To report immunizations received, obtain an immunization record or view vaccines you are due for, use the Immunization Connect Ontario (ICON) system.
Students in Grades 7 through 12, including at-home learners and those who graduated in the last two years, may be missing vaccines offered through Ontario's free publicly funded vaccine program.
In Grade 7, students are eligible to receive immunizations to protect against hepatitis B, meningococcal meningitis ACYW-135 and HPV-9. Immunization against meningococcal meningitis ACYW-135 is required by law for all children attending school in Ontario, unless a valid exemption is filed with the Health Unit.
Elementary School Clinic Dates
TBDHU will be visiting all but two of the elementary Lakehead Public Schools for a second visit to administer second doses (students at Sherbrooke and Kingsway will not be eligible until the fall of 2022 as their first visit happened in March of 2022).
Students from Kingsway and Sherbrooke, as well as students in the three senior elementary schools in the Thunder Bay Catholic District School Board, will be eligible in September 2022 and TBDHU will visit each school at that time.
These second visits were not originally planned but additional capacity is now available and TBDHU is pleased to make the second dose more accessible.
At these visits, students will be able to receive a first dose if they missed the previous visit to the school in the fall of 2021.
New consent forms are not needed for the second dose.
If a consent form was NOT signed, parents/guardians can give verbal consent over the phone: call 625-5900 and ask to speak with a vaccine nurse OR email vaccines@tbdhu.com and provide a first name and phone and a nurse will return the call.
For more information, including a calendar of second visit school clinic dates and information for those students who would prefer to be immunized outside of school, please visit the Student Routine Vaccine Catch-up Information page.
First and second school visits for routine/catch-up immunizations for Grades 7 and 8 in the district have been completed for the 2021/2022 school year. Any students who missed the school clinics, or who are in need of routine vaccines, can still get immunized by contacting their primary health care provider or by calling their local public health office.
School
First Clinic Date(s)
Second Clinic Date(s)
B.A. Parker
Dorion Public
École Catholique Val-des-Bois
École Notre-Dame-de-Fatima
École Publique Franco-Manitou
École St-Joseph
Franco-Terrace Catholique
George O'Neill Public
Holy Angels Catholic
Holy Saviour Catholic
Manitouwadge Public School
Margaret Twomey Public
Marjorie Mills Public
Nakina Public
Notre-Dame-des-Écoles
Our Lady of Fatima Catholic
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic
Schreiber Public
St. Edward Catholic
St. Hilary Catholic
St. Joseph's Catholic
St. Martin Catholic
Terrace Bay Public
Information for At-Home Learners
Students needing vaccines who are learning from home can currently access immunizations in the following ways:
Make an appointment with their health care provider and ask the provider to report the vaccines given to TBDHU. Those without a health care provider can make at appointment at the TBDHU Immunization Clinic.
Visit the CLE Coliseum Clinic by calling TBDHU at (807) 625-5900 and ask speak with a vaccine nurse, or walk-in when the clinic is open:
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Wednesdays and Fridays from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Most high school students are eligible for Tdap, the 10 year booster that is a three-in-one vaccine. It protects people against tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis. Immunization against tetanus, diphtheria and pertussis is required by law for all children attending school in Ontario, unless a valid exemption is filed with the Health Unit.
High School Clinic Dates
School visits for routine/catch up immunizations for high schools in the city and surrounding areas have been completed for the 2021/22 school year.
Any students who missed the school clinics, or who are in need of routine vaccines, can still get immunized. See the Student Routine Vaccine Catch-up Information page for details on vaccine opportunities.
School
Clinic Date(s)
Dennis Franklin Cromarty
Hammarskjold High School
IR Churchill
LaVerendrye
Matawa Education Centre
Seventh Fire
St. Ignatius High School
St. Patrick High School
Superior CVI
Westgate CVI
School visits for routine/catch up immunizations for high schools in the district have been completed for the 2021/22 school year.
Any students who missed the school clinics, or who are in need of routine vaccines, can still get immunized by contacting their primary health care provider or by calling their local public health office.
Information for At-Home Learners
Students needing vaccines who are learning from home can currently access immunizations in the following ways:
Make an appointment with their health care provider and ask the provider to report the vaccines given to TBDHU. Those without a health care provider can make at appointment at the TBDHU Immunization Clinic.
Visit the CLE Coliseum Clinic by calling TBDHU at (807) 625-5900 and ask speak with a vaccine nurse, or walk-in when the clinic is open:
Tuesdays and Thursdays from 11:30 a.m. to 6:30 p.m.
Wednesdays and Fridays from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Immunization of School Pupils Act
The Immunization of School Pupils Act requires that all students have proof of vaccination against diphtheria, tetanus (lockjaw), polio, measles, mumps and rubella (German measles), meningitis, pertussis (whooping cough), and chickenpox (required for children born in 2010 or later). These infections are covered under Ontario's Routine Immunization Schedule.
If a child’s immunization record is not up-to-date according to the Immunization of School Pupils Act (ISPA), parents/guardians will be contacted through a letter sent home by the TBDHU. The letter will provide details and instructions so a suspension can be avoided.
If you receive a letter, please review immediately and contact a TBDHU nurse; call 625-5900 in Thunder Bay or contact your nearest branch office. To avoid suspension, always keep your child's immunizations up-to-date according to Ontario's Routine Immunization Schedule, and report all immunizations to the TBDHU.
Under the Immunization of School Pupils Act, your child can be exempted from immunization for medical reasons or due to conscience or religious belief.
At the end of the session, contact a TBDHU vaccine nurse at 625-5900 or toll-free at 1-888-294-6630 and discuss the next steps so you can receive a Vaccine Education Certificate signed and dated by the TBDHU.
Make copies of your certificate and your signed Statement of Conscience or Religious Belief form and submit the originals to you’re the nearest office of the Health Unit. It is important that you keep your copy for safe keeping.
Children with exemptions may be excluded from attending school (often for several weeks) in the event of an outbreak caused by one of the vaccine-preventable diseases noted in the Immunization of School Pupils Act (ISPA).
Students who miss a dose of any vaccine (for example, is not at school on immunization day) can still receive it by visiting the Immunization Clinic or their health care provider (family doctor, etc.). Other opportunities are also currently available - details can be found on the Student Routine Vaccine Catch-up Information page.
For Further Information
Call a vaccine nurse at (807) 625-5900 or Toll-Free at 1 (888) 294-6630.