Name: Wellbriety – Kiyam
Start: 2026-09-04T18:00:00-04:00
End: 2026-09-04T20:00:00-04:00
Location: Wellness House

Title	Name
Secretary	Jennifer Francis
Treasurer	Shaun Logue
Member-at-Large	Valorie Whetung
Member-at-Large	Louise Logue
Member-at-Large	Melissa Hamel
Member-at-Large	Bret Cardinal

Wabano’s nine-member board is elected by the membership at the Annual General Meeting. Each board position has a term of three years.

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Group will be co-facilitated by Addictions Counsellor, Sasha Gordon, and Cultural Grandmother Louella. Programming takes place Mondays from...	1 event 4 1 event, 4 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm Nimiigwetchwendam August 4 @ 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT 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...	4 events 5 4 events, 5 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Seniors Circle (In-Person) August 5 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm EDT Seniors Circle (In-Person) Aaniin, Boozhoo! Shé:kon, Ullakut! Waachiyaa, Osiyo! Hello, Bonjour! We would like to invite you to our IN-PERSON 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...., 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm Wasa-Nabin Wednesdays August 5 @ 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT Wasa-Nabin Wednesdays Wasa-Nabin Wednesdays is a hands-on cultural program for Indigenous youth 13-18 to gain experience with Indigenous arts, crafts, tools and activities. Facilitators will be brought in to guide programming and teach about cultures from across Turtle Island. Indigenous YOUTH 13 to 18 years old are invited to explore topics that are relevant to them throughout..., 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm Wasa-Nabin Wednesdays August 5 @ 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT Wasa-Nabin Wednesdays Wasa-Nabin Wednesdays is a hands-on cultural program for Indigenous youth 13-18 to gain experience with Indigenous arts, crafts, tools and activities. Facilitators will be brought in to guide programming and teach about cultures from across Turtle Island. Indigenous YOUTH 13 to 18 years old are invited to explore topics that are relevant to them throughout..., 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Wellbriety – Indigenous Recovery Group August 5 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT Wellbriety – Indigenous Recovery Group This co-ed 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. Programming...	1 event 6 1 event, 6 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm New Beginnings: Men’s Sharing Circle with Thomas Louttit August 6 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT New Beginnings: Men’s Sharing Circle with Thomas Louttit Join for closed sharing circle for Indigenous men every Thursday evening from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. with knowledge keeper Thomas Louttit. In-person at 268 Bradley Ave. Wabano programs are for First Nation, Inuit and Métis community members only. If a program is open to the general public, it will be specified. With open programs that...	3 events 7 3 events, 7 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Carving and Sculpting with Byron Conant August 7 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT Carving and Sculpting with Byron Conant Come and join carving and sculpting with Byron Conant every Friday 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..., 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Wellbriety – Kiyam August 7 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT 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...., 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Wellbriety – Kiyam August 7 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT 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....	0 events 8 0 events, 8
0 events 9 0 events, 9	3 events 10 3 events, 10 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Rose Test Event August 10 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT Rose Test Event Rose Test Event, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Seniors Circle (In-Person) August 10 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm EDT Seniors Circle (In-Person) Aaniin, Boozhoo! Shé:kon, Ullakut! Waachiyaa, Osiyo! Hello, Bonjour! We would like to invite you to our IN-PERSON 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...., 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Sisters in Recovery August 10 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT Sisters in Recovery 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, Sasha Gordon, and Cultural Grandmother Louella. Programming takes place Mondays from...	0 events 11 0 events, 11	4 events 12 4 events, 12 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Seniors Circle (In-Person) August 12 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm EDT Seniors Circle (In-Person) Aaniin, Boozhoo! Shé:kon, Ullakut! Waachiyaa, Osiyo! Hello, Bonjour! We would like to invite you to our IN-PERSON 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...., 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm Wasa-Nabin Wednesdays August 12 @ 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT Wasa-Nabin Wednesdays Wasa-Nabin Wednesdays is a hands-on cultural program for Indigenous youth 13-18 to gain experience with Indigenous arts, crafts, tools and activities. Facilitators will be brought in to guide programming and teach about cultures from across