 Montreal Rd. Sky Room 299 Montreal Rd., Ottawa, ON, Canada

    Nourish your body, mind, heart, and spirit through the holistic guidance of the Medicine Wheel. Journey with us to: Create: special kitchen bundle items like berry baskets, plant pots and more! Explore: On the Land, community kitchens Learn: from Elders, food experts, and budget friendly nutrition Reflect: in wellness and creative workshops Join our circle...

  • Person reading an Ojibwe language dictonary

    Anishnaabemowin (Ojibway) Classes

    Recurring
    295 Montreal Rd.

    Join us for an engaging 10-week language program, open exclusively to Indigenous community members with proof of ancestry or kinship connection. Funded by the Indigenous Health and Wellness Strategy Registration covers all 10 weeks. Click here to register for the full series.

  • Mind & Body Reset

    Recurring
    295 Montreal Rd.

    Life feeling busy or overwhelming? Looking for a gentle way to slow down and reconnect with yourself? Mind & Body Reset is designed to help you reduce stress, calm your mind, and end your day feeling more grounded. Each session combines gentle movement, mobility exercises, stretching, self-reflection, and guided relaxation to help release tension and...

  • Smoke Free Lunch Hour

    Recurring
    online

    Looking to cut down or go completely smoke-free? Join our virtual Smoke Free Lunch Hour! Bring your lunch and connect with a supportive community as we tackle midday cravings together. Distract: Shift your focus with engaging group chat and activities Delay: Wait out the urge--most cravings peak and pass in minutes. Drink Water: Stay hydrated...

  • Smudge burning with medicines around it on a fabric medicine wheel

    Relapse Prevention

    Recurring
    268 Bradley St (MW House)

    Relapse Prevention Group This weekly Relapse Prevention Group provides a welcoming and supportive space for Indigenous community members who are committed to maintaining their recovery and strengthening their overall wellness. Designed for individuals who are focused on sustaining long-term recovery, the group offers practical relapse prevention strategies, peer support, and learning opportunities grounded in Indigenous...

  • 2 people using kettlebells one yellow and one pink

    Kettlebells

    Recurring
    815 St Laurent (Old Rideau High) 815 St Laurent, Ottawa, ON, Canada

    Looking for a fun and effective full-body workout? Our Kettlebells class combines strength training and functional movement to help build muscle, improve mobility, and enhance balance, coordination, grip strength, and core stability. Using kettlebells and bodyweight exercises, you'll learn movements such as swings, Turkish get-ups, windmills, carries, squats, lunges, and more. It's a great way...

  • Carving and Sculpting with Byron Conant

    Recurring
    299 Montreal Road - Earth room

    Come and join carving and sculpting with Byron Conant every Thursday from 1:00 pm to 4:00 pm. Byron Conant is a Cree artist, crafter and carver from James Smith First Nation in Saskatchewan, and has been living in Ottawa for the past 20 years. Byron makes dreamcatchers, drums, lanyards, keychains, wood carvings and knives. He...

  • Wellbriety – Kiyam

    Recurring
    Wellness House 268 Bradley Ave., Ottawa, ON, Canada

    This in-person men's group will focus on a holistic approach to learn and benefit from traditional, as well as conventional means of healing. It will provide the medicine and tools that will help empower ourselves over drugs, alcohol and or violence, to help us overcome the trauma that has caused our spirits to be wounded....

  • Seasonal Food and Wellness – Outing

    Connect with the land, seasonal nourishment, and community. As part of our Seasonal Food & Wellness Program, we are heading outdoors to a local farm to explore seasonal harvesting, traditional food connections, and wellness through the guidance of the Medicine Wheel. Schedule Note: This special daytime outing takes place in lieu of our regular Tuesday...