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Innovative Primary Care Teamlet Offers Continuum of Care for Enhanced Health Services in Cowichan Valley
Innovative Primary Care Teamlet Offers Continuum of Care for Enhanced Health Services in Cowichan Valley For Immediate Release January 26, 2016 Holistic Approach Supports Patient Physical, Mental, Spiritual and Emotional Wellness (Cowichan Territory – