The FNHA would like to provide information for First Nations communities to stay safe and be prepared during times of increased flooding. This information is from the FNHA Environmental Health team, as well as public information from Interior Health and the BC Ministry of Health.

Read more and download our communique here. 

Above: Cariboo area First Nations, Interior Health, FNHA representatives hold personal commitments for cultural safety at the conclusion of the Cultural Safety and Humility Forum at the Xat'sull (Soda Creek) First Nation.

Interior Health, First Nations Health Authority, and First Nations leaders from the Cariboo have signed a Declaration of Commitment to embed a culture of safety and humility, starting with hospital and community services in Williams Lake.

Four representatives from the two health authorities and 13 First Nations and Aboriginal leaders from communities in and around Williams Lake signed the commitment document on the first of a two-day Cultural Safety and Humility Forum, held at the Xat'sull (Soda Creek) First Nation on May 3-4.

Read the full release here.

It's been nearly a year since the launch of the Cultural Humility and Cultural Safety pledge campaign. We've received hundreds of pledges so far - thanks to those who have participated!

We've compiled the pledges sent to us and posted on social media into an online gallery. Now, users can upload their own pledges. If you've pledged but not shared on social media or emailed to the FNHA, its easy to do!

Add your pledge to the online gallery or see what others are pledgeing here: https://culturalhumility.hscampaigns.com

Interested in learning more about cultural safety and humility? Check out the portal! www.fnha.ca/culturalhumility

Left to right: Heather Pastulovic [one of the other nurses on the plane that Erin rescued], Priya Chetty - Nurse Manager Health Centers and Nursing Stations, Leona Smith - Professional Practice Leader of Nursing, Erin Wiltse - nurse practice consultant, Becky Palmer - Chief Nursing Officer, Marlene Hoover - Director of Nursing.

On Saturday, March 18, 2017, Erin Wiltse, Nurse Practice Consultant for the Professional Practice and Education nursing team was honoured with a silver medal for bravery from the Life Saving Society of BC/Yukon for her heroic lifesaving efforts in the float plane crash in Kitkatla on May 24, 2016.

Erin played an integral part in ensuring that all six passengers were removed from the upside down, submerged float plane.

Read more here! 

The FNHA in partnership with the Office of Provincial Health Officer and Simon Fraser University, have been awarded a Canadian Institutes of Health Research Catalyst Grant for an exciting new project that will focus on Indigenous approaches to wellness.

The partners will use the $150,000 project grant to find innovative ways to incorporate and integrate Indigenous Knowledge (including oral narratives and storytelling) in the development of health and wellness indicators and in our health reporting processes.

Read more here! 

Above: Lacey Woloshyn - FNHA Community Health Nurse, Port Simpson Nursing Station with new mom and baby!

It’s a cold, stormy December day. The Port Simpson Nursing Station is busy. The phone rings and a page goes overhead, “Nurse, line one.” I answer the call and hear the trembling voice of a scared, young mother who is only 31 weeks pregnant. “I think I’m in labour,” she says.

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Part two.

The Northern Health Indigenous Health team developed several resources to support Indigenous people in accessing and navigating the healthcare system. These informative booklets outline the patient complaint process, the mental health and addictions programs and services offered by Northern Health, and the sacred spaces and gathering places available in Northern Health buildings and grounds. In these spaces families and community members can come together for spiritual and cultural healing practices.

Read more here! 

SAVE THE DATE: Be sure to join the next FNHA BC Patient Safety Quality Council Cultural Humility Webinar on June 7 at Noon to hear from the Northern Health Indigenous Health team on their work. 

Above: Lacey Woloshyn and Jessica Hardwicke

FNHA Community Health Nurses Lacey Woloshyn and Jessica Hardwicke are part of a group of health professionals in Northern BC that will receive the Frances Montgomery Compassionate Communities Caregiver Award. ​

The winning team is composed of our FNHA nurses, homecare nurses in Port Simpson, physicians on the palliative care team in Prince George, nurse practitioner Shirley Nixon, as well as the family of the community member that passed away.

Read more here! 

Interested in learning more about cultural safety and cultural humlity in the BC health system? Send us an email at: Resources@fnha.ca, or contact your local regional office to order cultural humlity kits that include: 

• A Pledge Card
• The Creating a Climate for Change Resource Booklet
• Key Drivers and Ideas for Change
• FNHA’s Policy Statement on Cultural Safety and Humility​
• Cultural Humility Case Studies

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