Oshki-Giizhig

Oshki-Giizhig is hiring! Stop by for an on-the-spot interview and explore exciting career opportunities!

📆 Date: July 24th, 2024
⏱️ Time: 10:00AM - 2:00PM
📍Location: 230 Princess Street

Please bring your cover letter and resume

CALL FOR DONATIONS: Oshki-Giizhig is seeking the items listed above. To donate, please contact us at [email protected]. Thank you for your support!

Spring equinox has come and spring like weather is upon us! Last week we talked about how bugs have important roles and that even tho we can’t see them yet they are starting to wake up. Participants were encouraged to paint bugs they are familiar with and we talked about what those bugs do. We left some of these painted rocks in the community for others to find to spread a little joy and whimsey!

Have you found any of our Oshki-Giizhig painted rocks?

Smudge sticks (pictured) can be made with a variety of traditional medicines or can include modern additions. Assembled with care and full of intent, smudge sticks are used to help cleanse a person, bless a space or object by burning and waving the stick to spread the smoke. By nature they are compact and perfect size to hold although it is always a good idea to have a fire proof smudge bowl/plate/etc. to place your smudge stick in when finished.

TBT!

To warmer days, a beautiful day in June to be exact. We worked together to build a sweatlodge.

Sweatlodges are an amazing reminder of how quick things can get done when we have many hands working together.

*Sage Pictured*

Traditional medicines grow in many places. We bring our participants out on the land to help collect the medicines that we use on a daily basis. They get to enjoy some time in nature away from the hustle and bustle of the city while helping collect traditional medicines.

Merry Christmas & Happy Holidays from everyone here at Oshki-Giizhig!

Happy Winter Solstice

Today Oshki-Giizhig Staff, Participants and invited guests took part in Winter Solstice ceremony. We are food told stories and shared gifts

We wish you all a Happy Solstice and a wonderful holiday season!

A HUGE THANK YOU TO FILLMORE RILEY LLP!

At the end of November Fillmore Riley LLP donated a bunch of dental and hygiene packages to our Oshki-Giizhig participants!

If you would like to donation please follow the link in our bio!

**Juniper tea (pictured)**

Juniper Tea is a traditional medicine used by Indigenous people.

Often used as a tea and drank for its anti-inflammatory properties and is known to help reduce high insulin levels in people.

The ripe berries are often used to help flavour beverages and foods while the unripe berry can be ground and used in similar fashion to pepper.

*Please ensure you understand the possible side effects and interactions of this plant before use*

November 8th is National Aboriginal Veterans Day.

Today we honour and reflect upon those who fought and sacrificed for our freedoms then and now.

November is Indigenous Disability Awareness Month

If you would like to make a charitable donation please click the link in our bio!

Information gathered from: https://news.gov.mb.ca/news/index.html?item=60541&posted=2023-11-01

Oshki Fun Fact of the day:

Tiny to***co ties are often hung over doorways or windows of a residence or any space you spend a good deal of time in for a number of reasons. These ties are representative of our prayers to attract that positive energy and to ward against negative. Everything from the collection of the medicines, to the preparation of the ties is done with intent and care.

A lot of thought and love goes into one of these little ties!

Did you know?

We are looking for Volunteers to Join our Board !

If you find yourself needing a sweet treat in the upcoming month considering stopping by Jenna Rae Cakes!

From August 1st to 31st 5% of all cupcake sales either in store, online or through Skip the Dishes will be donated directly to Oshki-Giizhig!

From everyone here at Oshki-Giizhig we would like to give another thanks to Jenna Rae Cakes and the JRC Gives Back Program!

We are so lucky and fortunate to be chosen for the JRC Gives Back for the month of August!
5% of all cupcake sales in stores and online will be donated to Oshki-Giizhig in the month of August!

We would like to extend our gratitude to the team at Jenna Rae Cakes for this amazing opportunity!

JRC Gives Back - August 2023 For August 2023, JRC is Giving Back to Oshki-Giizhig Inc.! Oshki-Giizhig is an indigenous based, non-profit initiative developing supports in the community. They will walk beside, advocate and support people affected by Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder and/or other disorders. Strengthened by cultural...

Adventures in summer - a tour of the petroforms with a Knowledge keeper who shared teachings and stories about some of the natural rock formations and rock arrangements that ancestors have made there. We were encouraged to spend time where we felt called to do so, to make offerings when we felt the need to, and most of all to enjoy the knowledge shared.

Summer is in full bloom and plants are in full foliage. This is the time that we make extra effort to get our participants out on the land. Time on the land can include harvesting traditional medicines or simply being present and in the moment while enjoying the sound of nature. Land based healing means providing multiple opportunities to engage in time honored cultural and mindful practices that will have a positive effect on the individuals wellbeing.

*Pictured - stones that participants have helped collect for future sweat lodge ceremonies*

With Pride Month coming to a end we would like to say:
This years Pride Parade was absolutely FABULOUS!

Shout out to one of our Case Managers Vanessa for registering the Organization in our first ever Oshki-Giizhig Pride Parade spot! We could not have done it without her!

Everyone who walked in the parade was so filled with love and Pride getting to walk with such an amazing team and beautiful participants. We had so much fun and learned so much along the way!

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It was an exciting time last week here at Oshki-Giizhig, our staff and participants went to our new ceremonial site and built our new sweat lodge!

We had over 20 participants attend, when all was said and done participants were able to sweat in our new sacred place. What a wonderful turn out!

Happy Pride Month!

Checkout this cool logo our staff designed for the pride parade float on Sunday!

Are you looking for a fun and exciting job opportunity that involves planning summer events all around Winnipeg?!
Oshki-Giizhig may have the job for you!

We are hiring a Summer Activity Worker to join us for July & August!

If you are interested please send your resume to [email protected]

On the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, we stand with others to seek justice for the missing and murdered, and protect Indigenous women and girls across our city and country.

Are you a university student looking for an exciting summer job opportunity?

Oshki-Giizhig is looking for a university student who is looking for a fulltime summer position to gain experience and knowledge working within a nonprofit organization as an admin assistant

If you are interested in applying please email your resume and cover letter to Taylor at [email protected]

We are hiring!

Oshki-Giizhig is looking to expand their Administrative team!

if you are interested in applying for our pat-time bookkeeper position please send your cover letter and resume to Taylor at [email protected] by May 5th!

We are hiring!
We are looking for a Executive Assistant/Community Relations to join our team!
If you wish to apply please send your resume to
[email protected]

Happy Belated Winter Solstice!

December 21st was a special day for Oshki-Giizhig!
We raised our tipi in our Princess office.

It was a scared day that staff and participants shared together.
We learned teachings of the tipi, we sung songs and we feasted

Thank you United Way Winnipeg for your generous donation to make this possible!

Oshki-Giizhig provides FASD support rooted in Indigenous traditions Oshki-Giizhig helps youth diagnosed with FASD overcome social barriers and reconnects them to Indigenous traditions.