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Community Storiesᐋ ᑎᐹᒋᒧᓈᓂᐎᒡ
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June 06 2017On May 30, 2017 at a ceremony in Val-d’Or, the Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay honoured three of our longest serving and most respected and admired Community Health Representatives (CHRs): Helen Iserhoff, Rose Iserhoff, and Rita Trapper. Michelle Gray, Director of... Read More -
April 28 2017An important training for the all the Community Health Representatives of the CBHSSJB will take place in Val-d'Or, Quebec on May 29-June 2, 2017. This training provides our CHRs the support they need and the opportunity to update their knowledge in different fields.We kindly request our clients to... Read More -
March 24 2017On Friday, March 24 a delegation of Indigenous Maya K’iche’ health workers from Guatemala visited the Eeyou community of Mistissini as part of a Canada-Guatemala exchange program. The visit was coordinated by Horizons of Friendship, a Canadian international development organization with... Read More -
March 02 2017The Dentistry Department of the Cree Health Board is happy to share that a first group of approximately 12 students in Mistissini have successfully completed the first module of the training program for Dental Assistants. This training initiative is the result of a collaboration between the Cree... Read More -
February 28 2017On January 17 and 18, the Cree Nation of Mistissini had the pleasure to welcome a team of researchers from four universities. Elders, healers, community members and organizations worked together under the project name "Traditional Ways and Science".It was the beloved Mistissini Elder Jane... Read More -
February 13 2017Quilts are a wonderful way to collaborate on collective art projects. It is with this in mind that in the summer of 2016 Josée Quesnel, Planning, Programming and Research Officer in Addiction at the CBHSSJB, initiated a quilt project now displayed in the new Public Health building located on 233... Read More -
January 13 2017In the summer of 2016, Cree artist Natasia Mukash started working on a painting for the Awash team. This painting is now proudly displayed in Mistissini's new Public Health building and is the image used for our 2017 calendar. In a while, this painting will also be featured on new Awash kits... Read More -
November 24 2016The Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay joins its voice to the Grand Council of the Crees of Eeyou Istchee / Cree Nation Government in calling on the Québec Government to initiate a provincial judicial inquiry to investigate the relationship between indigenous women and police... Read More -
November 23 2016UPDATE: On November 22, 2016, Grand Chief Matthew Coon Come, James Bobbish (former Chairperson of the CBHSSJB), Bella Moses Petawabano (current Chairperson of the CBHSSJB), and legal counsel Matthew Sherrard, delivered statements and answered questions at the public hearings on Bill 113 at the... Read More -
November 09 2016The 2015-2015 Annual Report of the Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay (CBHSSJB) is now available online. Go to the Annual Report download page.The 110 page report presents the highlights of work accomplished during the fiscal year ending March 31, 2016. It includes valuable data... Read More