Public Health

The Public Health is involved with the Elders Residence file along with the Elders Home Committee which consists of one member from the Culture Department, C.F.N.W. Corporate Secretary, a member to act as the Treasurer, and the political attaché will be new addition to the present committee. A service contractor from Waswanipi was hired was contracted to assist with the Functional Plan for the elders’ home. Special thanks to the Cree Health Board employee who provided expertise that was needed with the pft, the technical functional plan. A former engineer who worked with the Band and his company worked on the layout and physical realization of the elders’ home. A councillor from the C.F.N.W. was the chairman of the committee at the beginning of sessions.

We applied to the CIP Community Initiatives Program with Cree Health Board program to continue programs on residential school healing activities.

Public Health keeps contact with Assistant to Environment on water sampling and CHR at the clinic for matters related to medical cards. I wish to inform all community members to keep their medical cards updated and if your card has expired, please call 1-800-561-9749 and you will receive the form by mail. This is for the benefit of the patient should he find him/herself in an emergency situation.

Before the federal apology, Public Health has been involved with the residential schools file that involves approximately 230 local residential school survivors. The CEP (Common Experience Payment) deadline is September 19, 2011 which is less and a year. Most applications have been done in Waswanipi.

The IAP (Independent Assessment Process) deadline is September 19, 2012 which gives a couple of years. This phase involves work with a lawyer and a court hearing to get the IAP processed.

During NAAW National Addictions Awareness Week in November 2010, the residential schools stories will be aired to the community with speakers who agreed to talk about the impacts of residential schools on their lives and how we can have a healthy lifestyle in future. The community was informed that this was part of our history and that we are providing recommendations for a brighter future for our children and grandchildren.

Contact

Lily Sutherland

Public Health, CFNW

Tel. (819) 753-2587
Fax (819) 753-2555
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