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Stephanie Maki & Jackie Rink, Family Home Visitors


Family home visitors (FHVs) from the Healthy Babies Healthy Children Program added food skills education into the services they offered to families in 2015 thanks to a one-time grant from the Ministry of Children and Youth Services. As…

The TBDHU is following a revised province-wide risk assessment for food premises called the Operational Approaches for Food Safety Guideline, 2019. 

This guideline is expected to make better use of the time spent inspecting food premises.   

Food premises include places…

 

Tips


Keep it simple! Focus on changing one lifestyle habit at a time. As that becomes routine, build in another goal that helps you reach the overall lifestyle you are aiming for.
Stay positive! Believe in yourself that you can achieve your healthy lifestyle goals. If you have a…

Emergency Preparedness

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Take time to consider what you will do if you or a family/household member becomes sick and needs care.
If you are responsible for dependents, including young children or elderly relatives, consider putting in place alternative care plans should you…

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Include cross-curricular connections in the classroom
Use hands-on learning strategies to engage students in the learning process
Spread healthy eating lessons throughout the year
Explain the facts about healthy eating using current and credible…

In School Implementation

To administer the NFVP in participating schools, annual Implementation funds are provided to participating schools. These funds can be used to cover:


The cost of supplies and small food equipment
Food literacy and physical activity resources that support your school…

The perishable fruits and vegetables must be refrigerated in the designated snack refrigerator upon arrival to your school and must remain refrigerated until delivery to classrooms.

It would be advisable to serve the most perishable item (i.e. pre-sliced items) at the beginning of the week and…

Our school nurses work with elementary, high school and post-secondary institutions throughout the district to provide nursing services and assist with health programming. Our strategies and initiatives are related, but not limited, to the Ministry of Education’s Foundations for a Healthy…

Parent involvement makes a huge difference in the success of children at school, and what you say and do as a parent matters. Below are some links that provide good information about health and your child.

Links and Handouts

 




Tip Sheets about the school system for parents in 15…

Is Your Organization Interested in Serving Wild Game to the Public?

TBDHU has recently revamped its process for approving applications to serve wild game to the public.

You can apply to serve wild game on a one-time basis such as a fundraising event, or if you are a non-profit, you can apply to…

If you smoke or vape, your lungs could be more susceptible to a respiratory illness, such as COVID-19. People who smoke or vape are more likely to have pre-existing conditions, a compromised immune system and poorer lung health. As a result, they are more susceptible to contracting the virus…

June 7, 2020 - Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) is reporting 1 (one) new case of COVID-19 in residents in the TBDHU Region.

For information about the status of COVID-19 in the Thunder Bay District Health Unit area, please visit Current COVID-19 Data in TBDHU.

 

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August 27, 2020 - Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU) has been advised that a recent positive test on a TBDHU area resident was incorrect due to a technical issue at the lab that analyzed the test. This lab is in southern Ontario and not one of the labs in our area.

Repeat analysis of the…

Section 32 of Ontario Regulation 493 requires that every food premises operator must ensure that at all times during operation there is at least one food handler or supervisor on the premises who has completed provincially-approved food handler training. The Thunder Bay District Health Unit (TBDHU…

What is Food Poisoning?

Foodborne illness, commonly known as food poisoning, happens when people eat food containing harmful germs or organisms including bacteria, viruses, parasites or fungi. Many foods naturally contain small amounts of these germs, but our bodies can usually handle them without…