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Ka Ni Kanichihk Inc. is a trusted heart of Winnipeg’s Indigenous community. Our vision is to lead our people back home to a place where we are self-determining, healthy, happy, and respected for our cultural and spiritual strengths and ways of being.
What We Do
A number of Indigenous led prevention and intervention programs that help children, youth, women, men, and families heal, succeed, and become leaders. Ka Ni Kanichihk provides education and job-skills training, support for women and families, and mentorship. We walk with people on their path of recovery from trauma.
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24th Annual Keeping the Fires Burning – Announcing our MC's
March 21, 2025
Please Consider Supporting Ka Ni Kanichihk Programs Today.
March 21, 2025
Capital Expansion Update – March 2025
March 21, 2025
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🔥 #KFB24 has an exciting way for businesses, industries, and institutions to get involved in making the Gathering the event of the year by sponsoring this celebration of First Nations, Metis and Inuit Peoples!
Keeping the Fires Burning is a celebration of resilience, relationships, reciprocity, and reconciliation.
By supporting Keeping the Fires Burning, you will celebrate and honour the distinct and unique cultures, languages, ceremonies and traditions of First Nations, Metis and Inuit Peoples.
Coming together in this way also underscores the commitments we, as individuals, businesses and communities are making to renew and strengthen our relationships with one another and working to advance reconciliation.
Funds raised through Keeping the Fires Burning provide transformative, culturally safe services and programs to thousands in our community.
To learn how you can get involved, please visit the `Keeping the Fires Burning` link in our bio!
#KFB24 #kanikanichihk @rbcconvctrewpg
🔥 #KFB24 has an exciting way for businesses, industries, and institutions to get involved in making the Gathering the event of the year by sponsoring this celebration of First Nations, Metis and Inuit Peoples!
Keeping the Fires Burning is a celebration of resilience, relationships, reciprocity, and reconciliation.
By supporting Keeping the Fires Burning, you will celebrate and honour the distinct and unique cultures, languages, ceremonies and traditions of First Nations, Metis and Inuit Peoples.
Coming together in this way also underscores the commitments we, as individuals, businesses and communities are making to renew and strengthen our relationships with one another and working to advance reconciliation.
Funds raised through Keeping the Fires Burning provide transformative, culturally safe services and programs to thousands in our community.
To learn how you can get involved, please visit the `Keeping the Fires Burning` link in our bio!
#KFB24 #kanikanichihk @rbcconvctrewpg
🔥 We are so happy to announce that Grandfather John James Easter has been nominated as a Keeper of the Fire by Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak.
Grandfather Easter was born and raised in Mosakahiken Cree Nation, in Northern Manitoba – Treaty 5, entering the world January 11, 1948. At the age of 16, his dad pulled him out of school to help him fish and trap and provide for the family.
In 1972, he married his beloved wife Jeanie Easter, and it was then that all his training working as a labourer came into effect to support his family. He and Jeanie have six children, 21 grandkids and 33 great grand ones.
John worked all his life in and around the community. He worked as a Fisher and Trapper, he worked for the Moose Lake logging company as a labourer, supervisor; he worked for the Band Council, he was a Band Constable, Fire Tach Ranger, Community Justice worker for MKO, and recently started at Frontier Mosakahiken School as a Substitute teacher. John knows the importance of education, has pushed his kids to receive it, and is inspiring other young people by going back to school later in life.
Join us on Thursday, June 19th to celebrate the contributions of Grandfather John James Easter.
Purchase your tickets today! Visit the `Keeping the Fires Burning` link in our bio.
#KFB24 #keepingthefiresburning @rbcconvctrewpg @mko_north
🔥 We are so happy to announce that Grandfather John James Easter has been nominated as a Keeper of the Fire by Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak.
Grandfather Easter was born and raised in Mosakahiken Cree Nation, in Northern Manitoba – Treaty 5, entering the world January 11, 1948. At the age of 16, his dad pulled him out of school to help him fish and trap and provide for the family.
In 1972, he married his beloved wife Jeanie Easter, and it was then that all his training working as a labourer came into effect to support his family. He and Jeanie have six children, 21 grandkids and 33 great grand ones.
