COAST SALISH AND ESK'ETEMC TERRITORY – On the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) announces support for an anti-violence initiative aimed at promoting health and well-being in BC First Nations communities.

Esk'etemc's (Alkali Lake) Commitment Stick initiative is focused on ending violence against women and girls and premised on the idea that First Nations must be involved in their own healing. FNHA will provide $1000 event grants to support any First Nation prepared to tackle this issue at home.

Read the full release here! 

The FNHA has launched a survey to measure client satisfaction that will provide meaningful data and benchmarks, allowing FNHA to make important improvements to its Health Benefits services - a program that serves approximately 500 clients every day. ​

FNHA's client satisfaction survey will ask clients questions about recent experiences and levels of satisfaction; program areas accessed; providers that clients were in contact with; as well as a few demographic questions, allowing FNHA to target its improvement efforts. FNHA's goal is that at least 2,000 FNHA Health Benefits clients respond to the survey in the first year.

The survey is anonymous and takes only 5-10 minutes to complete. To improve access, clients can fill out surveys on behalf of their family members or Elders. The survey will stay open indefinitely so that clients can fill it out any time.

Find out more including FAQ's and the survey link here.

Have you heard about the KUU-US Crisis Response Services available 24 hours a day, seven days a week? Crisis lines for children and youth, and Adults and Elders offer culturally safe help and is First Nations and Aboriginal Peoples Helping First Naions and Aboriginal Peoples. 

1-800-KUU-US17 (1-800-588-8717)

Download the poster here! 

Would you like hard copies? Email us: Resources@fnha.ca

The FNHA would like to thank all nurses who attended the 2016 FNHA Nursing Education forums. Nurses from First Nations communities across the province and FNHA staff gathered in Richmond for education, networking, and sharing best practices within their practise. 

Two videos were produced to hear voices from nurses in First Nations communities and to mark the event. 

Watch video one here.

Watch the second video here.

Colonization has impacted a people's story. In our spheres of influence, both personally and professionally, we must situate cultural safety to place, to the land, and to the geography in which we work, play, and live. How will you get to know the story specific to your place? What does investing in cultural safety look like in your organization to make impactful change?

Join Brad Anderson and Vanessa Mitchell from Interior Health as they explore the importance of understanding a people's story in the realm of cultural safety. The Importance of Story to Cultural Safety is the third event in our 12-part series.

Find out more info and how to join here! 

The Good Heart, Good Mind Youth Conference aims to provide a space for youth ages 18-24 residing in BC to come together, network and talk about the differ-ent forms of activism that they are engaging in within their communities. 

A large component of this conference will introduce you to a variety of projects that other Indigenous people are doing and give you a chance to strengthen your skills in the are-as of media, filmmaking, public speaking, web development, tools to deal with racism and much more! .

February 15th to 17th, 2017 - Vancouver
Deadline to Apply: December 18th, 2016

For more info, click here. 

In this session Cease Wyss, the Indigenous Plant Diva, will demonstrate ways to make homemade healing salves which can make a perfect gift for the holidays!

Tuesday, December 6, 2016
10:00 am – 11:30 am (PST)
Registration is required to participate - click here.

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