College News

Our Sioux Lookout Campus, the fourth stop in the western leg of our journey, is located in the former "Wellington" School building.  It is a shared facility with Contact North, Keewatin Patricia District School Board, and Sioux-Hudson Employment Services. 

Sioux Lookout is a tourist destination for those who love the outdoors. It is situated on Pelican Lake, part of the English River-Lac Seul Water System. 

At the dock located downtown, numerous float planes and boats sit ready to venture into the great northern wilderness areas ...

Early morning tranquility on Pelican Lake in Sioux Lookout

This article is part of a series entitled "Know Your Regional Campuses" (KYRC) - Sioux Lookout Campus ... an opportunity to become more familiar with our regional campuses, some of the people who work there, and the unique communities in which they reside, along with a little history of the area.

Sioux Lookout campus front entrance

  

Campus Staff

Angelina Anderson is the Campus Director in Sioux Lookout ... as well as the Dryden & Red Lake campuses

 

Debbie Monnier - Program Officer

Donna Chabbert Administrative Assistant

 

Becky Legros Classroom Assistant

Rhoda Stoll Classroom Assistant

 

(l to r) Angelina Anderson, Debbie Monnier, Donna Chabbert, Diane Kaethler, Becky Legros & Rhoda Stoll

For other campus staff (with photos), see the Sioux Lookout Campus Faculty & Staff Directory ...  

Meno Ya Win Health Centre 

Sioux Lookout is the home of the new, state-of-the-art Meno Ya Win Health Centre and the Jeremiah McKay Kabayshewekamik Hostel which have an Aboriginal focus that is very apparent in both the building architecture and in the decor. From the exterior, the main entrance to the Hostel looks like a huge ceremonial drum. When you enter the main front doors, it appears as though you have just entered a teepee. In another entry way, the long entrance hall is shaped on both sides in a long gentle curve with the flooring completing the illusion of a curved feather on the shaft of an arrow.

Meno Ya Win Health Centre 500 babies anticipated to be delivered here in 2012.

Hostel main entrance looks like a ceremonial drum from the outside

 

Inside the main entrance of the hostel

hallways shaped like a feather on an arrow in hostel

Health Centre main foyer with "dream-catcher" skylight ceiling

Health Centre main foyer focal point - a "fire" made from shards of glass, lit from below "Donor Recognition Walls"  showcase the outside walls

Located in the Health Centre next to this is an entrance into a "Healing Circle Room" which has been specially designed to host Aboriginal ceremonies, complete with a large smudge pit in the centre where the smoke wafts up into a grand opening in the ceiling.

Maamawi gigendaasowin Skills Lab - A fully-equipped patient room dedicated for student training at the Health Centre

All the latest patient-room technology accessible for student learning

 

The fully equipped patient room dedicated for student training is a joint partnership between Sioux Lookout Meno Ya Win Health Centre and Confederation College.  The Maamawi gidendaasowin Simulation Training Lab celebrated its grand opening on January 11, 2012.  Nursing students and health care learners in the region can now train using the latest in simulation equipment and techniques in the Maamawi gigendaasowin Skills Lab.

Sioux Lookout Campus Students

BSc Nursing students Mary Kate, Nicole, Chrystal in a two-way video classroom

Microsoft Office Applications Course students presenting their PowerPoint creations

 

For Erik, college has sparked his interest and initiative for learning

Charlotte learning PowerPoint

 

Instructor Mel Dyck teaches Microsoft Office computer classes

Computer Classroom

 

Student Cafeteria/Commons & study area

Steven is taking the Social Service Worker program using Centra software to tie into the main classroom at another campus.

 

Sioux Lookout Community

Float Plane - docked in downtown Sioux Lookout

Pelican Lake at sunrise in downtown Sioux Lookout

 

Municipal Offices

Railway Overpass in Sioux Lookout

There are many resorts in the area offering great fishing or hunting and many are perfect for a family vacation. If you're looking for a very secluded remote cabin, there are many outposts cabins to fly to from Sioux Lookout. You can even fly to all-inclusive American Plan fly-in resorts. The annual Blueberry Festival is held every August.

Sunrise on the Pelican River on the outskirts of Sioux Lookout

Sioux Mountain Public School

At Ojibway Provincial Park about 25 kilometers southwest of Sioux Lookout on Highway 72, you'll find labrador tea, wild rice, lady slipper and water lily. The campground on Little Vermilion Lake has a sandy beach for swimmers. Eleven kilometers of picturesque hiking trails wind through the backwoods. South of Sioux Lookout is the village of Hudson and beautiful Vermilion Lake, known for its clear deep water and Big Vermilion Beach, one of the nicest swimming spots in the area. Sioux Lookout is also known as the "Hub of the North" as it provides essential services to many first nation communities.

Sioux Lookout Golf and Curling Club.  Beautiful 9 hole golf course

Old Train Station (2008) before the facelift

 

Medium-Rez Photo Web Galleries - Sioux Lookout Campus & Community:

Sioux Lookout Campus - BEST (26 images)

• Sioux Lookout Campus - Other ( images)

Sioux Lookout Community - BEST (23 images)

• Sioux Lookout Community - Other  (39 images)

 

Visit the Sioux Lookout Campus Website ...

 

Story & photography by:
Murray Metcalf
Photographer/Webmaster
Confederation College
(807) 475-6275