Journey with us on a path through 500 years of history that looks at both past and current experiences of Indigenous people in Canada. These 13 courses will help you build and strength your understanding of First Nations, Inuit, Metis and urban Indigenous history, culture, and health landscape.

The thirteen Indigenous Relationship and Cultural Awareness courses are:

• First Nations, Inuit and Métis Culture, Colonization and the Determinants of Health
• Indigenous History and Political Governance
• Cultural Competence in Healthcare
• Indigenous Health Services and Governments
• Indigenous Knowledge and Traditional Health
• Indigenous Community Health Services
• The Health Landscape of Indigenous People
• Indigenous Cancer Care and Challenges
• Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC) and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)
• Health Literacy
• Chronic Disease Prevention for Indigenous People
• Pediatric Oncology
• Environmental Health

This Self-Learning program has been certified by the College of Family Physicians of Canada for up to 19.5 Mainpro⁺ credits

These courses are free of charge and open to everyone.

To register or for more information visit: elearning.cancercare.on.ca

As part of our commitment to keeping staff engaged and informed on the Strategic Plan 2026, Strategy and Performance is sharing updates in alignment with the identified priorities: Equity, Diversity & Inclusion, Patient Experience, Staff Experience and Research, Innovation, & Learning.

The August 30, 2023 Operational Updates and Strategic Planning Meeting featured an update on the Clinical Services Plan, presented by Michael Del Nin, Director, Strategy and Performance, Wayne Taylor, Director, Cardiovascular, Medicine, and Renal Program and Joanna Coccimiglio, Performance Improvement Consultant.

Visit the Strategic Plan 2026 page on the Hospital’s corporate intranet, where these presentations, along with other resources can be found.

Please be advised that beginning Wednesday, September 6th, renovation work will begin at the Labour & Delivery Waiting Room and Reception areas.

Access through the area will be maintained at all times however, please use caution when entering the area. Please see map below for impacted location.

Work will occur during the daytime only and is expected to be completed in mid October.

Please contact Kristi Judge in Capital Planning (extension 7031 or kristi.judge@tbh.net) if you have any questions or concerns. Thank you.

This course is intended for health care providers who want to learn the fundamental concepts of neonatal resuscitation (i.e. nurses, physicians, registered midwives, registered respiratory therapists, residents and paramedics).

For more information and to register, please visit https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/neonatal-resuscitation-provider-program-nrp-2023-dates-tickets-594850442687?aff=oddtdtcreator.

Register at https://www.eventbrite.ca/e/preceptor-education-workshop-october-2023-tickets-708786087267?aff=oddtdtcreator

August’s Staff Health and Wellness Challenge theme was “Paws and Relax”. We challenged staff to spend time with their pets and submit a photo of their furry, feathered or scaly friend. Thank you to everyone who participated and submitted photos!

Did you know? The Canadian 24-Hour Movement Guidelines recommend that children and youth (age 5-17) get 60 minutes per day of moderate to vigorous physical activity? Source: CSEP Guidelines

Tips to increase physical activity:

• Count your steps! Gradually increase step count to avoid a sedentary lifestyle achieving >6,000 steps per day.
• Find fun activities you enjoy.
• Participate in gym class.
• Explore after school programming available in your community.
• When sitting for prolonged periods, make sure to take a quick movement break after every 30-60 minutes
• Take the stairs.
• Participate in physical activity with friends and family, consider taking a walk or going for a bike ride together.

For more information, please visit csepguidelines.ca/guidelines/children-youth/.

For more resources on healthy living or to learn more about TBRHSC’s Paediatric Healthy Living Program, please visit our website at https://bit.ly/Paediatric-Healthy-Living-Program

The “Thumbs Up” initiative in support of our Strategic Plan 2026 priority Staff Experience is still going strong. Check out the approved Thumbs Ups posts here.

Want to share a compliment about a coworker? Submit your own Thumbs Up through the form. Submission guidelines available on the form.

The newest addition to our Affinity List is Crown and Birch, who recognize our staff with an “employees save the tax” discount starting September 1.

Our friends at Crown and Birch will be moving from their previous location of 604 Memorial Ave, to 825 Fort William Road as of September 2023.

An updated copy of our Affinity List can be found here: https://informed.tbrhsc.net/departments/human-resources/programs/affinity/tbrhsc-on-going-affinity-list.

Employees MUST present Hospital ID at point of purchase to be eligible for discounts.