This toolkit was funded by the Winnipeg Foundation and the partnership between the Seven Oaks School Division and Dakota Ojibway Child and Family Services.  This toolkit is meant to provide access to cultural resources and supports for both foster families and Indigenous youth in care. 

“For me, this project is a big step forward in the CFS system because growing up I did not have access to these sorts of resources. My hope for this toolkit is to give knowledge to caregivers, so that they can help the Indigenous youth connect to their roots and identity. My hope for youth is that they learn their rights and use the resources that we have helped provide them."

~ Hailey, Ojibwe/Cree from Sagkeeng First Nation, student at Maples Collegiate

Thank you to the Reconciliation Project Steering Committee members for the time and heart put into this project:

Toolkits will be provided to every Indigenous student in care in the Seven Oaks School Division.  Many of the kit's contents and suggested resources/links can be found here on this website through downloads or links.

Toolkit Contents

• Mino’ombiigwaasiwin
  A Handbook for Supporting Indigenous Youth in Care
• The Moccasins by Earl Einarson
  • Dakota Placemat
  • Ojibway Placemat
  • Ojibway Language Colouring Book
• Binder with Plastic Sleeves
• Box of Markers

Contact Information

Sherri Denysuik
sherri.denysuik@7oaks.org
204-586-8061

Additional Resources

• Support Circle Model
• Support Circle Blank
• Circles for Reconciliation
• UN Rights of the Child
• Dakota Language Colouring Book