Turtle Island. Indigenous YOUTH 13 to 18 years old are invited to explore topics that are relevant to them throughout..., 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm Wasa-Nabin Wednesdays August 12 @ 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT Wasa-Nabin Wednesdays Wasa-Nabin Wednesdays is a hands-on cultural program for Indigenous youth 13-18 to gain experience with Indigenous arts, crafts, tools and activities. Facilitators will be brought in to guide programming and teach about cultures from across Turtle Island. Indigenous YOUTH 13 to 18 years old are invited to explore topics that are relevant to them throughout..., 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Wellbriety – Indigenous Recovery Group August 12 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT Wellbriety – Indigenous Recovery Group This co-ed 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. Programming...	1 event 13 1 event, 13 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm New Beginnings: Men’s Sharing Circle with Thomas Louttit August 13 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT New Beginnings: Men’s Sharing Circle with Thomas Louttit Join for closed sharing circle for Indigenous men every Thursday evening from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. with knowledge keeper Thomas Louttit. In-person at 268 Bradley Ave. Wabano programs are for First Nation, Inuit and Métis community members only. If a program is open to the general public, it will be specified. With open programs that...	3 events 14 3 events, 14 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Carving and Sculpting with Byron Conant August 14 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT Carving and Sculpting with Byron Conant Come and join carving and sculpting with Byron Conant every Friday 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..., 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Wellbriety – Kiyam August 14 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT 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...., 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Wellbriety – Kiyam August 14 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT 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....	0 events 15 0 events, 15
0 events 16 0 events, 16	3 events 17 3 events, 17 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Rose Test Event August 17 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT Rose Test Event Rose Test Event, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Seniors Circle (In-Person) August 17 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm EDT Seniors Circle (In-Person) Aaniin, Boozhoo! Shé:kon, Ullakut! Waachiyaa, Osiyo! Hello, Bonjour! We would like to invite you to our IN-PERSON 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...., 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Sisters in Recovery August 17 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT Sisters in Recovery 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, Sasha Gordon, and Cultural Grandmother Louella. Programming takes place Mondays from...	1 event 18 1 event, 18 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm Nimiigwetchwendam August 18 @ 2:30 pm - 4:30 pm EDT 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...	4 events 19 4 events, 19 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Seniors Circle (In-Person) August 19 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm EDT Seniors Circle (In-Person) Aaniin, Boozhoo! Shé:kon, Ullakut! Waachiyaa, Osiyo! Hello, Bonjour! We would like to invite you to our IN-PERSON 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...., 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm Wasa-Nabin Wednesdays August 19 @ 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT Wasa-Nabin Wednesdays Wasa-Nabin Wednesdays is a hands-on cultural program for Indigenous youth 13-18 to gain experience with Indigenous arts, crafts, tools and activities. Facilitators will be brought in to guide programming and teach about cultures from across Turtle Island. Indigenous YOUTH 13 to 18 years old are invited to explore topics that are relevant to them throughout..., 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm Wasa-Nabin Wednesdays August 19 @ 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT Wasa-Nabin Wednesdays Wasa-Nabin Wednesdays is a hands-on cultural program for Indigenous youth 13-18 to gain experience with Indigenous arts, crafts, tools and activities. Facilitators will be brought in to guide programming and teach about cultures from across Turtle Island. Indigenous YOUTH 13 to 18 years old are invited to explore topics that are relevant to them throughout..., 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Wellbriety – Indigenous Recovery Group August 19 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT Wellbriety – Indigenous Recovery Group This co-ed 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. Programming...	