John worked all his life in and around the community. He worked as a Fisher and Trapper, he worked for the Moose Lake logging company as a labourer, supervisor; he worked for the Band Council, he was a Band Constable, Fire Tach Ranger, Community Justice worker for MKO, and recently started at Frontier Mosakahiken School as a Substitute teacher. John knows the importance of education, has pushed his kids to receive it, and is inspiring other young people by going back to school later in life.
Join us on Thursday, June 19th to celebrate the contributions of Grandfather John James Easter.
Purchase your tickets today! Visit the `Keeping the Fires Burning` link in our bio.
#KFB24 #keepingthefiresburning @rbcconvctrewpg @mko_north
📣 We`re hiring for multiple positions across Ka Ni Kanichihk! Apply today!
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Administrative Assistant – Join our admin team! (Full Time, Part Time, and Casual)
Honouring Gifts – Essential Skills Facilitator (Full Time)
Huddle – Peer to Peer Support Worker (Full Time)
Youth Connect – Housing Navigator (Part Time)
Mino Pimatisiwin Sexual Wellness Lodge – Community Host/Auntie (Part Time)
Medicine Bear Counselling, Support, and Elder Services – Community Family Information Liaison (Full Time)
Ending Violence Facilitator (Full Time, Fixed Contract, ends March 2026)
Leading Black Wolf – Mentor (Full Time)
Medicine Children`s Lodge – Childcare Assistant (Casual)
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Candidates are required to provide a current (within the past 6 months) Criminal Record Check, Vulnerable Sector Check, and Child Abuse Registry Check prior to starting their position.
Many positions also require a valid driver’s license, access to a reliable vehicle, and a driver’s abstract.
To learn more and apply for any of these positions, please visit the `Careers` page on our website. Link in our bio!
If you know someone who might be a good fit for any of these roles, please share this post to help us spread the word!
#kanikanichihk
📣 We`re hiring for multiple positions across Ka Ni Kanichihk! Apply today!
▪▪▪
Administrative Assistant – Join our admin team! (Full Time, Part Time, and Casual)
Honouring Gifts – Essential Skills Facilitator (Full Time)
Huddle – Peer to Peer Support Worker (Full Time)
Youth Connect – Housing Navigator (Part Time)
Mino Pimatisiwin Sexual Wellness Lodge – Community Host/Auntie (Part Time)
Medicine Bear Counselling, Support, and Elder Services – Community Family Information Liaison (Full Time)
Ending Violence Facilitator (Full Time, Fixed Contract, ends March 2026)
Leading Black Wolf – Mentor (Full Time)
Medicine Children`s Lodge – Childcare Assistant (Casual)
▪▪▪
Candidates are required to provide a current (within the past 6 months) Criminal Record Check, Vulnerable Sector Check, and Child Abuse Registry Check prior to starting their position.
Many positions also require a valid driver’s license, access to a reliable vehicle, and a driver’s abstract.
To learn more and apply for any of these positions, please visit the `Careers` page on our website. Link in our bio!
If you know someone who might be a good fit for any of these roles, please share this post to help us spread the word!
#kanikanichihk
🔥#KFB24 is thrilled to have Niigaan Sinclair (Ph.D.) as one of 2 MC’s for our special Gathering that honours the contributions of Elders and Knowledge Keepers in our communities. Niigaan is Anishinaabe from Peguis First Nation. He is an award-winning writer, editor, and professor of Indigenous Studies at the University of Manitoba who was named by Maclean’s magazine in 2022 as one of the most influential people in Canada.
Niigaan is a multiple nominee of Canadian columnist of the year (winning in 2018) and his commentary appears weekly on multiple platforms across Canada – from the pages of The Winnipeg Free Press to TV shows on CBC, APTN and on his co-hosted podcast Niigaan and the Lone Ranger. His first book Wînipêk: Visions of Canada from an Indigenous Centre (McClelland & Stewart, 2024) was a national bestseller that won the 2024 Governor General Award for Non-fiction. He is a former secondary school teacher who won the 2019 Peace Educator of the Year from the Peace and Justice Studies Association based at Georgetown University in Washington, DC.
