Kenora Chiefs Advisory

14/08/2025

🌿 Back to School Sweat Lodge Ceremony 🌿

In partnership with Kenora Chiefs Advisory, WNHAC, and the T3PS Wellness Committee, we invite all educators, parents, students, and helpers to join us for a Back to School Sweat.

📅 Date: Tuesday, August 26, 2025
🕑 Time: 2:00 PM
📍 Location: 41 Hidden Trail – Healing Lodge
🍲 A light meal will follow the ceremony.

✨ Come together in healing, learning, and connection as we share about the Sweat Lodge and its teachings.

Please bring:
Towel
Skirt
Water bottle
Small gift and to***co (to***co will be provided if needed)

📧 For more information: jody.smith@t3ps.ca

Let’s start the school year in a good way. ^RF

Kenora Chiefs Advisory
WAASEGIIZHIG NANAANDAWE'IYEWIGAMIG

13/08/2025

🎒🔥 Back to School BBQ is BACK! 🔥🎒

Join the Kenora Youth Wellness Hub for our Annual Back to School BBQ on August 20th — and kick off the school year with good vibes and great food!

📍 120 Main Street South
🕚 11 AM – 2 PM

✨ What’s happening:
✅ FREE BBQ 🌭
✅ FREE backpacks with school supplies 🎒✏️
✅ Community Resource Fair 🤝
✅ Awesome prizes 🎁

Donations are welcome & appreciated! 💛

Let’s get ready for a strong start to the school year — we’ll see you there!

09/08/2025

Big news! 🎉

Ogimawabiitong is proud to echo the incredible announcement made on July 30th by the Government of Ontario — a major investment in Anti-Human Trafficking Prevention programming. This support is a vital step forward in protecting and empowering our communities. 💙 Miigwetch to Minister Greg Rickford for your continued support and advocacy for our region.

09/08/2025

📅 SAVE THE DATE!

Ogimaawabiitong invites you to our Healing Connections Project:
✨ Introduction & Engagement Workshop ✨

Join us as we come together to address gender-based and family violence through connection, collaboration, and community healing.

📍 Winnipeg (Location TBD)
📆 September 8 & 9

This workshop is open to the following from KCA’s 8 member communities:
➡️ Health Directors
➡️ Community Wellness Workers
➡️ Family Wellbeing Workers
➡️ KCA Elders & Youth Council Members

📝 Register by August 22
📩 To register, contact: lucille.mckenzie@kenorachiefs.org

Let’s build safer, stronger communities—together. ❤

08/08/2025

📅 August is here — and so is the Kenora Youth Wellness Hub Calendar!

Check out the Youth Wellness Hub’s August 2025 Calendar for upcoming activities, events, and exciting land-based programming hosted by Right to Play! 🌿🏕️

There’s something for everyone — don’t miss out!

📲 Contact us or visit the Hub for more info.

08/08/2025

Happy Thursday! 👋 We’re excited to welcome Kenz — our new virtual counsellor at the Kenora Youth Wellness Hub ! 💬✨

Kenz will be available every Thursday from 2–5 PM, offering support to youth aged 12–25. 🧠💛

Need someone to talk to? Reach out to the Hub at 807-407-2751 to learn more or book a session! 📲

06/08/2025

Happening Today! 🌿
Join us for Self-Care Day hosted by the Ogimaawabiitong Mental Health & Wellness Program in Washagamis Bay!

🧘‍♀️ Open to all Washagamis Bay Band Members and Residents
🕤 9:30 AM – 3:00 PM
📍 Washagamis Bay First Nation

Come take time for yourself — relax, recharge, and reconnect. 💚

30/07/2025

💥 Ever wanted to try wrestling? Now’s your chance!
Join us for Wrestling Day — no experience needed, just bring your energy! Lake of the Woods Wrestling Club

👊 All ages welcome | 🕒 August 6th, 2025 | 📍 Grassy Narrows Rec Centre

See poster below for more details and contact information!

28/07/2025

If you're at average risk and between the ages of 50-74, it may be time to get screened for colon cancer.

For more information, contact your Community Health nurse or Health Care Provider in your community.

Sharing on behalf of Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre 🏥

21/07/2025

Colon Cancer Screening (FIT Test) – A simple, at-home stool test that checks for hidden blood, which may be a sign of colon cancer or polyps. It’s easy, non-invasive, and recommended every two years for eligible individuals.

Colonoscopy – A procedure where a doctor examines the colon using a camera to look for polyps or cancer. It’s usually done if the FIT test is abnormal or if there are other risk factors.

Are you due for your colon cancer screening?

For more information, contact your Community Health nurse or Health Care Provider in your community.

Sharing on behalf of Thunder Bay Regional Health Sciences Centre 🏥

18/07/2025

Congratulations to one of Kenora's own, and welcome to the ANHP Team! 💙

We're excited to welcome Dr. Rebecca Mahon to the (home) team!

Dr. Mahon completed her Family Medicine residency through the Northern Ontario School of Medicine, where she spent the past two years training locally alongside Dr. Noack. She earned her medical degree and Bachelor of Science in Biology from the University of Manitoba.

With a special interest in women’s health and surgical obstetrics, Dr. Mahon will be pursuing enhanced training in caesarean sections this year. In addition to her family practice and obstetrical care, she will also be working in the Emergency Department.

Outside of work, she enjoys Seadoo time on Lake of the Woods, and hanging out with friends and family.

Born and raised locally, Dr. Mahon is proud to be providing care in her home community and is committed to supporting the health and well-being of the people of Kenora.

18/07/2025

Every person has a story that deserves to be heard. Today we share Micheal's story 🧡

Ogimaawabiitong and Kenora Makwa Patrol are incredibly grateful to share these powerful first-hand stories from our community. A huge miigwetch to Micheal for sharing his story with us. There are always more stories to be shared!

Each participant was asked the same question: “Tell me a story?” 💬

Interviewer: What’s your name, my friend?

Micheal: My name is Micheal! I have lived in Kenora for most of my life. I used to drink back in the day but now I have quit all of that. I had a stroke, so that is why I quit. And now I live sober - I feel like it's pretty easy for me to do but a lot of people around me say “oh, I wish I could do that!”

Interviewer: Well, that is a really big achievement!

Micheal: I still have friends who still have... habits but it doesn’t bother me. But most of them know that I don’t drink anymore so they don’t offer me anything. Now I just go around chatting.

Interviewer: Do you have any life advice for someone else who might be trying to quit their habits?

Micheal: Ummmm... Well, when I quit, I felt it was pretty easy. I just kind of went cold turkey. But for others, sometimes it's hard to do because they have to go to AA and other programs. I can’t really change someone’s mind about how or when they change their life; they must want to. Throughout my life, I lost a lot of my friends.

Interviewer: Would you recommend a sober life?

Micheal: Oh ya, I definitely feel a lot better now. Like before, I could never dream. Whenever I blacked out, I would never dream, no dreams at all. Now that I am sober, I have dreams and some of them feel like reality.

Interviewer: That is really interesting; I have never heard of that perspective before. I couldn’t imagine not being able to dream.

Micheal: Oh ya, some of them are really vivid now.

I have lived in a lot of different places around town. Now I live with a landlord who used to be OPP. It took a little while to get used to him, to understand his standards of living. I have been living with him for about 6 months now. He is nice; he even took me to his camp. One of these days, he said he is going to take me out fishing!