Anishinabek Educational Institute

Our Student Wellness Coordinator, Megan Stevens reveals the winner of today's Tea with Gookmis Door Prize!

🌿 Tea with Gookmis is back! Today we welcomed Sue Ireland as our newest AEI Gookmis 💛 Congrats to Austin (Native Community Worker program) for winning our door prize! 🎉 Miigwech to all who joined us 🍵✨ #AEI #StudentWellness #CommunityCare

✨ Today, Megan Stevens led our Student Wellness Orientation, sharing AEI’s Four Directions approach to holistic wellness 💛❤️🖤🤍. From Gookmisak to yoga, salad club to support lines — we’re here for you! ☕ Miigwech to all who joined! 🙌 #AEIWellness

🎉 Last night we welcomed our new students to AEI, both online and in-person! 👩‍💻👨
🙏 Miigwech to all the students who joined us for orientation.
If you need anything, don’t hesitate to reach out to our friendly staff. We’re here to support you every step of the way. 🤝

📚✨ Welcome to AEI!

Today, our second-year Practical Nursing students returned to Nipissing Campus 🏫 and jumped right back into hands-on learning 🩺, refreshing their wound dressing skills with our amazing and knowledgeable instructor, Louise Moir 👩‍⚕️. Great work, everyone 👏 and welcome back! We're so happy to see you! 😊

Have you heard the news? Check out our new edition of our Newsletter Ndmawaad!
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YouTube video by Anishinabek Educational Institute Nipissing Campus Jiikakamigad Convocation 2025

🎓 Snippets from the powerful speeches at AEI’s Nipissing Campus 2025 Graduation: words of pride, hope, and encouragement from our delegates and Valedictorian.

#AEIGrad2025 #WeLearnTogether #ChiiMiigwech
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YouTube video by Anishinabek Educational Institute AEI Community Health Prize Pack Packing - WINNER

🎉 Congrats to Darcie, winner of our Community Health Prize Pack! She applied to AEI’s MHAW program and scored an AEI backpack full of wellness goodies 🎒✨
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#AEI #IndigenousEducation #StudentSupport

Fall 2025 applications are open at AEI! 🌿
Indigenous-led, community-focused programs to support your path as a helper.
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#MaamwiGikendaasomin #IndigenousEducation #AEI2025

YouTube video by Anishinabek Educational Institute AEI Day 2025

✨ Missed out on AEI Day? Don’t worry — we’ll be back next year! 🎉
For now, check out what we were up to! 📸
Miigwech to everyone who came out to celebrate with us — it was a beautiful way to honour 31 years of Indigenous education. 🎓🧡
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AEI Day was a beautiful celebration of community, culture, and Indigenous education. Miigwech to everyone who joined us! We’re so proud to be walking this path together. #AEIDay #IndigenousEducation #MaamwiGikendaasomin

📣 Come visit us at this year’s Grand Council Assembly! 🧡
We’re here to connect, answer your questions about our programs, talk about exciting developments, and share some AEI swag! 🎓✨

Stop by and say Aanii — we’d love to see you!
Miigwech!

Anishinabek Nation demands immediate withdrawal of Bill 5 #TreatiesOverBill5
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🌈✨ June is both Pride Month and National Indigenous History Month – a time to honour identity, culture, and community.
#PrideMonth2025 #NationalIndigenousHistoryMonth2025 #IndigenousEducation #WeLearnTogether

🧺🌱 Nokii’aning gigodwaasin? What’s in your basket? 🌿
Spring plants like wiingashk (sweetgrass) and bakwaanaatig (cat-tail) are returning. Offer semaa, speak to the plants, and harvest with care.
✨ Maamwi giikendasomin — we learn together.
#Anishinabemowin #Mshkiki

🌟 This week, our Munsee Campus proudly hosted an Open House! What a great opportunity to connect with community members. A heartfelt chii-miigwech to all of our invited guests. Your presence truly made the day special. 💛

🐻Our 2nd year Practical Nursing students, guided by Gokomis Linda Pope, learned to craft Medicine Bears while exploring the sacred medicines: Semaa, Shkodawabuk, Wiingashk, and Giizik. This experience connects traditional Indigenous knowledge to holistic healthcare. Chii miigwech! 🌿💙

YouTube video by Indigenous Institutes Consortium Indigenous Institutes Consortium Calls For Government Action!

The Indigenous Institutes Consortium (IIC) urges the federal government to address the chronic underfunding of Indigenous post-secondary education and fulfill reconciliation commitments. Miigwech to the IIC for speaking up! #makesomenoise
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Today, the AEI team is proudly wearing pink to stand up for kindness, inclusivity, and a world free of bullying. Let's continue to spread positivity and support one another every day! 💗 #PinkShirtDay #KindnessMatters #AntiBullying #AEICares

We love Medicine Bears! 🐻🌿 Today, AEI students made Medicine Bears while learning about "Bear's First Breath" from Gokomis Glenna Beaucage. Bears carry medicines, reminding us that spring is coming. Create your own bear with felt, medicine, and love. Miigwech! #StudentWellness #IndigenousEducation

Aanii! If you're looking for a supportive, culturally relevant, Indigenous-led post-secondary educational journey, look for further! Check out our programs on our website and apply today. Miigwech! www.aeipostsecondary.ca
#IndigenousEducation #Accessibility #LandBasedLearning

Are you a Family Well-Being Worker or filling a family well-being role? Join the @anishinabeknation.bsky.social Family Well-Being Program for Trauma-Informed Care Training 💙 #AnishinaabeWorldview #SaveTheDate

Are you a technician, First Nation Rep, Family Well-Being Worker or filling a family well-being role? Join the @anishinabeknation.bsky.social Family Well-Being Program and @outloudnorthbay.bsky.social for Promoting Inclusion & Diversity 🏳️‍🌈 #VirtualTraining #SaveTheDate

🍓🥰 Mina Zaagidiwn Giizhigad! -Happy Valentine's Day!🥰🍓Direct translation is 'a day we are happy to express love to one another.' Zaagidiwin (Love) extends to all living things in the natural world, recognizing the interconnectedness of all things. #valentinesday #languagerevitalization #anishinaabe

Aanii! We are the the Anishinabek Educational Institute. Since 1994, we have been empowering Indigenous students with our programming and today we are here to introduce ourselves on Bluesky! Give us a follow and Miigwech! 🙂🌱
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