Week of Events
Winter Youth Healing Camp for Boys 2025
The Wabano Centre is proud to host a weekend overnight cultural camp designed for boys aged 13 to 16. Set in the serene natural surroundings of Camp Capital in Dunrobin, Ontario (just 45 minutes from Ottawa), this unique experience offers youth the opportunity to stay in comfortable, rented cabins while immersing themselves in Indigenous culture...
Sunday, March 2, 2025
No events on this day.
Monday, March 3, 2025
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March 3, 2025 - RecurringIndigenous Seniors Circle
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March 3, 2025 - RecurringSisters in Recovery
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March 3, 2025 - RecurringJourney to Freedom Challenge
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March 3, 2025 - RecurringCulture Night
Indigenous Seniors Circle
Aaniin, Boozhoo! Shé:kon, Ullakut! Waachiyaa, Osiyo! Hello, Bonjour! We would like to invite you to our Indigenous Seniors Circle. Weekly teachings and activities will revolve around every month's moon. Share great moments, lots of laughter and a beautiful atmosphere with new friends. Regular programming takes place Mondays and Wednesdays, 10 am to 2 pm. Wabano...
Sisters in Recovery
Sisters in Recovery will be cancelled for Dec 23rd and 30th Join us in-person for a weekly harm-reduction based healing circle for Indigenous women, and those beyond the binary, that will focus on a holistic approach to healing and recovery, incorporating traditional teachings as well as Western knowledge. Group will be co-facilitated by Addictions Counsellor,...
Journey to Freedom Challenge
The Journey to Freedom Challenge is a fun and supportive aboriginal group therapy program designed to help individuals reduce their tobacco intake or quit altogether. Participants will join weekly online sessions focused on building coping strategies, staying motivated, and learning about tobacco addiction. The program offers personalized one-on-one support, free nicotine replacement therapy (NRT), and...
Culture Night
Join us every Monday for an evening of cultural knowledge sharing and guest presentations! Open to all interested in learning about First Nations, Inuit and Métis culture.
Tuesday, March 4, 2025
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March 4, 2025 -Headbands
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March 4, 2025 - RecurringNimiigwetchwendam
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March 4, 2025 - RecurringCardio Drum Fitness
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March 4, 2025 - RecurringAnishnaabemowin (Ojibway) Classes
Headbands
Complete your child’s regalia with a beautiful homemade headband! To participate you must be a registered client with Wabano Early years program. To register for drop-in, please contact your Early years team via email earlyyears@wabano.com or call: 613-748-0657 ext. 376 Bus tickets are provided to attend program. Refreshments and light lunch will be served during...
Nimiigwetchwendam
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...
Cardio Drum Fitness
Come and join an exciting and fun drumming exercise you are sure to have fun as we "drum" ourselves to fitness. This provides a workout that promotes physical, social, emotional, and cognitive health for all life stages. Come and get your heartbeat in sync with the drum :) Come and check it out and bring...
Anishnaabemowin (Ojibway) Classes
Learn Anishnaabemowin with Louise Garrow We’re excited to welcome Louise Garrow back to Wabano this January to teach Anishnaabemowin! Join us for this engaging language program, open exclusively to Indigenous community members. 📅 When: Tuesday evenings, January 21 – March 25, 2025 Time: 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm, please arrive 15 mins before class starts 📍...
Wednesday, March 5, 2025
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March 5, 2025 - RecurringIndigenous Seniors Circle
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March 5, 2025 -Jingle Anklets
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March 5, 2025 - RecurringWasa-Nabin Wednesdays
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March 5, 2025 - RecurringMen’s Drum Practice
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March 5, 2025 - RecurringBeading Nights with Jessica Dumont
Indigenous Seniors Circle
Aaniin, Boozhoo! Shé:kon, Ullakut! Waachiyaa, Osiyo! Hello, Bonjour! We would like to invite you to our Indigenous Seniors Circle. Weekly teachings and activities will revolve around every month's moon. Share great moments, lots of laughter and a beautiful atmosphere with new friends. Regular programming takes place Mondays and Wednesdays, 10 am to 2 pm. Wabano...
Jingle Anklets
Hey families, today we will be making jingle anklets for our little ones in preparation for the Pow Wow. To participate you must be a registered client with Wabano Early years program. To register for drop-in, please contact your Early years team via email earlyyears@wabano.com or call: 613-748-0657 ext. 376 Bus tickets are provided to...
