What's NewTikinagan recruits youth representatives (NEW APRIL 30 DEADLINE)Posted: Feb 16 2012 - 10:17amTikinagan Child and Family Services is looking for youths to help guide our agency in its support of children, families and communities. Two youths, one male and one female, are needed to serve as youth representatives to Tikinagan's Board. Read moreGeorge Nate: friend to foster parents, co-workers & neighboursPosted: Feb 8 2012 - 2:11pmA co-worker describes George Nate as someone who gets along well with others. "He likes to interact. You just want to be around him, the way he treats people." These attributes have served Nate well in his job as a Tikinagan residential care worker over the past 20 years, visiting and supporting foster parents in their care of children. Read moreTwo agency homes open in PikangikumPosted: Jan 27 2012 - 1:58pmTikinagan Child and Family Services recently opened two agency-operated homes in Pikangikum, allowing more children in Tikinagan care to stay in the community. Kari Jacobson, Tikinagan service manager for residential care, says the homes will be used for emergency placements, with children cared for by live-in foster parents. Read moreRaising the Children sessions start FebruaryPosted: Jan 20 2012 - 2:51pmRaising the Children, a program for Aboriginal parents, will be offered by Tikinagan prevention co-ordinators in several First Nations starting in February. Already delivered by Tikinagan staff in Sandy Lake and Kasabonika Lake, the program will expand to other communities after more prevention co-ordinators received training in December as Raising the Children facilitators. Read moreHockey legend visits Tikinagan supervisorsPosted: Jan 6 2012 - 11:44amA sellout crowd of nearly 46,000 chanted and celebrated seeing Reggie Leach and other former Philadelphia Flyers take to the outdoor ice Saturday for a special alumni hockey game against past New York Rangers. Far away, in November, Leach met fans in Sioux Lookout fewer in number but just as enthusiastic when he made a surprise visit to a Tikinagan Child and Family Services supervisors meeting. Read moreTo Kasabonika for ChristmasPosted: Dec 28 2011 - 4:35pm
This isn't Santa delivering presents by reindeer-pulled sleigh. It's Tikinagan workers taking gifts for children in Kasabonika Lake by van, plane and truck. Read moreMamow Obiki-ahwahsoowin: making a personal commitmentPosted: Dec 22 2011 - 11:28amTikinagan Child and Family Services workers have gathered to learn more about Tikinagan's Mamow Obiki-ahwahsoowin service model. In Ojibwe and Oji-Cree, Mamow Obiki-ahwahsoowin means "Everyone working together to raise our children." Read moreService awards and Santa at Christmas partyPosted: Dec 16 2011 - 11:30amTikinagan Child and Family Services staff gathered for their annual Christmas dinner and dance in Sioux Lookout on Friday evening, Dec. 9. About 160 employees and guests attended the semi-formal event at the Royal Canadian Legion. Read moreLearning from each otherPosted: Dec 2 2011 - 2:19pmIn pairs or small groups, Tikinagan family service workers and supervisors discuss how to deal with family crises. It's the opening exercise at a three-day meeting in Deer Lake, Nov. 7-9. Read moreMany helping hands for Deer Lake feastPosted: Nov 18 2011 - 10:20amDeer Lakers lined two rows of tables stretching the length of their school gym, while those who couldn't get a seat found a place alongside the stage on one side or the folded bleachers on the other. With other servers, Kenny Meekis walked the rows of people, an estimated 150-200 of them, dishing out spaghetti and pouring tea and coffee. Read more |
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