Ombaashi
ABOUT Ombasshi
Creating a Space to Learn and Connect to the Land
Ombaashi is a word in the Ojibwe language that means to soar upwards or to be lifted up by the wind. The vision of the soaring eagle comes to mind because the eagle is thought, by many Indigenous peoples, to be the source of vision, wisdom and courage.
The Ombaashi network provides opportunities for Indigenous students to access on-the-land learning, International Indigenous mentors through online workshops, one on one relationships and speakers at the National Gathering.
Indigenous Healing Summer School
EDUC 5990 – 10
Special Topics in Education (3,0,0) – 3 credits
The primary goal of colonization is to dispossess Indigenous peoples from their land and their identity. The negative impact that this disconnection has had on the health of Indigenous peoples has been profound. Decolonization must provide forms of education that reconnect Indigenous peoples to the land and to the healing powers of nature. This course is intended to help educators, healers, and human service workers to learn about the healing that can come from the land. Students will learn how the animals, plants, trees, rivers, rocks, sky, and mountains can be both healer and teacher. Students will collectively and individually explore, and experience land-based approaches to promote health and wellness. Students will share their experiences and engage in dialogue with each other.
Day 1 Trees &Forests
Day 2 Rivers
Day 3 Lakes & Waters
Day 4 Plants & Earth
Day 5 Hills & Mountains
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Indigenous Mentoring Network Program
There are several Canadian Indigenous mentorship networks in Canada, with one national coordinating centre, listed below. Additionally Ombaashi provides international networks for Indigenous graduate students. If you would like to be connected with an international Indigenous academic in your field, please get in touch with us to let us know!
National Coordinating Centre
Ombaashi is the national coordinating centre for the Indigenous Network Mentoring Program.
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Alberta Indigenous Mentorship in Health Innovation (AIM-HI)
AIM-HI is the Network is based at University of Calgary and represents Alberta.
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Saskatchewan Indigenous Mentorship Network Program
SK-IMNP is the network is based at University of Saskatchewan and represents Saskatchewan.
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Prairie Indigenous Knowledge Exchange Network
PIKE-Net is based at University of Manitoba and represents Manitoba.
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Mno Nimkodadding Geegi: We Are All Connected
Mno Nimkodadding Geegi is the network based at Western University and represents Ontario.
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Quebec Indigenous Mentorship Network
Quebec IMNP the Network represents Quebec.
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Atlantic Indigenous Mentorship Network
IM-Network is the network based at Dalhousie University and Memorial University, and represents the Atlantic Region (Nova Scotia, Newfoundland and Labrador, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick).
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Ombaashi Network
Ombaashi the network based at Thompson Rivers University, provides national/ international Indigenous outreach and opportunities.
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Indigenous Mentorship of the Pacific Northwest
The Indigenous Mentorship Network of the Pacific Northwest the network based at the University of Victoria, and is the network of Indigenous and allied students, researchers, academics, professionals and communities across British Columbia and the Yukon.
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