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Monday 8:30am - 4:30pm Tuesday 8:30am - 4:30pm Wednesday 8:30am - 4:30pm Thursday 8:30am - 4:30pm Friday 8:30am - 4:30pm

Weecheetowin Support Services

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There are four specific programs under the Weecheetowin Support Services umbrella:
1. Indian Day School Survivors and their families
3.

Weecheetowin translates to working together, which symbolizes our values of collaborating with others to ensure we are providing the best support to those in need

Formerly known as Ontario Indian Residential School Support Services (OIRSSS) Resolution Health Support Program assisting Residential School Survivors and their families
2. Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls' families impacted by this tragedy
4. Commemoration/Gatherings for the Missing and Unmarked Graves of IRS children.

10/05/2026

🧡 Photos from the Indigenous Legacy Gathering 2026 in Toronto, and TMU Support for Orange Shirt Day, September 30th, 2026 🧡

09/28/2026

Weecheetowin Office will be closed Wednesday, September 30, 2026

- MENTAL HEALTH RESOURCES -

Call 9-1-1 if you or someone you know is in immediate danger

🧡 Hope for Wellness Help Line (For Indigenous People)
1-855-242-3310
🧡 National Indian Residential School Crisis Line
(for residential school survivors and their families)
1-866-925-4419
🧡 Wellness Together Canada
Immediate Crisis Support
Text WELLNESS to 741741
🧡 Talk4Healing (for Indigenous Women)
1-855-554-4325
🧡 Talk Su***de Canada
Call 1-833-456-4566 (Available 24/7)
Text 45645 (Available 4PM-12AM ET)
🧡 Good2Talk
Ontario: Call 1-866-925-5454
Text GOOD2TALKON 686868 (post secondary students in Ontario)
🧡 Kids Help Phone
Call 1-800-668-6868 (toll free)
Text CONNECT to 686868
🧡 Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and 2SLGBTQQIA+
Call 1-844-413-6649
🧡 Metis Nation of Ontario - Let Us Help
Call 1-877-767-7572
🧡 Trans Lifeline (support for transgender people by transgender people)
Call 1-877-330-6366
🧡 The Warm Line
Call 1-888-768-2488 or chat online warmline.ca

09/16/2026

TMU Powwow - September 11, 2026

WSS was present with an information booth, along with support staff available and engaging throughout the event. Pictured here with Frankie the Falcon is Kiara, Elwood, Peggy and Dorothy. Chi-miigwech to all support staff who attended the event!

07/28/2026

* Timmins *

Support with the Kashechewan evacuees in Timmins

Lily was support and available for drum making and baby moccasins, along with Mary Jane who was support and available for ribbon skirt making! A fish fry also took place!

During this time the Creefest took place for 3 days with vendors, artist showcases, fashion shows, feasts and plenty more! It was a beautiful week, pictured at Creefest is Lily and Kiara

Miigwech for the participation!

07/23/2026

✨ Toronto Pow wow ✨

TMU Pwaaganigaawin
Abinoojiinyag Gchi-Piitendaagzwag
Every Child Matters

Located at Toronto Metropolitan University, 43 Gerrard St. E, Toronto, ON

Date of pow wow is Friday, September 11, 2026 with Grand Entry at 12 pm

Additional event times are:
Sunrise Ceremony - 6:30 am
Pow wow Etiquette Teachings - 11:30 am
Honour Song by Fawn Wood - 2:15 pm
Community Feast - 5 pm

See poster for full details

06/04/2026

June 3rd: Baby moccasin craft day in Thunder Bay with Lily. How precious? ☺️🕊️🤍Miigwech

05/20/2026

Drum Making Activity - Kingston

Another event supported by Mary Jane, drum making with the Kashechewan evacuees that are located in the Kingston area!

05/15/2026

Support with Evacuees - Timmins

Since January the community of Kashechewan have been displaced from their homes, and evacuated to Timmins and various cities across Ontario. Lily was able to provide cultural support/programming for the community members in a number of activities. The immense pressures in worrying of home, taking yourself, your family, your loved ones to a new location for a long duration can definitely take a toll mentally, physically, and spiritually. It's a blessing to reconnect through culture, cooking, story telling, sharing laughter and a place to vent, craft, express these concerns. Kitchi-miigwech Lily!

05/12/2026

SSM - Belt Workshop

What a learning process and beautifully crafted! We love to see it! 🫶

05/06/2026

Yesterday, May 5th, was Red Dress Day. The day is observed annually as a National Day of Awareness and action in Canada that honours Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls, and Two-Spirit People (MMIWG2S+). A day of both remembrance and activism.
Support was present in Toronto at the TMU Msko Mjigoodenh Giizhigad event, pictures showing the Red Dress Exhibit taking place at Sankofa Square.
Additionally, staff were present at the Shingwauk Kinoomaage Gamig Red Dress Day event

Resources:
- MMIWG Support Line (24/7):
1-844-413-6649
- Hope for Wellness (24/7):
1-855-242-3310
- Residential School Crisis Line (24/7):
1-866-925-4419
- Talk 4 Healing (24/7):
1-855-554-4325
- Ontario Native Women's Association Crisis Line:
1-800-667-0816

Address

450 Frontenac Street Unit 2
Sault Sainte Marie, ON
P6A5K9

Opening Hours

Monday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Tuesday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Wednesday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Thursday	8:30am - 4:30pm
Friday	8:30am - 4:30pm

Telephone

705 942-9422

Website

http://www.wssontario.org/

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