13 Charter Items
These 13 charter items represent a framework by which we can develop goals or categorize existing services.
Please click on a charter item to learn more about existing programs in Thunder Bay!
Charter Item #1
Our schools will have annually reviewed policies or guidance documents for dying, death, loss and care.
Currently in Thunder Bay:
Hospice Northwest: Help Us Understand Grief (HUUG), ‘Talking About Death Doesn’t Suck’, and Workplace Toolkit – https://www.hospicenorthwest.ca/
Ontario Caregivers Organization: young caregivers connect and online support group (15-35 yrs) – youngcaregiversconnect.ca
Lakehead University: Onsite counselling – https://www.lakeheadu.ca
Confederation College: Onsite counselling – https://www.confederationcollege.ca/
Charter Item #2
Our trade unions will have annually reviewed policies or guidance documents for dying, death, loss and care.
Currently in Thunder Bay:
Ontario Public Service Employees Union – https://opseu.org/
Employee Standards Act – https://www.ontario.ca/ESA
If you or your organization holds an event or activity under this charter item in Thunder Bay or the Region, please email compassionatetbay@gmail.com.
Charter Item #3
Our workplaces will have annually reviewed policies or guidance documents for dying, death, loss and care.
Currently in Thunder Bay:
Hospice Northwest: “Don’t Duck the Conversation – Workplace Toolkit Edition” – https://www.hospicenorthwest.ca/
Ontario Caregivers Organization: Working Caregiver workshop/guide & online course for workplaces for caregivers – https://ontariocaregiver.ca/
Employment Standards Act – https://www.ontario.ca/ESA
Charter Item #4
Our churches and temples will have at least one dedicated group for end of life care support.
Currently in Thunder Bay:
*At this time, each church and temple may have their own policies, events or groups for during and after end of life.*
If you or your organization holds an event or activity under this charter item in Thunder Bay or the Region, please email compassionatetbay@gmail.com.
Charter Item #5
Our city’s hospices and nursing homes will have a community development program involving local area citizens in end of life care activities and programs.
Currently in Thunder Bay:
Regional Palliative care committees – https://www.rpcp.sjcg.net/
Hospice Northwest palliative volunteer program – https://www.hospicenorthwest.ca/
If you or your organization holds an event or activity under this charter item in Thunder Bay or the Region, please email compassionatetbay@gmail.com.
Charter Item #6
Our city’s major museums and art galleries will hold annual exhibitions on the experiences of aging, dying, death, loss or care.
Currently in Thunder Bay:
Hospice Northwest: A Personal Lens on Grief – https://www.hospicenorthwest.ca/
If you or your organization holds an event or activity under this charter item in Thunder Bay or the Region, please email compassionatetbay@gmail.com.
Charter Item #7
Hike for Hospice: Memorial for the Vulnerably Housed, & Candlelight Service – https://www.hospicenorthwest.ca/
Dilico: Honouring our Children walk (for National Day for Truth and Reconciliation) – https://www.dilico.com/
Lakehead Student Union Gender Issues Centre and Aboriginal Awareness Centre: Take Back the Night – https://www.lakeheadu.ca/
St. Joseph’s Foundation of Thunder Bay: Virtual Memorial Walls – https://www.sjftb.net/
If you or your organization holds an event or activity under this charter item in Thunder Bay or the Region, please email compassionatetbay@gmail.com.
Charter Item #8
Our city will promote compassionate communities programs to engage neighbourhoods and local streets in direct care activities for their local residents living with health crisis, aging, caregiving, and grief.
Currently in Thunder Bay:
Ontario Caregivers Organization – https://ontariocaregiver.ca/
If you or your organization holds an event or activity under this charter item in Thunder Bay or the Region, please email compassionatetbay@gmail.com.
Charter Item #9
Age Friendly: Seniors Awards – https://agefriendlythunderbay.ca/
Hospice Northwest (HNW): Clay Mosley Award for HNW volunteers – https://www.hospicenorthwest.ca/
Centre for Education and Research on Aging and Health (CERAH): Award to professional caregivers within CERAH – https://cerah.lakeheadu.ca/
City of Thunder Bay: Mayor’s Community Safety Awards – https://www.thunderbay.ca
If you or your organization holds an event or activity under this charter item in Thunder Bay or the Region, please email compassionatetbay@gmail.com.
Charter Item #10
Our city will publicly showcase, in print and in social media, our local government policies, services, funding opportunities, partnerships, and public events that address ‘our compassionate concerns’ with living with aging, life-threatening and life-limiting illness, loss and bereavement, and long term caring. All end of life care-related services within the city limits will be encouraged to distribute this material or these web links including veterinarians and funeral organizations.
Currently in Thunder Bay:
211 Northern Region: A Resource Guide to Aging Adults in Thunder Bay (2021) – https://agefriendly.211north.ca/
211:List of available resources – https://211ontario.ca/
Centre for Education and research on Aging and Health (CERAH): Grief & Bereavement resource list – https://cerah.lakeheadu.ca/
If you or your organization holds an event or activity under this charter item in Thunder Bay or the Region, please email compassionatetbay@gmail.com.
Charter Item #11
Centre for Education and Research on Aging and Health (CERAH): Stories in the Chronicle Journal – https://cerah.lakeheadu.ca/
Hospice Northwest: Life’s way – compilation of short stories, Personal lens on grief, and Memorial Services (e.g. vulnerably housed, candlelight) – https://www.hospicenorthwest.ca/
If you or your organization holds an event or activity under this charter item in Thunder Bay or the Region, please email compassionatetbay@gmail.com.
Charter Item #12
All our compassionate policies and services, and in the policies and practices of our official compassionate partners and alliances, will demonstrate an understanding of how diversity shapes the experience of ageing, dying, death, loss and care – through ethnic, religious, gendered, and sexual identity and through the social experiences of poverty, inequality, and disenfranchisement.
Current Community Partners:
Hospice Northwest – https://www.hospicenorthwest.ca/
Centre for Education and Research on Aging and Health – https://cerah.lakeheadu.ca
- Dilico – https://www.dilico.com/
- Community Members
If you or your organization holds an event or activity under this charter item in Thunder Bay or the Region, please email compassionatetbay@gmail.com.
Charter Item #13
Vulnerably Housed Working Group lead by Hospice Northwest – https://www.hospicenorthwest.ca/services/outreach-program/
If you or your organization holds an event or activity under this charter item in Thunder Bay or the Region, please email compassionatetbay@gmail.com.
