Welcome to Tikinagan Child and Family Services. We live and work in 30 First Nations in Northwestern Ontario. Founded by our Chiefs and Elders in 1984, we have developed services and strategies which reflect the spirit and intent of our founding principles and values - respect, trust, commitment to our culture, our languages and our Elders, and a passion to be accountable to our communities, leaders and membership.
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Tikinagan Child and Family Services Phone: 1 807 737-3466 |
For Tikinagan the solutions for our families are to be found within our communities, within our families, within ourselves. As one of Canada's first Aboriginal child welfare organizations, we celebrated a significant milestone in recent years: relocating a majority of our workers and offices to our communities and thus becoming an essential part of the First Nations we serve. We believe that our role is to be there in the community, mentoring young parents, supporting families who are seeking to regain their equilibrium, but in the end ensuring that children are protected when they need it.
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Lavina Winter of Deer Lake walks blindfolded as part of a game that followed a Tikinagan community feast in November.
Raising the Children, a program for Aboriginal parents, will be offered by Tikinagan prevention co-ordinators in several First Nations starting in February.
Already delivered by Tikinagan staff in Sandy Lake and Kasabonika Lake, the program will expand to other communities after more prevention co-ordinators received training in December as Raising the Children facilitators.
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