Weeneebayko Area Health Authority

05/08/2025

On July 3, an Elder & Youth Cree Language Activity was held in Peawanuck in collaboration with WAHA Mental Health and Weenusk First Nation's Choose Life Program. It was a meaningful day of sharing, learning, and connection between generations, celebrating the beauty of the Cree language and culture. 🧡🗣️🌿

05/08/2025

Watch the new regional healthcare campus take shape in real time!

Attention community members,

WAHA’s Site Camera is Now Live!

We are pleased to announce that one of our three site cameras is now live.

If you are interested in seeing action unfold in real-time, visit the link below:

https://share.earthcam.net/tJ90CoLmq7TzrY396Yd88NlX7nFOW_r4gHg4YukBssU

Be sure to bookmark the Webpage to access the Weeneebayko Area Health Authority (WAHA) Redevelopment Project Site Camera whenever you like.

Meegwetch,

Weeneebayko Area Health Authority Redevelopment Project

01/08/2025

Here are new and exciting opportunities open here at WAHA. Apply today!

New opportunities:
-Cook (Moose Factory)
-Dietary Aide - Casual (Moose Factory)
-Primary Care Paramedic - Rotational (Kashechewan)
-Housekeeper - Casual (Moosonee)
-Laundry Aide - Casual (Moose Factory)
-Laundry Aide - Part-time (Moose Factory)
-Housekeeper - Casual (Moosonee) 3 Positions
-Housekeeper - Part-time (Moose Factory) 3 Positions
-Rehabilitation Assistant (Moose Factory) 2nd Posting
-Accounts Receivable Clerk - Term (Moose Factory) 2nd Posting
-Primary Care Clinical Educator (Moosonee & Fort Albany) 2nd Posting
-Perinatal Nurse Educator (Moose Factory) 2nd Posting

Visit our website for job details and how to apply:
https://www.waha.ca/career-opportunities/

31/07/2025

Attawapiskat Diabetes Clinic with Dr. Manas!

WAHA is hosting a Diabetes Clinic at Attawapiskat Hospital from August 11–15 for individuals over 18 living with diabetes.

🕐 Clinic hours:
Monday (Aug 11): 1 PM – 4 PM
Tuesday to Thursday: 9 AM – 4 PM
Friday (Aug 15): 9 AM – 12 PM

📞 To book or ask questions, contact the Diabetes Education Program at 705-658-4544 ext. 2274.

29/07/2025

Reminder: WAHA’s Anniversary Photo Contest is ON! 🎉

Don’t forget to submit your entries, the first prize draw is this Friday!
We’ll be giving away a $200 GGS (RONA) gift card to one lucky participant!

Enter by sharing your best shot to anniversary@waha.ca , or physical photographs can be brought to the following sites to be scanned:
-Attawapiskat Hospital Walk-In Clinic – Jacob Vanderploeg
-Fort Albany Hospital Open Clinic – Chantal Auger
-Kashechewan Nursing Station – Cynthelyn Joseph
-Moosonee Airport (Wabusk Admin) – Glenda Iserhoff
-Peawanuck Nursing Station – Emilie Veilleux
-WAHA Registration Desk (Emergency Department), Moose Factory – Noella Sutherland

Help us honour of 15 years of WAHA and 75 years of Weeneebayko General Hospital.

🎉 Photo Contest Alert “Give Us Your Best Shot!” 🎉

In honor of Weeneebayko General Hospital’s upcoming 75th Anniversary and the upcoming Weeneebayko Area Health Authority’s (WAHA) 15th Anniversary, WAHA is hosting a special photo contest to mark these historic milestones!

📷 Submit your best photo showcasing WAHA’s history, mission, long-serving former and current employees, or community impact. Selected photos will be featured in a special Anniversary Book!

🗓 Contest Dates: Now until August 22, 2025
📅 Runs from Wednesday, July 23 to Friday, August 22, 2025
💸 Prizes for the contest:
-Friday, August 1: $200 GG’s (Rona) gift certificate
-Friday, August 8: $200 Meechim Ent. gift certificate
-Friday, August 15: $200 Jame Bay Outdoors Ltd. gift certificate
-Friday, August 22 (Grand Prize): $500 Northern gift certificate

📩 How to Enter:
Submit high-resolution digital photos (JPEG or TIFF, 300+ dpi) to anniversary@waha.ca

Physical photographs can be brought to the following sites to be scanned:
-Attawapiskat Hospital Walk-In Clinic – Jacob Vanderploeg
-Fort Albany Hospital Open Clinic – Chantal Auger
-Kashechewan Nursing Station – Cynthelyn Joseph
-Moosonee Airport (Wabusk Admin) – Glenda Iserhoff
-Peawanuck Nursing Station – Emilie Veilleux
-WAHA Registration Desk (Emergency Department), Moose Factory – Noella Sutherland

📝 Be sure to include:
-Your name
-Where and when the photo was taken
-Significance of the photo (e.g., events, awards, celebrations)
-Names/titles of individuals in the photo

A panel of WAHA Anniversary Working Group judges will select the winners!

By entering, you give WAHA the contestant retains the rights in his or her photograph, however, by entering the contest, the contestant grants to WAHA (and those authorized by WAHA) a royalty-free, world-wide, perpetual, non-exclusive license to publicly display, distribute, reproduce and create derivative works of the entries, in whole or in part, in any media now existing or later developed, for any WAHA purposes, including but not limited to advertising and promotion in any media. Any photograph reproduced will include a photographer’s credit as feasible. No person, partnership or corporation including but not limited to WAHA will be required to pay any additional consideration or seek any additional approval in connection with such uses.

