Assessing the impact of fly-in fly-out work on families and communities
Joshua Loon explains the FIFO impact assessment study
The Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay announces an impact assessment study on the impact of fly-in fly-out (FIFO) on workers, families and Cree communities.
The impact assessment will:
- identify the realities families experience when a family member is away for weeks or months at a time, working outside the community at a mine or other remote site.
- allow the Cree Health Board to identify ways to support workers, their families and extended families with programs, services and resources to ensure their quality of life.
During the next few months, the project team representing the CBHSSJB will visit several communities in Eeyou Istchee, as well as mining sites and Income Security Camps. During their visits, they will meet with workers and other community members including Elders to gather their input through surveys, focus groups and individual interviews.
Would you like to participate in the impact assessment?
Fill out our contact sheet and register as a participant.
You will have the choice to complete the questionnaire online, in person (interview) or participate in a focus group in your community.
Kris Morrison discusses the study with Joshua Loon
Joshua: Good afternoon, Kris. Can you explain or can you make an introduction for yourself and also the introduction of your project.
Kris: Good afternoon, Josh. I am happy to be here.
So, Wâciyekw. My name is Kris Morrison.
I'm a husband to a wonderful wife.
I'm a dad to three great sons and two daughters.
I'm a Cree and from Moose Factory.
My connection to the Eeyou Istchee is from my kuuhkum.
So, who is from the territory and I will be coming back there with a team to learn about the impacts of people leaving their Home and Community to work at a mine or live at their income security camps.
This impact assessment [...] needs help from the Eeyou.
You can help us out by taking our survey or doing a questionnaire people may also sign up to be interviewed or in a be in a group discussion.
My assistant is also Moose Cree. Her name is Tehya Quachegan.
And we want to learn from you. We want to learn and hear your story.
And we want to take these stories and make recommendations to the Cree Health Board.
So that they can take action to help provide for the individuals, families and communities.
Along with our services, we are giving items to those who support our project here. So we're going to be getting those cool hats there and some nice hoodies and some other gifts.
And some those gifts will be given to the people who want to support in any way they can, whether it's by taking the survey being an interviewed.
And so I look forward to hearing from you, and so does Tehya.
Thank you. I'm Kris Morrison. I'm the founder and CEO of the Indigenous Men's Alliance [IMA].
The findings will allow us to identify initiatives and provide services or programs to support the commuter, their families and extended families with resources to ensure their quality of life.
Meet the project team
Kris Morrison
Project Lead
Kris is from Moose Factory, Ontario. He innovatively articulates his traditional and cultural ways of overall well-being to teach and listen to those he has the honour of meeting. His leadership skills and knowledge are used to encourage and make everyone in his presence feel welcome. Kris believes that knowing who you are leads to success at being yourself and is the most important achievement for all peoples. Kris is the founder & CEO of the Indigenous Men's Alliance (IMA).
Tehya Quachegan
Project Assistant
Tehya Quachegan is Cree from Moose Factory. She grew up in Thunder Bay and currently lives in London, Ontario. Tehya is completing her undergraduate studies at Western University with an honours double major in Psychology and Indigenous Studies. She plans to continue her studies at Western with an MA in Media Studies to further research how resource extraction impacts Indigenous communities. Outside of school, Tehya sits on the Nishnawbe Aski Nation Oshkaatisak and Ontario First Nation Young Peoples Councils.
Would you like to participate in the impact assessment?
Fill out our contact sheet and register as a participant.
You will have the choice to complete the questionnaire online, in person (interview) or participate in a focus group in your community.
