Rainy River District Ontario Health Team

The Story of the Logo

The story behind the Rainy River District Ontario Health Team logo begins with ideas, discussed and shared between all partner health organizations and the regional First Nations. These ideas included:


  1. The Circle : Shows partnership, unity, balance
  2. Interconnectedness : Between all people and the land. 
  3. Elements : Natural medicines and elements.
  4. The Drum : To represent the four drums which are the keepers of the 10 area First Nation communities: The Big Island Drum, the Big Grassy Drum, the Manitou Drum, and the Mother Drum.
     
    There is healing in the drums.
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The Circle

The main image in the centre of the logo is a drum.

The colours on the drum skin represent the cultural diversity of the area communities. There are 20 shapes which when fit together represent the Rainy River District Ontario Health Team partners. Ten for the local health organizations, and 10 for the area First Nations. 

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The Colours

Each colour has been carefully chosen to represent a natural element that is important to our region and our way of life. In addition to the natural element, we have associated each colour with a traditional medicine. 

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Green

Natural element : The land, and the elders
Traditional medicine : Sweetgrass

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Blue

Natural element : The water

Traditional medicine: the blueish purple blooms of the sage plant

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Grey / Brown

Natural element : The rock, and the soil
Traditional medicine : Tobacco

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Red

Natural element: The vibrant sunsets
Traditional medicine : Cedar

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The Connection

Joining together around the drum, are a partnership of people, working in unison. Connected together, helping each other, supporting. 

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The Heart

The logo brings together the natural, the spiritual, and the technological. Running through the centre of the logo is an ECG line, showing the rhythm of a patient’s heartbeat. It represents the care provided by the health organizations that make up the partnership. 

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The RRDOHT Logo

When all the colours are put together, we have a vibrant palette that represents the natural surroundings, and also the people of this region. It also forms four direction shapes of the traditional medicine wheel. These directions represent the four stages of life: baby, youth, adult, elder. 

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