Interior Health and Aboriginal partners have signed agreements that help guide our relationships and collaboration to improve health and wellness outcomes for Aboriginal people of the Interior Region.
Partnership Accord
The Partnership Accord is a written commitment, signed by Interior Health and the seven Interior Nations.
Letters of Understanding
Letters of Understanding (LoU) define a collaborative, inclusive Nation-level process for engagement and planning of First Nations and Métis people in service delivery design and monitoring within the Interior Region.
Interior Health is involved in four joint committees focusing on Aboriginal Health and Wellness:
Partnership Accord Technical Table
Partnership Accord Leadership Table
Métis Interior Leadership Table
Tripartite Committee on First Nations Health
Partnership Accord Technical Table
The Partnership Accord Technical Table (PATT) is comprised of representatives from Interior Health and each of the seven First Nations of the Interior Region.
The committee provides advice and recommendations to Interior Health and the Partnership Accord Leadership Table on matters important to the improvement of health and health services for Aboriginal people.
Partnership Accord Leadership Table
The Partnership Accord Leadership Table (PALT) encompasses strategic, joint decision-making by Interior Health and First Nations of the region to address the needs of First Nations and Aboriginal peoples' health and wellness interests by:
Overseeing and monitoring a joint work plan to achieve the objectives outlined in the Partnership Accord
Providing leadership and guidance in resolving policy, program and service issues
Métis Interior Leadership Table
Métis Interior Leadership Table (MILT) provides strategic direction and oversight to the implementation of the Métis - IH LOU.
Tripartite Committee on First Nations Health
The Tripartite Committee on First Nations Health (TCFNH) provides a forum for discussion on the progress and implementation of the health plans and agreements, and promotes effective partnership among B.C. First Nations, Federal and Provincial Governments and Regional Health Authorities.
Nations & communities
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.
