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Indigenous services and resources

High-quality, culturally-safe health-care services to assist Indigenous Peoples and their families.

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  • Elders in Residence

    The Elders in Residence Program embeds Elders and Knowledge Sharers from differ…

  • Indigenous Patient Navigators (IPNs)

    Indigenous Patient Navigators support patients, families and staff while respec…

  • First Nations and Aboriginal Primary Care Network resources

    The First Nations and Aboriginal Primary Care Network provides culturally safe …

  • Sacred Spaces and Gathering Places

    We recognize the importance for many Indigenous people to gather around loved o…

  • Indigenous self-identification process

    A voluntary, confidential self-identification process for patients and resident…

  • Indigenous Crisis Response Team (ICRT)

    Indigenous Crisis Response Team (ICRT) provides wholistic non-police crisis res…

More about Indigenous Health

  • Indigenous Health

    We are making VCH a safe place for healing, designed to preserve traditional he…

  • Guiding principles

    We are guided in all of our work by the following principles.

  • Indigenous Cultural Safety

    ​Committing to reconciliation and learning, and providing the best care informe…

Indigenous health resources

Two-Spirit wellness resources

Indigenous mental health and wellness resources for children, youth and families

Indigenous Health Outreach team making connections, one step at a time

Raising Wellness Documentary

Indigenous self-identification process

Residential school survivor resources

Powell River General Hospital officially renamed to qathet General Hospital

Vancouver Coastal Health introduces Indigenous women’s health team

Wuikinuxv First Nation Encourages Community to Let Their Spirits Dance

Joint statement on Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc