Indigenous Wellness

Our Indigenous Wellness program provides culturally grounded, Indigenous-led support to Indigenous-identifying residents across our shelters and supportive housing sites.

In 2025, the program entered a new chapter through a partnership with Peyakoskan Wellness Collective, an Indigenous-led business founded by our former in-house Indigenous Wellness Worker. Through this partnership, Peyakoskan provides consistent support across our sites, offering culturally rooted case work, room visits, workshops and ceremony-based programing grounded in relationship, trust and lived experience.

Residents participate in talking circles, sweat lodge ceremonies, wild harvesting outings and community gatherings, alongside regular drop-in support. Favourites like Don’t Panic, There’s Bannock movie nights create welcoming spaces for connection and cultural sharing. The program also hosts Reconciliation Through Community, an annual National Day for Truth and Reconciliation event that brings together residents, staff and community members.

By bringing Indigenous-led knowledge, cultural practice and consistent presence into our sites, the program helps residents reconnect with identity, community and stability in ways traditional services often cannot.

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