Help in Hand initiative brings mental health support to students in northwestern Ontario
August 11, 2026
Lakehead University researchers launched the Help in Hand initiative in partnership with community mental health agencies and School Mental Health Ontario to support youth mental health in northwestern Ontario on July 29 in Thunder Bay.
https://anishinabeknews.ca/2026/08/help-in-hand-initiative-brings-mental-health-support-to-students-in-northwestern-ontario/

Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory to host Annual Anishinaabemowin Language Gathering
August 7, 2026
Wiikwemkoong Unceded Territory is encouraging people to attend its Annual Anishinaabemowin Language Gathering, which is being held from August 18-20, at the Waase-Abin Pontiac School.
https://anishinabeknews.ca/2026/08/wiikwemkoong-unceded-territory-to-host-annual-anishinaabemowin-language-gathering/

Kitigan Zibi author’s Anishinaabemowin children’s book recognized in global collection
August 11, 2026
A collection of books designed to recognize children’s literature that promotes and revitalizes Indigenous languages came as a surprise for one author who didn’t know she would be included.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/unesco-childrens-book-list-indigenous-languages-canada-9.7301956

Aóskon Kanien’kéha wahontewennón:tahkwe’ tsi nikarì:wes wahontia’tarò:roke’
August 5, 2026
Sewenhnì:ta tsi náhe’ wahontia’tarò:roke’ tsi nihá:ti ne Kanien’kéha shakotirihonnién:ni tánon’ tsi ionterihwaienstáhkhwa’ ronterihwahtentià:tha’ ne ionkwe’towá:nen’s raotirihwà:ke, ià:ia’k nikaná:take nithonenónhseron aóskon onkwehonwehnéha wahontá:ti’.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/kanienkeha-9.7296121

Kanien’kéha adult immersion gathering held entirely in the language
August 5, 2026
A gathering last month of teachers and administrators from each Kanien’kéha adult immersion program across six Kanienʼkehá:ka communities was held entirely in the language.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/kanienkeha-adult-immersion-gathering-9.7286406