1 event 20 1 event, 20 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm New Beginnings: Men’s Sharing Circle with Thomas Louttit August 20 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT New Beginnings: Men’s Sharing Circle with Thomas Louttit Join for closed sharing circle for Indigenous men every Thursday evening from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. with knowledge keeper Thomas Louttit. In-person at 268 Bradley Ave. Wabano programs are for First Nation, Inuit and Métis community members only. If a program is open to the general public, it will be specified. With open programs that...	3 events 21 3 events, 21 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Carving and Sculpting with Byron Conant August 21 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT Carving and Sculpting with Byron Conant Come and join carving and sculpting with Byron Conant every Friday 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..., 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Wellbriety – Kiyam August 21 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT 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...., 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Wellbriety – Kiyam August 21 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT 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....	0 events 22 0 events, 22
0 events 23 0 events, 23	3 events 24 3 events, 24 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Rose Test Event August 24 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT Rose Test Event Rose Test Event, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Seniors Circle (In-Person) August 24 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm EDT Seniors Circle (In-Person) Aaniin, Boozhoo! Shé:kon, Ullakut! Waachiyaa, Osiyo! Hello, Bonjour! We would like to invite you to our IN-PERSON 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...., 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Sisters in Recovery August 24 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT Sisters in Recovery 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, Sasha Gordon, and Cultural Grandmother Louella. Programming takes place Mondays from...	0 events 25 0 events, 25	4 events 26 4 events, 26 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Seniors Circle (In-Person) August 26 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm EDT Seniors Circle (In-Person) Aaniin, Boozhoo! Shé:kon, Ullakut! Waachiyaa, Osiyo! Hello, Bonjour! We would like to invite you to our IN-PERSON 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...., 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm Wasa-Nabin Wednesdays August 26 @ 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT Wasa-Nabin Wednesdays Wasa-Nabin Wednesdays is a hands-on cultural program for Indigenous youth 13-18 to gain experience with Indigenous arts, crafts, tools and activities. Facilitators will be brought in to guide programming and teach about cultures from across Turtle Island. Indigenous YOUTH 13 to 18 years old are invited to explore topics that are relevant to them throughout..., 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm Wasa-Nabin Wednesdays August 26 @ 4:30 pm - 6:30 pm EDT Wasa-Nabin Wednesdays Wasa-Nabin Wednesdays is a hands-on cultural program for Indigenous youth 13-18 to gain experience with Indigenous arts, crafts, tools and activities. Facilitators will be brought in to guide programming and teach about cultures from across Turtle Island. Indigenous YOUTH 13 to 18 years old are invited to explore topics that are relevant to them throughout..., 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Wellbriety – Indigenous Recovery Group August 26 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT Wellbriety – Indigenous Recovery Group This co-ed 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. Programming...	1 event 27 1 event, 27 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm New Beginnings: Men’s Sharing Circle with Thomas Louttit August 27 @ 5:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT New Beginnings: Men’s Sharing Circle with Thomas Louttit Join for closed sharing circle for Indigenous men every Thursday evening from 5:00 – 8:00 p.m. with knowledge keeper Thomas Louttit. In-person at 268 Bradley Ave. Wabano programs are for First Nation, Inuit and Métis community members only. If a program is open to the general public, it will be specified. With open programs that...	3 events 28 3 events, 28 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm Carving and Sculpting with Byron Conant August 28 @ 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT Carving and Sculpting with Byron Conant Come and join carving and sculpting with Byron Conant every Friday 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..., 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Wellbriety – Kiyam August 28 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT 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...., 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm Wellbriety – Kiyam August 28 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm EDT 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....	0 events 29 0 events, 29
0 events 30 0 events, 30	3 events 31 3 events, 31 8:00 am - 5:00 pm Rose Test Event August 31 @ 8:00 am - 5:00 pm EDT Rose Test Event Rose Test Event, 10:00 am - 2:00 pm Seniors Circle (In-Person) August 31 @ 10:00 am - 2:00 pm EDT Seniors Circle (In-Person) Aaniin, Boozhoo! Shé:kon, Ullakut! Waachiyaa, Osiyo! Hello, Bonjour! We would like to invite you to our IN-PERSON 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...., 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm Sisters in Recovery August 31 @ 1:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT Sisters in Recovery 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, Sasha Gordon, and Cultural Grandmother Louella. Programming takes place Mondays from...

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