About us

Animikii Ozoson Child & Family Services was created in 2005 to meet the specific needs of children and families with ties to Ontario First Nations who are living in Winnipeg, Manitoba. We also serve families who choose our agency for CFS services but who are not members of an Ontario First Nation. In February 2005, elders held a traditional Ojibway naming ceremony for our agency at Shoal Lake First Nation in Ontario. On that beautiful, serene and lightly snowy winter evening, the agency received the name, Animikii Ozoson, which signifies, celebrates and honours the sacredness of the thunderbird in Ojibway culture. The thunderbird’s role is to protect its babies in their home (the nest). The English translation of the name is Thunderbird nest.

Animikii Ozoson protects children and supports families in a way that honours Indigenous cultural traditions.

We are a part of the Southern First Nations Network of Care.