A Place to Heal

BUILDING A COMMUNITY THAT EMBRACES OUR TEACHINGS WITH A VISION OF TODAY’S NEED

Bawaajigewin is an Ojibway word that means the action of taking something that is a dream and making it into something you can see in real life.

Our bundles — Our Values

Our values are represented by the Sweetgrass braid. Through the Sweetgrass teachings, we value a positive sense of belonging for urban Aboriginal peoples through the creation of responsive, Aboriginal community-driven services.

Bawaajigewin Goals — Our Goals

To build a strong sense of community, awareness and cultural pride by empowering Aboriginal voices, supporting family and community development, and celebrating the diversity of our knowledge, perspectives and teachings.

Orange Shirts

To raise awareness among the residents of The Region of Durham about what Orange Shirt Day represents in Canada. The Truth and Reconciliation report from 2015 put forward many recommendations. One of them is the Residential School System. For over a century, the central goals of Canada’s Aboriginal policy were to eliminate Aboriginal governments; ignore Aboriginal rights; terminate the Treaties; and, through a process of assimilation, cause Aboriginal peoples to cease to exist as distinct legal, social, cultural, religious, and racial entities in Canada. The establishment and operation of residential schools were a central element of this policy, which can best be described as ”cultural genocide.”

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