Jeannie, First Nations
Jeannie Simon was one of the first Indigenous Patient Navigators at Cancer Care Ontario and currently works at The Cancer Centre in Thunder Bay.
Tell us what you think of living my culture!
Click Here- My job can be emotionally difficult (1:30)
- Working together to return a person to community (1:54)
- When someone is dying the community helps out (1:13)
- Oldest siblings often make care decisions (1:51)
- The benefits of a hospice (1:29)
- Traveling for care impacts families and care decisions (1:25)
- Late diagnoses of people from remote communities (2:02)
- Often patients from fly-in communities are Christian (1:46)
- Family meetings and making care plans (1:31)
- Escorts are often necessary, not just for Elders (1:31)
- Responding to challenges of travelling for care from remote communities (1:56)
- All the details can be overwhelming (1:05)
- My role as an Indigenous Patient Navigator at the Cancer Centre (1:42)