Don’t miss the opportunity to be in attendance at #KFB24.
Purchase your tickets today! Visit the Keeping the Fires Burning link in our bio.
#keepingthefiresburning #KFB24 #kanikanichihk @niigaanwewidam @rbcconvctrewpg @umanitoba @winnipegfreepress @cbc @aptn_ca
🔥#KFB24 is thrilled to have Niigaan Sinclair (Ph.D.) as one of 2 MC’s for our special Gathering that honours the contributions of Elders and Knowledge Keepers in our communities. Niigaan is Anishinaabe from Peguis First Nation. He is an award-winning writer, editor, and professor of Indigenous Studies at the University of Manitoba who was named by Maclean’s magazine in 2022 as one of the most influential people in Canada.
Niigaan is a multiple nominee of Canadian columnist of the year (winning in 2018) and his commentary appears weekly on multiple platforms across Canada – from the pages of The Winnipeg Free Press to TV shows on CBC, APTN and on his co-hosted podcast Niigaan and the Lone Ranger. His first book Wînipêk: Visions of Canada from an Indigenous Centre (McClelland & Stewart, 2024) was a national bestseller that won the 2024 Governor General Award for Non-fiction. He is a former secondary school teacher who won the 2019 Peace Educator of the Year from the Peace and Justice Studies Association based at Georgetown University in Washington, DC.
Don’t miss the opportunity to be in attendance at #KFB24.
Purchase your tickets today! Visit the Keeping the Fires Burning link in our bio.
#keepingthefiresburning #KFB24 #kanikanichihk @niigaanwewidam @rbcconvctrewpg @umanitoba @winnipegfreepress @cbc @aptn_ca
🔥#KFB24 is honoured and excited announce that Tasha Spillett (Ph.D.) will be one of this year’s Emcee’s to help us honour and celebrate our Grandmothers and Grandfathers.
Tasha draws her strength from both her Cree & Trinidadian bloodlines. She is a New York Times Bestselling author, mother, activist and academic/educator. Tasha is most heart-tied to community-led work that centres-upon land and water defense, and the protection and advancement of Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit+ Peoples.
Through her academic pursuits Tasha weaves together her Afro-Indigenous cultural identity and commitment to community and research, which principally amplifies Indigenous women’s demands for MMIWG2S+ justice amidst the ceaseless assault of colonialism.
Tickets to attend Keeping the Fires Burning sell out every year. Don’t be disappointed, get your tickets today and join us as we celebrate the contributions of this year’s Honourees.
Purchase your tickets today! Visit the Keeping the Fires Burning link in our bio.
#keepingthefiresburning #KFB24 #kanikanichihk tasha.spillett @rbcconvctrewpg
🔥#KFB24 is honoured and excited announce that Tasha Spillett (Ph.D.) will be one of this year’s Emcee’s to help us honour and celebrate our Grandmothers and Grandfathers.
Tasha draws her strength from both her Cree & Trinidadian bloodlines. She is a New York Times Bestselling author, mother, activist and academic/educator. Tasha is most heart-tied to community-led work that centres-upon land and water defense, and the protection and advancement of Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit+ Peoples.
Through her academic pursuits Tasha weaves together her Afro-Indigenous cultural identity and commitment to community and research, which principally amplifies Indigenous women’s demands for MMIWG2S+ justice amidst the ceaseless assault of colonialism.
Tickets to attend Keeping the Fires Burning sell out every year. Don’t be disappointed, get your tickets today and join us as we celebrate the contributions of this year’s Honourees.
Purchase your tickets today! Visit the Keeping the Fires Burning link in our bio.
#keepingthefiresburning #KFB24 #kanikanichihk tasha.spillett @rbcconvctrewpg
On Friday, February 28, we hosted our 11th annual Heart Medicine Gathering at the Norwood Hotel. 🍓
We would like to thank everyone who attended the event, and everyone who came together and helped make it so special for our community.
We would also like to thank our wonderful keynote speaker Britney Supernault, AKA The Cree Nomad.
You can find The Cree Nomad on Tik Tok, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
Visit their website at thecreenomad.com.
