Cultural Knowledge Keeper & Peer Support Worker
Nathan Mondor
Founder of Aadiziwin Benasi-Miigwan — a healing pathway rooted in Indigenous land-based knowledge, the Seven Grandfather Teachings, and the lived experience of recovery.
Founder of Aadiziwin Benasi-Miigwan — a healing pathway rooted in Indigenous land-based knowledge, the Seven Grandfather Teachings, and the lived experience of recovery.
Nathan Mondor is a Red River Metis and Saulteaux cultural helper, peer supporter, and program developer with lived experience in addiction, recovery, and community healing. Based in Sault Ste. Marie, he built Aadiziwin Benasi-Miigwan as a culturally grounded healing pathway that meets people where they are, without shame and without judgement.
His work draws from the Seven Grandfather Teachings and a commitment to an Indigenous land-based worldview — not as a framework imposed from outside, but as a living way of understanding healing, belonging, and responsibility. Nathan walks this path himself, and it is that authenticity that informs everything he builds.
Through Aadiziwin Benasi-Miigwan, Nathan has developed structured programs including the Noojimo Healing Pathway, the Miskwaabikang (Copper Kettle) drop-in, and the Carriers of the Fire men's circles. Each one is designed to hold people at different points on their journey, from first reaching out to stepping into leadership within their communities.
Nathan works in partnership with the Ontario Federation of Indigenous Friendship Centres (OFIFC) and holds a service relationship with Missanabie Cree First Nation. His approach centres on peer support, relational accountability, and the understanding that healing does not happen in isolation.
To cherish knowledge is to know yourself. Every program Nathan develops begins with listening, not prescribing.
To know love is to know peace. The healing pathway is built on relationships of genuine care, not transactional service.
To honour all of creation is to have respect. This work meets people without judgement at every stage of their journey.
To face your fears with courage. Nathan brings his own lived experience of recovery into his work, without hiding it.
To walk straight is to be honest with yourself first. Truth-telling is the foundation of all peer support work here.
To know your place in creation. The work is not about the helper. It is about the person walking their own path.
Whether you are reaching out for yourself, or on behalf of someone in your community, Nathan is here.