Nokiiwin Tribal Council and WSIB partner to improve health and safety in Indigenous communities

WSIB providing $4 million in funding over the next four years

Nokiiwin Tribal Council and the Workplace Safety and Insurance Board (WSIB) are partnering to improve workplace health, safety and well-being in Ontario’s Indigenous communities. Under the Nagachidisin – CARE (Collaborate, Assess, Respond, Evaluate/Educate) program partnership, the WSIB will provide $4 million in funding to Nokiiwin over the next four years.

“When we talk about health and safety from an Indigenous lens, our worldview doesn’t begin with ‘me’, it begins with ‘we.’ Community is at the heart of how we care for one another,” said Audrey Gilbeau, executive director/governance advisor of Nokiiwin Tribal Council. “When the workplace becomes a space where people feel safe to speak, supported to heal, and valued for who