Indigenous Partnerships

Interior Health's bimonthly newsletter shares updates on our work supporting improved Indigenous health and well-being. Learn about our progress on key Indigenous health initiatives.

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The IHWS serves as a framework for IH’s 23,000 staff and 1,900 physicians to provide high quality, safe and effective health services to all Indigenous peoples and families. The strategy is informed by and supports commitments to Indigenous partners through signed agreements, including the Letters of Understanding (LOUs), Partnership Accord, and Cultural Safety Declaration, as well as the IH Strategic Priorities and Ministry of Health (MOH) mandate.

Read the Indigenous Health and Wellness Strategy

Grounded in voice and experience, the Indigenous Employee Experience Strategy was developed to enhance the overall employment experience for Indigenous Peoples within IH, and addresses the recommendations in foundational documents such as the In Plain Sight Report, weaving external calls for change with internal strategies to build organizational capacity and create a positive employment experience for Indigenous job seekers, candidates, and employees.

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We are committed to working together with First Nation and Métis partners to change our health system and eliminate racism and discrimination at Interior Health.

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Interior Health and Indigenous partners have signed agreements that help guide our relationships and collaboration to improve health and wellness outcomes for Indigenous  people of the Interior Region.

Interior Health is involved in four joint committees focusing on Indigenous Health and Wellness:

• Partnership Accord Technical Table
• Partnership Accord Leadership Table 
• Métis Interior Leadership Table
• Tripartite Committee on First Nations Health

The Interior region is home to the traditional, ancestral and unceded territories of the Tŝilhqot’in, Secwépemc, Dãkelh Dené, St’át’imc, syilx, Nlaka’pamux, and Ktunaxa Nations, comprised of 54 First Nations Communities.

Learn more about Interior nations and communities