Learn our agency name

Dnaagdawenmag Binnoojiiyag

(Nog-dah-wen-mawg) (Bin-ooh-zhee-yug)

Everything in Creation has a name. When we receive a sacred name, we know who we are and about our place in Creation. We assume great responsibility to uphold the meaning of our names. For us at Dnaagdawenmag Binnoojiiyag, that means to look after and to always keep children at the centre of our thoughts. We appreciate your commitment to learning and saying our name.

About our name

Translates to: To look after and to always keep children at the centre of our thoughts.

Chi miigwetch to Audrey Copegog, Beausoleil First Nation, for gifting us our name, and to Keith and Anita-baa Knott, Curve Lake First Nation, for their interpretation of our name which means to look after and to always keep children at the centre of our thoughts. We acknowledge our name, to know and understand who we are so that we can move forward in a good way.