Anishnabeg Outreach

Anishnabeg Outreach Our mission is to build processes and tools that will position current and future First Nation, Métis We have two offices one in Kitchener and one in Guelph.

The Guelph office is our main employment office where we will be able to assist you with job search and resume development. At both locations you will have access to an employment counsellor. Our Kitchener office is where we offer all services related to healing. At our Kitchener location you will find our EarlyON.

Reconciliation takes all of us working together, learning together, and turning that learning into action. 🧡 Miigwech to...
10/02/2026

Reconciliation takes all of us working together, learning together, and turning that learning into action. 🧡

Miigwech to our partners who joined us at our outreach centre in Kitchener for our Truth and Reconciliation Training Day. Throughout the day, we shared what reconciliation means to our community and the role our partners can play in helping create meaningful, measurable outcomes for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis people.

Our CEO, Stephen Jackson, reminded us that reconciliation cannot be about doing things “to” Indigenous people or simply “for” Indigenous people; meaningful change happens when we work “with” Indigenous people. That same principle guides AONest, our evidence-based mental health software, which is designed to work with Indigenous people in creating pathways toward healing. Together with our partners, we are exploring how we can work with Indigenous communities to expand access to mental health supports and deliver measurable health outcomes, which is the most important first step to reconciliation.

A special thank you to our partners at for joining us early and helping prepare our employee breakfast, and to our entire AO team for the work you do every day.

Miigwech to our partners, staff, and community for continuing to walk this path with us. If you would like to help turn reconciliation into action, consider making a charitable donation at aocan.org/donate 🧡

“Reconciliation is healing, it’s giving back culture, giving back language, or making it available. It’s helping rebuild...
09/30/2026

“Reconciliation is healing, it’s giving back culture, giving back language, or making it available. It’s helping rebuild families, rebuild communities, and providing opportunities for training, for employment or helping people start Indigenous businesses.”

Stephen Jackson
CEO, Anishnabeg Outreach

Ahead of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, consider donating to Anishnabeg Outreach to help us continue providing programs that support First Nations, Inuit, and Métis!

These programs include:
- AONest: Our self-guided mental health software that delivers evidence-based healing.
- Employment: Opens economic pathways and independence.
- Spirit Bundle Program: Our food security initiative supporting over 600 First Nations, Inuit, and Métis with nourishment and wrap around services.
- Craft Workshops: Connect Indigenous community members through Indigenous-based arts.
- Tutoring & Sports: Hosts seasonal programs for Indigenous youth, providing educational support, physical activities, and resources for the school year.
- Spirit Garden (Eminidowan Kiitigan): Our 17-acre farm focuses on land-based healing and harvests food used for our Spirit Bundle Program.
- Indigenous-led EarlyON: Provides child developmental support, healthy family-based play, and Indigenous education.

Help us continue turning reconciliation into measurable action. Donate and support Anishnabeg Outreach at aocan.org/donate.

If your organization wants to deepen its reconciliation work and create tangible community impact, we welcome the conversation; reach out to us at [email protected]

From the land to our community, this week’s harvest was all about preparing traditional medicines with care. 🌿 Volunteer...
09/27/2026

From the land to our community, this week’s harvest was all about preparing traditional medicines with care. 🌿

Volunteers from helped harvest white sage and braid sweetgrass that will be prepared into medicine bundles and shared with over 600 First Nations, Inuit, and Métis families in our Spirit Bundle program. These bundles are available to families upon request, helping make traditional medicines more accessible to the community members we support.

Our CEO, Stephen Jackson, joined the group and helped guide volunteers through sweetgrass braiding, shared stories and teachings connected to sage, and spoke about how we use the land at our Spirit Garden (Eminidowang Kiitigan) to support First Nations, Inuit, and Métis families through land-based healing and support.

Sage is recognized as a sacred medicine by many Indigenous communities and is often used in practices connected to cleansing, prayer, healing, and wellbeing. Harvesting these medicines with care is part of our land-based healing initiative, helping strengthen connections to the land while supporting the continued sharing of Indigenous teachings and medicines within the community.

With National Day for Truth and Reconciliation approaching, consider turning reconciliation into action by supporting Indigenous-led healing at aocan.org/donate. 🧡

Miigwech to for helping us harvest and prepare traditional medicines for our community! 💚

In many Anishinaabe teachings, sweetgrass is understood as Mother Earth’s hair, and braiding it is a way of showing care...
09/26/2026

In many Anishinaabe teachings, sweetgrass is understood as Mother Earth’s hair, and braiding it is a way of showing care, respect, and connection to the land.

This week, volunteers from AppLogic Networks helped braid sweetgrass that will be shared with over 600 First Nations, Inuit, and Métis families in our Spirit Bundle program. The sweetgrass is prepared into medicine bundles and provided to families upon request, helping make traditional medicines more accessible to the families we support.

Providing access to traditional medicines is part of our land-based healing initiative, creating opportunities for community members to connect with the land, Indigenous teachings, and practices that support healing and wellbeing.

With National Day for Truth and Reconciliation approaching, you can help turn reconciliation into action by supporting Indigenous-led healing, food security, and community programming. Donate at aocan.org/donate. 🧡

Miigwech again to AppLogic Networks for helping us prepare and share sweetgrass with our community! 💚

Ahead of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, consider supporting Anishnabeg Outreach to help us turn reconcil...
09/25/2026

Ahead of the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, consider supporting Anishnabeg Outreach to help us turn reconciliation into measurable action for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis.

Your donation directly supports our essential programs, including 24/7 digital mental health care through AONest, employment training for economic independence, and our Spirit Bundle food security initiative supporting over 600 Indigenous families. AO also sustains land-based healing at our 17-acre Spirit Garden (Eminidowang Kiitigan), early childhood development at our Indigenous-led EarlyON, Craft workshops, and seasonal tutoring and sports programs for youth.

