ᐋᔑᑯᒻ ᐱᐳᓐᐦ ᑎ ᐹ ᒋᒨ ᓯᓂ ᐦᐄ ᑭ ᓐ annual report 2016 2017 ᒥᔪᐱᒫᑎᓰᐅᓐ ᐊᓈᓈᑭᒋᐦᑖᑭᓅᒡ cree board of health and social services of james bay 2016 2017 ᒥᔪᐱᒫᑎᓰᐅᓐ ᐋᔑᑯᒻ ᐱᐳᓐᐦ ᑎ ᐹ ᒋᒨ ᓯᓂ ᐦᐄ ᑭ ᓐ creeᐊᓈᓈᑭᒋᐦᑖᑭᓅᒡ board of health and annual social services of james bay report Photo credits Cover photo dreamcatcher (detail) taken by Tatiana Philiptchenko Table of contents Pages 8, 9, 10, 11 & 12 — Tatiana Philiptchenko Page 13 — Rodolphe Beaulieu Page 17 — (a) & (b) Tatiana Philiptchenko and (c) Katherine Morrow Page 19 — Paul Brindamour Pages 20, 25, 26, 27, 29 & 31 — Tatiana Philiptchenko 6-7 organigram & population map Page 35 — Robert Auclair Pages 39, 41 & 42 — Tatiana Philiptchenko Page 43 — Robert Carlin 9 group Pages 44, 45, 47 & 50 — Tatiana Philiptchenko 1 board & executive Page 51 — Katherine Morrow Page 54 — Carolyn Wall 27 Page 55 — Joshua Loon 2 pimuhteheu group Pages 57 & 60 — Tatiana Philiptchenko 30 Pre-hospital Emergency Services and Emergency Measures Page 61 — Joshua Loon Page 64 — Tatiana Philiptchenko 32 Youth Healing Services Page 67 — Katherine Morrow Page 69 — Tatiana Philiptchenko 35 Youth Protection Page 71 — Virginie Lubino Pages 73 — unknown 38 Program Development and Support Pages 74 & 75 — Tatiana Philiptchenko 42 Page 77 — (a) Tatiana Philiptchenko and (b) Catherine Godin Public Health Page 79 — (a) Tatiana Philiptchenko and (b) Katherine Morrow Page 81 — Joshua Loon Page 83 — (a) & (b) unknown 55 3 nishiiyuu miyupimaatisiiun group Page 87 — Tatiana Philiptchenko 58 Organizational Quality and Cultural Safety Page 89 — Maggie Etapp Page 91 — unknown Page 93 — Matthew Iserhoff 61 group Page 94 — Tatiana Philiptchenko 4 Miyupimaatisiiun Page 95 — Iain Cook 63 Medical Affairs and Services Page 97 — unknown Page 99 — Tatiana Philiptchenko 66 Nursing Page 101 — Chantal Vinet-Lanouette Page 103 — Iain Cook 67 Allied Health Page 104 — Katherine Morrow Pages 105, 106 & 118 — Tatiana Philiptchenko 68 Psychosocial 70 With the exception of all photographs, the information in this publication may be reproduced without charge or further Chisasibi Hospital permission, provided that the CBHSSJB is identified as the source. Download a copy at: creehealth.org 75 Community Miyupimaatisiiun Centres (CMCs) Editor — Katherine Morrow Copy Editors — Patrick McDonagh, Alison Scott Statistics — Pierre Lejeune 95 5 administrative resources group Layout & design — Alison Scott Design 97 Human Resources Annual Report of the Cree Board of Health and Social Services of James Bay, 2016-2017 © 2017 CBHSSJB 99 Financial Resources Box 250, Chisasibi, QC J0M 1E0 100 ISSN 11929-6983 (Print) Information Technology Resources ISSN 1929-6991 (Online) 102 Material Resources Legal deposit — 3rd trimester 2017 National Library of Canada 104 Wiichihiituwin (Cree Patient Services) Bibliothèque et Archives nationales du Québec, 2017 107 6 financial statements CBHSSJB organigram council of chishaayiyuu (elders) ᐋ ᑎᐹᒋᒥᑭᐎᔮᐦᒡ council of physicians, dentists About the CBHSSJB board of and pharmacists directors Founded in 1978, the Cree Board of Health and In addition to CMCs, the CBHSSJB operates council of nurses Social Services of James Bay (CBHSSJB) is the 29-bed Chisasibi Regional Hospital, three SERVICE quality and complaints responsible for the administration of health and homes for youth at risk, a Regional Public COMMISSIONER social services for all persons residing either Health Department and program planning unit, permanently or temporarily in Region 18, the Wiichihiituwin (formerly Cree Patient Services) administrative region of the Ministry of Health liaison offices in Chibougamau, Val-d’Or and executive CORPORATE SERVICES and Social Services of Quebec corresponding Montreal, and a recruitment office in Montreal. direction to the Cree territory of James Bay. Our mandate The Head Office is in Chisasibi. is defined in Chapter S-5—An Act respecting health services and social services for Cree The CBHSSJB is governed by an elected Native persons. Board of Directors whose Chairperson is Bella M. Petawabano. Advisory Commit- In each of the nine communities of Eeyou tees and Councils report directly to the Office Istchee, the CBHSSJB operates a Community of the Chair, as do the Service Quality and Miyupimaatisiiun Centre (CMC), which is similar Complaints Commissioner and the Medical nishiiyuu pimuhteheu miyupimaatisiiun administrative miyupimaatisiiun to a CISSS elsewhere in Quebec. CMCs offer Examiner. The Interim Executive Director is resources services in general medicine, home care, Mr. Daniel St-Amour. dentistry, social services and allied health. ᐙᐱᒫᑯᔥᑐᐃ 990 Whapmagoostui 6 pre-hospital community medical affairs human resources 7 emergency services development and services 7 and emergency complimentary medicine financial measures services and