Wasa-Nabin Wednesdays
As Winter returns, so does storytelling! Join us as we explore creatively a funny, mischievous, dramatic or mysterious story from a different Nation each Wednesday. We also invite you to share a favorite story from your Nation! Indigenous YOUTH 13 to 18 years old are invited to explore topics that are relevant to them throughout...
Men’s Drum Practice
Experience the heartbeat of the drum! Come learn the teachings, protocols, songs of the drum with our drum group. Wabano Centre's Men's drum practice passes on traditional knowledge and provides a healthy space for our community to learn, laugh, have fun and to carry on the traditions. The Pow Wow Drum & Song was created...
Beading Nights with Jessica Dumont
Please join us for a series of Beading Nights with Jessica Dumont who will show us how to make Fringe earrings with brickstictch on the following Wednesdays: March 5, 12, 19 & 26th, 2025. For ages 16+, opening to all skill levels, from beginners to advances. For community members with proof of Indigenous Ancestry. Space...
Thursday, March 6, 2025
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March 6, 2025 -Makayla’s Movement
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March 6, 2025 - RecurringNew Parenting Bundle: Winter Cycle 2025
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March 6, 2025 - RecurringCardio Kickboxing
Makayla’s Movement
Ready to move? Makayla, Wabano’s Health Promoter, is joining us for fun movement activities! To participate you must be a registered client with Wabano Early years program. To register for drop-in, please contact your Early years team via email earlyyears@wabano.com or call: 613-748-0657 ext. 376 Bus tickets are provided to attend program. Refreshments and light...
New Parenting Bundle: Winter Cycle 2025
New Parenting Bundle: Winter Cycle 2025 Join us for an 8-week cultural parenting program designed to empower Indigenous parents and caregivers with the gifts of songs, stories, medicines, traditions, and the wisdom of shared experiences. Together, we’ll explore how to nurture healthy children, families, and communities through cultural connection and support. 📅 Duration: 8 weeks...
Cardio Kickboxing
Get ready to punch, kick, and sweat it out! Join us for FREE Cardio Kickboxing classes at Wabano, starting September 12th at 5 PM. Perfect for all fitness levels, this high-energy workout combines martial arts moves with fast-paced cardio to boost your strength, stamina, and confidence. Grab your spot, and let's power through together! We...
Friday, March 7, 2025
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March 7, 2025 -Wabano-win: The Art of Seeing Clearly March 7, 2025
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March 7, 2025 -Crafting Together
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March 7, 2025 - RecurringWellbriety – Kiyam
Wabano-win: The Art of Seeing Clearly March 7, 2025
Wabano-win: The Art of Seeing Clearly is a learning journey that teaches participants to better understand two core things: How to contribute to improving Indigenous health, and How to create safe spaces for Indigenous people in their practice. Wabano’s training was created to help service providers to see clearly on their professional journey, and to support them...
Crafting Together
Do you have a project you’d like to finish? Today we’re bringing out the sewing machines to do all kinds of things! To participate you must be a registered client with Wabano Early years program. To register for drop-in, please contact your Early years team via email earlyyears@wabano.com or call: 613-748-0657 ext. 376 Bus tickets...
Wellbriety – Kiyam
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....
Saturday, March 8, 2025
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March 8, 2025 -Soup’s On Saturday
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March 8, 2025 -Sweatlodge ceremony
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March 8, 2025 - RecurringCardio Drum Fitness Program
Soup’s On Saturday
It’s the perfect time of year to get warm and cozy with a bowl of soup! Come bring your family to Soup’s On Saturday for a hot meal – and get together for some fun! To participate you must be a registered client with Wabano Early years program. To register for drop-in, please contact your...
Sweatlodge ceremony
Thomas Louttit, recognized community elder will graciously host the Wabano community at the Miitig healing lodge just outside Maxville Ontario for a sweat lodge ceremony. Space is limited so must be a registered wabano client to register. Must be 13 and over to attend.
Cardio Drum Fitness Program
Come and join an exciting and fun drumming exercise you are sure to have fun as we "drum" ourselves to fitness. This provides a workout that promotes physical, social, emotional, and cognitive health for all life stages. Come and get your heartbeat in sync with the drum :) PLEASE NOTE: Feb 8 No Cardio Drum...