Kihew Awasis Wakamik

10/15/2026

JOIN OUR KAWCS CIRCLE!! APPLICATIONS ARE STILL OPEN!

WE ARE HIRING AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

🌸ABOUT US
Kihew Awasis Wakamik Cultural Society (KAWCS) is a vibrant Indigenous non-profit organization dedicated to improving access to culturally safe and inclusive care during major life transitions from birth to death. We are committed to reawakening and reclaiming our knowledge and traditions for reproductive health, rites of passage, kinship and transitioning back to the spirit world. We support our community through a variety of programs, workshops and events rooted in ceremony and the teachings of our kihtehayahk. We are looking for a dedicated and detail-oriented Office Administrative Assisstant to join our team and support our vision.

🌸JOB SUMMARY
The Administrative Assistant will play a crucial role in managing the administrative tasks of our organization. This position will require a highly organized, detail-oriented and adaptable individual with excellent communication skills who can handle multiple responsibilities, including intake processing, task support, communications and file management.

The full job description and application details can be found here
https://docs.google.com/document/d/149ZoN1FHtZTrTwMYBvsYInZ1Lu9ZqypgNooxamyUv2U/edit?usp=sharing

Deadline to apply is October 23rd. See less

10/13/2026

HOW DO YOU TELL A PREGNANT WOMAN SHE CAN’T BRING HER CHILDREN TO HER PRENATAL APPOINTMENTS OR THE HOSPITAL WHEN SHE HAS NOBODY TO LEAVE THEM WITH?

This is something I’ve personally struggled with, and I know I can’t be the only one.

Some hospitals won’t allow kids during prenatal checkups, in labor rooms, or even to stay overnight after their mother gives birth.

But here’s my question. What exactly is a mother supposed to do when she has no family nearby, no babysitter, and no one she trusts to watch her children?

Miss her prenatal appointments? Leave her kids home alone? Or start looking for a babysitter while she’s having contractions? 😩

I understand hospitals have safety rules, but shouldn’t those rules also consider the realities of motherhood? Now you are torn between new baby and your other kids and yet they expect you to be 💯 okay

WHY CAN’T HOSPITALS PROVIDE A SAFE, SUPERVISED SPACE FOR CHILDREN WHILE THEIR MOTHERS RECEIVE MEDICAL CARE?

Because if we’re truly serious about supporting mothers, shouldn’t that support include the children they already have?

Or am I missing something here? 🤔

10/08/2026

JOIN OUR KAWCS CIRCLE!!

WE ARE HIRING AN ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT

🌸ABOUT US
Kihew Awasis Wakamik Cultural Society (KAWCS) is a vibrant Indigenous non-profit organization dedicated to improving access to culturally safe and inclusive care during major life transitions from birth to death. We are committed to reawakening and reclaiming our knowledge and traditions for reproductive health, rites of passage, kinship and transitioning back to the spirit world. We support our community through a variety of programs, workshops and events rooted in ceremony and the teachings of our kihtehayahk. We are looking for a dedicated and detail-oriented Office Administrative Assisstant to join our team and support our vision.

🌸JOB SUMMARY

The Administrative Assistant will play a crucial role in managing the administrative tasks of our organization. This position will require a highly organized, detail-oriented and adaptable individual with excellent communication skills who can handle multiple responsibilities, including intake processing, task support, communications and file management.

The full job description and application details can be found here https://docs.google.com/document/d/149ZoN1FHtZTrTwMYBvsYInZ1Lu9ZqypgNooxamyUv2U/edit?usp=sharing

Deadline to apply is October 23rd.

10/01/2026

Yay, Shannon!

A Kiciy Ohkomimaw Iskotew Mentorship Aumni

Wellness looks different for everyone, and Indigenous ways of knowing and healing have an important place in the conversation.

Shannon Cardinal is bringing her Indigenous perspectives to a new support role between Wellness and Psychological Services (WPS) and kihêw waciston Indigenous Centre, where she’ll support students throughout their academic journeys.

Read more about her work: https://ow.ly/yeZn50ZSSJE

MacEwan University kihêw waciston

09/24/2026

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09/23/2026

Investing in Midwifery Care

Find the Indigenous Midwives, Elders, birthing families and those supporting those birthing and start to have the conversations!

There is an opportunity for funding from the AB government coming up and we hope your community is planning to apply for that funding. The easiest and most natural way of building up and supporting midwifery in the community is to bring people together..... over food.... over tea and reawakening those stories and letting families know that they deserve family centered care that is culturally appropriate and that Midwifery is a pathway forward for healthy families.

Community circles to lift up Indigenous Midwifery and Birthing Families. That's it.

It really is that simple to get things going. The rest will follow, the people who will do the work will come forward, the funding will filter in and the families will be supported to be be healthy enough to have a choice in where they want to birth and how.

09/23/2026

Aunties Within Reach will be zooming around spreading their big Aunty Vibes and closing the gaps on care for communities!

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