Lakehead University – Northern Lights and Ice Roads

by Tracey Skehan
THUNDER BAY – Living – We can see eagles, hawks, and seals from our backyard,” Jacob Vander Ploeg says.
Jacob (BScN’13) and his wife Meagan (Meg) (BScN’11) are fellow nursing grads living in the fly-in community of Attawapiskat First Nation, Ontario, on the edge of James Bay.
The couple work for the Weeneebayko Area Health Authority (WAHA)—a health-care network that supports communities along the James Bay and Hudson Bay lowlands. Jacob i