Indigenous Partnerships News
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.
Our commitment to Indigenous health and wellness is strengthened through 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.
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.
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.
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.
The Partnership Accord is a written commitment, signed by Interior Health and the seven Interior Nations.
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 Indigenous Health and Wellness:
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 Indigenous people.
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 Indigenous peoples' health and wellness interests by:
Métis Interior Leadership Table (MILT) provides strategic direction and oversight to the implementation of the Métis - IH LOU.
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.
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.
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