For more information, please visit the WAHA Foundation page: https://wahafoundation.ca/

Let’s celebrate WAHA’s journey through your lens!

29/07/2025

In collaboration with the Indigenous Diabetes Health Circle, and Moose Cree First Nation Health Centre, WAHA is co-hosting a Community Wellness event on Saturday August 9. See poster for more details, or contact Cynthia Kapashesit at cynthia.kapashesit@moosecree.com

Building Our Bundle: Community Wellness Event
DATE Saturday, August 9, 2025
TIME 11:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

LOCATION EPR Centre 22 Jonathan Cheechoo Dr, Moose Cree FN.
WATER TAXI Available [limited space] contact Cynthia Kapashesit 705-658-4220

29/07/2025

In collaboration with the Indigenous Diabetes Health Circle, and Moose Cree First Nation Health Centre, WAHA is co-hosting a Land Day Workshop event on Sunday, August 10. See poster for more details, or contact Cynthia Kapashesit at cynthia.kapashesit@moosecree.com

Building Our Bundle: Land Day Workshop
DATE Sunday, August 10, 2025
TIME 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

EPR Centre 22 Jonathan Cheechoo Dr, Moose Cree FN.
WATER TAXI Available [limited space] contact Cynthia Kapashesit 705-658-4220

29/07/2025

Join WAHA’s Stamp Rally at GOOP 2025!

📍 Moose Factory Complex – Arena Pad
📅 July 31, 2025
🕐 1 – 3:30 pm

Visit each station to complete fun activities and collect stamps. Fill your card and you’ll be entered into a draw to win a prize! 🏆

If you have any questions, please contact David Wynne at david.wynne@waha.ca.

29/07/2025

In Ontario, First Nations women are more likely to be diagnosed with cervical cancer than other Ontario women. Screening is the best thing you can do to find cervical cancer early. Most people aged 25-70 with a cervix who have ever been sexually active should be screened at least every 5 years.

Ontario has a new cervical screening test that is better at helping prevent cervical cancer! This new test replaces the Pap test because it is better at preventing cervical cancer. It checks for types of human papillomavirus (HPV) that can cause cervical cancer.
In our region, people now have the option to swab for HPV themselves in a private room in their providers office. It’s a simple and quick test and no instrument, like a speculum is needed! HPV self-collection is a safe and effective way to screen for cervical cancer. The test looks for high-risk types of the human papillomavirus (HPV), which causes nearly all cases of cervical cancer.

This new option gives you more control over your health. If you've put off cervical cancer screening, or found Pap tests uncomfortable, HPV self-collection might be right for you.

Contact your local health clinic to learn more, or visit our website: https://www.waha.ca/news/introducing-hpv-self-collection/

25/07/2025

Here are new and exciting opportunities open here at WAHA. Apply today!
New opportunities:
-Dietary Aide - Casual (Moose Factory)
-Patient Care Coordinator - E.R & IPD (Moose Factory)
-Nurse Practitioner - Term (Moosonee)
-Administrative Assistant - Education Dpt. (Moose Factory)
-Clinical Informatics Specialist (Moose Factory)
-Clinical Informatic Specialist (Moose Factory)
-Maintenance Person - Term (Moose Factory)
-Registered Dental Hygienist & COHI - Term (Moose Factory) 2nd posting

Visit our website for job details and how to apply:
https://www.waha.ca/career-opportunities/

25/07/2025

To all community members in the Weeneebayko region:

As of 9:00 PM last night (July 24) all phone services, including all emergency numbers, are fully restored.

Thankfully, there were no impacts to patient safety or care delivery during the outage at any WAHA sites or the nursing stations in Peawanuk and Kashechewan.

A sincere meegwetch to all staff, community members, and partner organizations for their patience and collaboration during the outage.

Please share this post to help update everyone.

24/07/2025

Update as of 1:45, there is no change in the current status. Phone lines, including 911 and local health centre numbers, remain unavailable due to the ongoing external service outage.

Reminder: If you need medical assistance, please go in person to your nearest health centre or hospital.

Ambulance units remain stationed outside of the Hospitals and Health centres to support urgent needs.

Please take this time to check in on your neighbours, especially elders, vulnerable individuals, or those who may not be aware of the situation. Ensuring their safety and well-being is important during this disruption.

We will continue to monitor the situation and provide further updates as they become available

Meegwetch

⚠️ URGENT NOTICE - Cell Service Disruption ⚠️

We are currently experiencing widespread cell service and landline disruptions across the region. This outage is affecting the ability to make or receive phone calls, including calls to 911 and local health centres.

If you require medical assistance:
Please call your local health centre directly if you are able to get through.

If you cannot reach your health centre by phone, please go in person to your nearest health centre or hospital.

Ambulance units will be stationed outside of the Moosonee Health Centre and the Kashachewan Nursing Station to assist with urgent needs on site.

Local Health Centre Landline Numbers:
Moosonee Health Centre: 705-336-2341
Kashechewan Nursing Station: 705-275-4444
Attawapiskat Hospital: 705-997-2150
Fort Albany Hospital: 705-278-3330
Peawanuck Nursing Station: 705-473-2525
Weeneebayko General Hospital: 705-658-4544
We are currently working closely with our system providers to restore phone and emergency dispatch services as quickly as possible.

As a result of this service disruption, WAHA has initiated a Code Grey.

A Code Grey is declared when there is a loss or failure of essential services, such as communications systems. This ensures that staff across all departments are aware of the situation and are following emergency response procedures to maintain patient safety and care.

Our next update will be shared around 1:30 p.m.

We appreciate your patience and understanding as we continue to manage this situation.