Our programs aim to provide a holistic ecosystem of care, connection and long-term prosperity. Support this initiative and make a donation at: aocan.org/donate

If you represent an organization looking to deepen its reconciliation commitment, consider a partnership to make tangible community impact, and reach out to us at [email protected].

We spent our Fall EarlyON Carnival doing some hands-on painting, playing in our bouncy castle and hopping on some fall l...
09/24/2026

We spent our Fall EarlyON Carnival doing some hands-on painting, playing in our bouncy castle and hopping on some fall leaves. 🍂

Our EarlyON families were able to play, connect, and make memories together in our welcoming, Indigenous-led space. We are so grateful to enjoy our outdoor programming this time of year before it starts to get too chilly.

Keep up with our EarlyON programming through our calendar at aocan.org/earlyon-calendar and our dedicated EarlyON page.

Want to help us keep free carnivals and family programming like this going?

Donate: Support our free EarlyON activities and special events at aocan.org/donate. 💛

Volunteer: Interested in helping at future community events and programs? Learn more at aocan.org/volunteer-at-ao. 🤝

Miigwech to every family who came out and enjoyed the morning with us. We hope to see you at the next one!

Trinity United Church Guelph (guelphunited.org/trinity), home to AO’s Guelph Centre of Reconciliation where we run our E...
09/23/2026

Trinity United Church Guelph (guelphunited.org/trinity), home to AO’s Guelph Centre of Reconciliation where we run our Employment Program and one of our Spirit Bundle Program pickup locations, is hosting Tom Wilson & Son as part of their October Sanctuary Series!

Join them for an afternoon of live music:
Sunday, October 4, 2026
2:00–5:00 p.m.
Doors open at 1:30 p.m.
400 Stevenson St. N., Guelph (Trinity United Church)

Tickets are $40. To reserve your spot, e-transfer [email protected] or call 519-824-4800. You can also register on Eventbrite at: rb.gy/9fhgqx

We’re grateful to Trinity United Church for providing space for AO’s Guelph office, where First Nations, Inuit and Métis participants can seek Employment support and Food Security through our Spirit Bundle Program.

We’re so grateful to those who attended our Dreamcatcher Craft Workshop! This workshop was led by our Indigenous staff, ...
09/22/2026

We’re so grateful to those who attended our Dreamcatcher Craft Workshop!

This workshop was led by our Indigenous staff, who taught First Nations, Inuit, and Métis community members in our Spirit Bundle Program how to create two styles of dreamcatchers. One featured a single ring, while a more advanced option featured two rings for attendees with prior crafting experience.

Our next workshop will feature candle-making and soap-making! Keep an eye on our socials for registration information.

These Craft Workshops are part of our healing initiative, which aims to provide resources and welcoming spaces for Indigenous community members to connect, learn new skills, and engage through Indigenous-based arts.

If you would like to support this program and help us continue offering free workshops to the community, please consider making a donation. As we approach National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, your support is one way to help turn reconciliation into tangible action.
Donate at aocan.org/donate

Ahead of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, consider donating to Anishnabeg Outreach to help us continue providi...
09/20/2026

Ahead of National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, consider donating to Anishnabeg Outreach to help us continue providing programs that support First Nations, Inuit, and Métis!

These programs include:
- AONest: Our self-guided mental health software that delivers evidence-based healing.
- Employment: Opens economic pathways and independence.
- Spirit Bundle Program: Our food security initiative supporting over 600 First Nations, Inuit, and Métis with nourishment and wrap around services.
- Craft Workshops: Connect Indigenous community members through Indigenous-based arts.
- Tutoring & Sports: Hosts seasonal programs for Indigenous youth, providing educational support, physical activities, and resources for the school year.
- Spirit Garden (Eminidowan Kiitigan): Our 17-acre farm focuses on land-based healing and harvests food used for our Spirit Bundle Program.
- Indigenous-led EarlyON: Provides child developmental support, healthy family-based play, and Indigenous education.

Help us continue turning reconciliation into measurable action. Donate and support Anishnabeg Outreach at aocan.org/donate.

If your organization wants to deepen its reconciliation work and create tangible community impact, we welcome the conversation; reach out to us at [email protected]

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09/18/2026

This National Day for Truth and Reconciliation, Anishnabeg Outreach is investing in the people and partnerships that help create meaningful, measurable change.

On September 30, our Centres of Reconciliation will be closed to the public as our team and partners come together for a Truth and Reconciliation workshop led by our CEO, Stephen Jackson. The workshop will focus on strengthening culturally safe, trauma-informed approaches and building deeper, more respectful relationships with the First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities we support.

We believe true reconciliation must move beyond symbolic gestures. It must move towards measurable outcomes that restore well-being and build economic independence for First Nations, Inuit, and Métis. By equipping our partners who are on the front lines of healthcare, child welfare, and social services with culturally safe, trauma-informed training and tools, we ensure they are fully prepared to support healing.

Help us continue turning reconciliation into measurable action. Donate and support Anishnabeg Outreach at aocan.org/donate.

Your donation directly supports our programs supporting First Nations, Inuit, and Métis individuals. To learn more about our programs assisting with mental health, employment, food security, tutoring, and more, visit aocan.org.

If your organization wants to deepen its reconciliation work and create tangible community impact, we welcome the conversation; reach out to us at [email protected]

Address

236 Woodhaven Road
Kitchener, ON
N2C1V5

Opening Hours

Monday 8am - 4pm
Tuesday 8am - 4pm
Wednesday 8am - 4pm
Thursday 8am - 4pm
Friday 8am - 4pm

Telephone

+15192085333

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