Their debut, Amazon best-selling novel `Hey, June` is available now.
We hope to see everyone again at next year`s Heart Medicine Gathering! Chi-Miigwetch! ❤️
@cree_nomad #kanikanichihk
On Friday, February 28, we hosted our 11th annual Heart Medicine Gathering at the Norwood Hotel. 🍓
We would like to thank everyone who attended the event, and everyone who came together and helped make it so special for our community.
We would also like to thank our wonderful keynote speaker Britney Supernault, AKA The Cree Nomad.
You can find The Cree Nomad on Tik Tok, Instagram, and LinkedIn.
Visit their website at thecreenomad.com.
Their debut, Amazon best-selling novel `Hey, June` is available now.
We hope to see everyone again at next year`s Heart Medicine Gathering! Chi-Miigwetch! ❤️
@cree_nomad #kanikanichihk
📣This month`s `All Of Us` Sharing Circle for Peoples Living with HIV/STBBI will take place next Monday, March 10 at the 765 Main Street Social Enterprise Centre (suite 102).
There is no registration needed. Feel free to drop in!
The drop-in Drumming Circle will take place from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Drop-in Sharing Circle from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
As always, there will be a meal and bus tickets provided.
If you have questions, please direct them to Melissa Morris.
#kanikanichihk
📣This month`s `All Of Us` Sharing Circle for Peoples Living with HIV/STBBI will take place next Monday, March 10 at the 765 Main Street Social Enterprise Centre (suite 102).
There is no registration needed. Feel free to drop in!
The drop-in Drumming Circle will take place from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m.
Drop-in Sharing Circle from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m.
As always, there will be a meal and bus tickets provided.
If you have questions, please direct them to Melissa Morris.
#kanikanichihk
🎉Register Today for our 11th Annual Heart Medicine Gathering!
Friday, February 28, 2025 at the Norwood Hotel (112 Marion Street), from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Our theme this year is `Healing in Sisterhood: Honouring the Hearts of Indigenous Women`.
Our Keynote Speaker this year is artist, activist, and writer Britney Supernault, AKA Cree Nomad!
We hope you can join us for a day of celebrating Indigenous Women, Two-Spirit and gender-diverse folx!
We`ll have all sorts of activities and booths like medicine pouches, vision boards, tarot readings, button making, STBBI testing, door prizes, DJ Kaptain, and more!
Space is limited, so register today by emailing: heartmedicineevent@kanikanichihk.ca.
Registration deadline is this coming Monday, February 24 at 1 p.m.
We are always so excited to host this event, and we hope to see you there!
#HeartMedicineGathering #KaNiKanichihk
🎉Register Today for our 11th Annual Heart Medicine Gathering!
Friday, February 28, 2025 at the Norwood Hotel (112 Marion Street), from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Our theme this year is `Healing in Sisterhood: Honouring the Hearts of Indigenous Women`.
Our Keynote Speaker this year is artist, activist, and writer Britney Supernault, AKA Cree Nomad!
We hope you can join us for a day of celebrating Indigenous Women, Two-Spirit and gender-diverse folx!
We`ll have all sorts of activities and booths like medicine pouches, vision boards, tarot readings, button making, STBBI testing, door prizes, DJ Kaptain, and more!
Space is limited, so register today by emailing: heartmedicineevent@kanikanichihk.ca.
Registration deadline is this coming Monday, February 24 at 1 p.m.
We are always so excited to host this event, and we hope to see you there!
#HeartMedicineGathering #KaNiKanichihk
24th Annual Keeping the Fires Burning
Thursday, June 19th, 2025 – RBC Convention Centre
Grand Entry at 5:30PM CST
Ka Ni Kanichihk is excited to invite you to join us on Thursday, June 19th, 2025, to mark 24 years of celebrating Indigenous resilience, relationship and reconciliation.
Funds raised through Keeping the Fires Burning provide transformative, culturally safe services and programs. They also support research and the integration of best practices in Indigenous-led community leadership. These are all critical elements in the restoration and reclamation of our positive and powerful cultural identity.
For information please contact: Sheri Domenico at sheri.domenico@outlook.com or by phone at 204-881-0337.
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