Our
Partners
Representing health service providers across the Rainy River District, learn more about each of our RRDOHT Health Team Partners.
Care Organizations
Atikokan Family Health Team
The Atikokan Family Health Team works closely with The Atikokan Medical Associates to deliver quality health care in the community. The Atikokan Family Health Team is located at 101 Zuke Road and is staffed by two Nurse Practitioners, two Registered Nurses, two Registered Practical Nurses, a Dietitian, a Pharmacist, and a Mental Health Worker.
Atikokan General Hospital
A fully accredited 41-bed facility that offers emergency, acute care, long-term care, and a range of outpatient services. Health care services are provided to all residents of Atikokan and the surrounding area and with a complement of more than 100 employees, serving approximately 6,000 outpatients on a yearly basis. Atikokan General administers and operates community-based programs including mental health counselling and addictions services.
Canadian Mental Health Association
(CMHA) – Fort Frances Branch
With the vision of mental health and wellness in all communities, CMHAFF provides multiple programs through our offices in Fort Frances, Kenora, Dryden, Red Lake, Sioux Lookout, and Atikokan. Programs include: mental health counselling to adults 60 years and older; Peer support and Peer drop-in centres; Psychogeriatric resource consultation in Long-Term Care Homes and Hospitals; as well as Case Management, Court Support & Diversion, Housing Subsidy Support, and therapy for individuals 18 years of age and older through the Ontario Structured Psychotherapy Program. While CMHAFF has offices in multiple locations programs specific to Fort Frances include Case Management, Court Support & Diversion, Housing Subsidy Support and the Safe Bed Program. Mobile Crisis Support workers work in Fort Frances and Atikokan. Visit our website or call toll free 1-877-311-0117 to learn more.
Giishkaandago’lkwe Health Services
Giishkaandago’Ikwe Health Services, recognizes many factors contribute to the wellbeing of our Anishinaabe people. We aspire to create an organization that forges a path to wellness by integrating programs rooted in the resiliencies and strengths of the people we serve. Giishkaandago’Ikwe Health Services is a multi-faceted, accredited organization that, through its diversity of programs and dedication to bi-cultural approaches to health and wellness, is a leader in providing innovative wholistic care to the 10 Anishinaabe Nations and surrounding area in Southern Treaty #3.
Giishkaandago’Ikwe Health Services provides Home and Community Care, Diabetes Education, Foot Care, Jordan’s Principle-Child’s First Initiative, Children’s Oral Health Initiative, Public Health Nursing, Environmental Health, Cultural programing, Traditional Healing, and Mental Health and Addiction Services; including a medical supervised Withdrawal Management program and a 28-day Residential Treatment program. Giishkaandago’Ikwe Health Services works closely with our communities, partners and funders to improve the health and wellness of the Nations it serves.
Our Vision: MINO AYAWIN (Good Health)
Our Mission:
We are a center of excellence and a leader in innovative health care guided by the seven Grandfather teachings of the Anishinaabeg inspiring knowledge, strength, empowerment for life long MINO AYAWIN (Good Health).
Gizhewaadiziwin Health Access Centre
A community-based, Indigenous controlled, primary care service that combines western curative care with traditional Ojibwe healing philosophies and practices. The Access Centre provides clinical, social, health promotion and preventive services, as well as access to traditional Ojibway healers.This centre is the result of a unique partnership between area First Nations, the United Native Friendship Centre and the Sunset Country Metis.
Fort Frances Family Health Team
A Family Health Team offers an interprofessional team-based approach to primary care service delivery. In partnership with our affiliated physicians group, the team provides services to rostered patients. The FF FHT team consists of nurse practitioners, a health promoter, an advance woundcare practitioner, nurses and a registered dietitian. The team works collaboratively with the patient to receive the best care possible.
Northwestern Health Unit (NWHU)
The NWHU is the most westerly of Ontario’s 34 public health units, serving part of the Kenora district and the entire Rainy River district. Its catchment area stretches across 173,828 square kilometres, about one-fifth of the Province of Ontario. This area includes 19 municipalities; 39 First Nations communities; and two unincorporated/unorganized territories, which include Kenora Unorganized and Rainy River Unorganized. The region has a dispersed population of 87,677. Using a distributed services model, it has offices in 13 municipalities that work to provide services across the region.
