The VCH Aboriginal Health program is a regional community-based program that offers strategic partnerships, community engagement, counselling services and patient support to improve the health of Aboriginal people.
The Aboriginal Health team works with VCH staff across all programs and departments to provide strategic leadership, partner collaboration and community engagement. They support staff and patients to ensure culturally safe care is provided and offer opportunities for educational workshops and learning to assist VCH to become a more culturally competent organization.
Our goal is to work closely with both urban and rural Aboriginal communities to help improve the health of Aboriginal residents in our region.
At Vancouver Coastal Health we recognize our places of work lie on the traditional unceded homelands of the fourteen First Nation communities of Kitasoo, Heiltsuk, Nuxalk, Wuikinuxv, Xa’xtsa, Tla’amin, Sechelt, N’Quatqua, Samahquam, Skatin, Lil’wat, Musqueam, Squamish, and Tsleil-Waututh.