resources programs dentistry eeyou istchee youth healing pharmacy information Population July 2016 services organizational technology 4,693 ᒋᓵᓰᐲ quality and nursing Chisasibi 17,810 cultural safety resources youth protection evaluation and allied health material accreditation program resources development and client midwifery support experience and 1,539 organizational wiichihiituwin Wemindᐐᒥᓂᒌji disability psychosocial (formerly cree performance patient services) services maanuuhiikuu chisasibi (mental health) 803 va l- d’o r Eaᐄᔅstᒣᐃmaiᓐn chisasibi community hosptial miyupimaatisiium chibougamau public health centres montreal awash (0-9 yrs) uschiniichisuu (10-29 yrs) 801 Nemᓀᒥᔅᑳaska 3,763 ᒥᔅᑎᓯᓃ chishaayiyuu (30+ yrs) chisasibi chisasibi 2,398 Mistissini hospital eastmain serc (surveillance, There is approximately an additional 5% regional mistissini of non-permanent residents who also evaluation, research, receive -services from the CBHSSJB. communications) clinical nemaska ᐙᔅWaskᑳᐦagᐄᑲanishᓂᔥ health oujé-bougoumou The 0 to 4 year-old age group size has services been corrected using the 2011-2013 births waskaganish 845 (+ 2014 and 2015 estimates) and 2011- OujᐅᒉÉ-Bougouᐴᑯᒨmou telehealth waswanipi 2014 deaths numbers from the MSSS. wemindji Sources: MSSS, JBNQA Cree beneficiary list, 2016; MSSS Births whapmagoostui 1,978 databases 2011-2013; MSSS Mortality ᐙᔅᐙᓂWaswanipᐲi databases 2011-2014; Statistics Canada 2011 National Household Survey. This chapter summarizes the activities of the governance functions of the CBHSSJB under the current Chairperson, Mrs. Bella Moses Petawabano, and the interim Executive Director, Mr. Daniel St-Amour. Reports from Councils and Committees that report to the Board are also included here, such as the Council of Physicians, Dentists and Pharmacists (CPDP), the newly constituted Council of Nurses, the Service Quality and Complaints Commissioner and the department of Corporate Services. 9 1 ᑳboard ᐱᒥᐱᔨᐦᑖᑦ and executive Message from Message from the the Chair Executive Director When I was elected Chair of the Cree Health On September 14, 2016 I was sworn in to my It has been my honour to continue to serve the ● Construction of Women’s Shelters in Board in 2012, I had already been with the second four-year term as the Chairperson Cree Nation of Eeyou Istchee as interim Execu- Waswanipi and Waskaganish; organization for many years—including service of the CBHSSJB. The next four years will be tive Director during the past year. People who ● New respirology services to help people as a Board member. I identified a number of marked by major capital projects including a have worked with me know that I am passion- with breathing and sleep problems; objectives that I wanted to achieve during my new regional hospital in Chisasibi, and there ate about logistics. As a Colonel and Canadian ● Expansion of on-Territory specialist care tenure. First of all, of course, I wanted to see will be a stronger role for Nishiiyuu, the Depart- Forces Field Hospital Commanding Officer, I and telehealth services to reduce the need the very best of health care being provided for ment responsible for ensuring that Eeyou and oversaw and streamlined the deployment of for travel; all Eeyouch and Eenouch. I knew that to make Eenou values and approaches are integrated military hospitals around the world, including in this happen, the Cree Health Board would need into every aspect of care. As Chairperson I conflict zones such as Bosnia and Rwanda. In ● Significant progress towards the goal of a strong Board of Directors. I am proud of how will continue with my fellow members of the health and social services, every member of the bringing childbirth back to the Territory; we have evolved in this area. Since early 2013, Board of Directors to maintain a constant and team—from the back office to the frontline—is ● Investing in our Cree workforce through we put in place training for Board members real dialogue to listen to and understand your important to patient care. When systems work the Cree Succession program and other that has enabled them to be more effective community’s needs. We will work closely with efficiently, our professionals can focus on their training programs. 10 advocates for the communities that they are the community to provide quality care that is jobs of caring and healing, and our clients can The new Chisasibi Regional Hospital will open 11 elected to represent. In 2014, we adopted a culturally adapted to the community. focus on getting well. in 2024. We are already working towards that new Governance Model that gives existing and goal with the Strategic Regional Plan as our I thank Daniel St-Amour for his capable and I first arrived in Chisasibi in 2009 as Director new Committees of the Board a stronger