Rainy River District Social Services Administration Board (RRDSSAB)
The NWHU is the most westerly of Ontario’s 34 public health units, serving part of the Kenora district and the entire Rainy River district. Its catchment area stretches across 173,828 square kilometres, about one-fifth of the Province of Ontario. This area includes 19 municipalities; 39 First Nations communities; and two unincorporated/unorganized territories, which include Kenora Unorganized and Rainy River Unorganized. The region has a dispersed population of 87,677. Using a distributed services model, it has offices in 13 municipalities that work to provide services across the region.
Riverside Health Care
(Fort Frances, Emo, & Rainy River Health Centres)
A fully accredited multi-site, multi-faceted health care system, its health care sites across the district serve a catchment area of more than 20,000 residents in 15,500 square kilometers. Riverside’s mandate is to Improve the health of every person served, responding to the needs of its communities. Innovative, high quality health care is inspired and delivered by its team and partners.
Anishinaabe Communities
Anishinaabeg of Naogashiing (Big Island)
The goal is to ensure, enhance and protect the culture, traditions, land, language, resources, health, social and economic well being of the Anishinaabeg of Naongashiing.
Couchiching First Nation
The vision is to be an inviting, self-sustaining model community that embraces all aspects of the Anishinaabe culture and traditions with an emphasis on environmental stewardship. Couchiching First Nation provides its members a wide range of services and programs for a supportive community environment.
Lac La Croix First Nation
As a signatory to Treaty 3, Lac La Croix First Nation is a member of the Pwi-Di-Goo-Zing Ne-Yaa-Zhing Advisory Services, a Regional Chiefs Council, and Grand Council of Treaty 3, a Tribal Political Organization that represents many of First Nation governments in northwestern Ontario and southeastern Manitoba.
Mishkosiminiziibiing (Big Grassy River)
Mishkosiminiziibiing is an Ojibway community of 277 residents in Northwestern Ontario, located on the southeast shores of beautiful Lake of the Woods. Big Grassy River First Nation is part of the Grand Council Treaty #3 Tribal Organization.
Mitaanjigamiing First Nation
Located at the Northwestern arm of Rainy Lake, Mitaanjigamiing First Nation encompasses approximately 1,600 hectares of land (18.27 square km.), comprised of 14 sq.km of mainland, a peninsula, and two islands. A registered membership is at approximately 140 persons.
Naicatchewenin First Nation (Northwest Bay)
The Naicatchewenin First Nation, also known as the Anishinaabeg of Nagaajiwanaang and formerly known as Northwest Bay First Nation is located approximately 60 km northwest of Fort Frances, with the community of Devlin 50 km to the south on Highway 17. The settlements of Nagaajiwanaang include Rainy Lake No.17A, Rainy Lake No. 17B, and Agency No.1. Its land base totalling 3,711.50 acres was surveyed in 1878. The band had a registered population of 520 as of May 2021, with 323 living on reserve).
Nigigoonsiminikaaning (Red Gut)
A centre of excellence and a leader in innovative health care, guided by the seven Grandfather teachings of the Anishinaabe, inspiring knowledge, strength and empowerment for the purpose of lifelong Mino ayawin (good health).
Ojibways of Onigaming
Together with the Big Grassy First Nation, Ojibways of Onigaming First Nation is a successor apparent to the former Assabaska Band of Saulteaux. The total registered population in May 2021 was 817, of which the on-reserve population was 470. The First Nation is a member of the Anishinabeg of Kabapikotawangag Resource Council, a regional tribal council that is a member of the Grand Council of Treaty 3. The First Nation has reserved for itself six reserves.
Rainy River First Nations (Manitou Rapids)
The First Nation is an amalgamation of seven historical Rainy River Saulteaux bands. It has reserved for itself two Indian Reserve tracts: the three hectares (7.4 acres) Long Sault 12 and the 2,267.1 hectares (5,602 acres) Manitou Rapids 11. As of May 2021, the Nation has a total of 1,218 registered members, including 463 residents.
Seine River First Nation
Seine River First Nation’s connection to their culture as Anishnaabe forms the root of who they are and how they walk in this world. And how they will continue to prepare for the future of the community and ensure prosperity for the generations of community members that will come after them.
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