The seasonal influenza vaccine clinic will be available to staff, physicians and volunteers starting October 6.

Date	Time	Location
October 6	10 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.	Level 2 beside the Grand Staircase
October 7	10 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.	Level 2 beside the Grand Staircase
October 8	10 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.	Level 2 beside the Grand Staircase

No appointments required – please wear short sleeves

Please notify Occupational Health & Safety if you have received your flu shot from your doctor or at another facility. Please email the immunization documentation proof to TBRHSC.OccupationalHealthandSafety@tbh.net to ensure we update your chart.

Alternative Opportunities to Receive the Flu Shot

• Appointments can be made to receive your flu shot by contacting Occupational Health and Safety at TBRHSC.OccupationalHealthandSafety@tbh.net

• Drop-in option available on Thursdays in the OH&S Department from 8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. and 1:00 p.m. – 3:45p.m.

• The Roaming Flu Cart will be starting as soon as flu shot arrives

LET’S PROTECT OURSELVES AND OUR PATIENTS!

Remember: Influenza immunization is recommended for all health care workers.

Read the Frequently Asked Questions below for more information on the influenza vaccine.

Staff that obtain their flu shot will be entered to win a six-month free parking pass (two passes are being raffled off).   

Those staff that obtain both the flu AND COVID-19 vaccine, have a chance to win a one-year free parking pass.

Do you want to be featured in the 2026 Health & Well-Being Calendar?

Help us celebrate what brings joy to your work. We’re looking for stories from staff who help create a positive, supportive workplace — whether through small acts of kindness, lifting team morale, or finding creative ways to ease daily frustrations. If you’re making a difference, we want to hear from you!

We’re also featuring staff-submitted recipes in this year’s calendar. If you have a go-to healthy recipe, we’d love for you to share it. To participate, scan the QR code below or click here.

Franco-Ontarian Day is celebrated every year on September 25 to commemorate the anniversary of the inaugural raising of the Franco-Ontarian Flag in 1975 at the University of Sudbury.

Officially recognized by the legislative assembly in 2010, Franco-Ontarian Day is an opportunity to honour Franco-Ontarians, and their contributions to the cultural, historical, social, economic, and political life of the province. It is also a day for Franco-Ontarians to celebrate and take pride in their heritage, which spans over 400 years.

Ontario is home to more than 622,000 Francophones and 1.5 million French-speaking Ontarians—the largest Francophone community in Canada outside of Quebec.

Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre (TBRHSC) is committed to providing care that respects the needs of the Francophone community, including their cultural preferences, values, and linguistic needs. This year, TBRHSC is honoured to have received a French Language Supports grant from Ontario Health, to increase the accessibility of French Language services at our Hospital.

Franco-Ontarian Flag

The Franco-Ontario flag was developed by a history professor and a political science student at the University of Sudbury, Gaétan Gervais and Michel Dupuis, to stand as a symbol of Franco-Ontarian identity and community.

The Franco-Ontarian Flag has a green and white background, which represents summer and winter — the two extremes of Ontario’s climate. A white Fleur-de-lys is featured on the green band, representing French people worldwide. A green trillium on the white band presents the official flower of the province of Ontario.

In 2001, the Franco-Ontarian flag was officially recognized as the emblem of the Franco-Ontarian community.

All events are taking place in the yard outside of Sister Margaret Smith Centre, 301 Lillie St N.

Join us for a powerful short documentary by Sarain Fox.

Date: Wednesday, September 24, 2025
Time: 12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
Location: ICP Main Meeting Room 2178

Light snacks will be provided, and staff are encouraged to bring their own lunch.

Trigger Warning: This film contains sensitive content about Residential Schools. Support will be available.

To register for this event, email: Annette Klement, Traditional Wellness Coordinator at Annette.Klement@tbh.net.

For more information about Residential Schools, visit:

Hope, Healing and Empowerment.

Residential School History

Indian Residential Schools

Are you interested in learning more about French Language Services at Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre? Please stop by our information booth on Friday, September 26 from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m.

Information will be available about:

• French language interpretation services for patients and healthcare providers
• French language reimbursement program for staff
• Services from L’Accueil francophone de Thunder Bay

Copies of L’Accueil francophone de Thunder Bay’s English-French “Interpretation Guide for Health Care Professionals” will be available for staff.

Plus, enter our prize draw!

Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre greatly values your efforts in providing exceptional care to our community. To show our appreciation, we’ve partnered with Sport Chek to offer you an exclusive employee discount on your purchases.

When: This is a limited time offer from September 18-28, 2025 (in store) for VIP Pricing.

Where: In store only at all Sport Chek locations. The offer is only available in-store and not available on sportchek.ca.

To get your code:

1. All TBRHSC staff will be sent a discount code directly to their TBRHSC email accounts.
2. Professional staff must email TBRHSC.HumanResources@tbh.net before September 26, 2025, to receive their codes.
3. Volunteers must contact Megan Valente at Megan.Valente@tbh.net before September 26, 2025, to receive their codes.

For questions, please contact Kim Myros at Kimberly.Myros@tbh.net.

For more details, see the Sport Chek event information sheet:

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Medical Affairs is thrilled to announce that Dr. Andrea Nelsen has joined Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre as a full-time Psychiatrist with the Department of Psychiatry.

Dr. Nelsen earned her Doctor of Medicine from Weill Cornell Medical College in New York and went on to complete a General Psychiatry Residency at Baylor College of Medicine, where she pursued both the Research and Clinician Educator tracks. She subsequently completed an Aerospace Medicine Fellowship at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, and holds certification in Psychiatry and Neurology from the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology. In addition, she obtained a Master of Public Health from the University of Minnesota and is a Fellow of the Academy of Wilderness Medicine.

Her diverse professional experience spans private aviation and forensic psychiatry, inpatient and outpatient psychiatric care, and emergency psychiatry at Level 1 trauma centres. Dr. Nelsen has evaluated pilots and air traffic controllers for aviation authorities, she serves as an aviation medical examiner (AME) for the Federal Aviation Agency (FAA), provided forensic psychiatric consultation in both civil and criminal cases, and delivered psychiatric care across rural, community, and tertiary settings in the United States.

An active researcher and educator, Dr. Nelsen has published in peer-reviewed journals such as the Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law, HIV Medicine, and AIDS Patient Care and STDs. She has presented her work internationally, contributed to WHO clinical protocols, and has held numerous leadership and committee roles in psychiatry associations.

Please join us in welcoming Dr. Nelsen to our Hospital and to the Thunder Bay community. Her extensive experience and dedication to advancing psychiatry will contribute to the continued growth of our programs and the excellence of care delivered at TBRHSC.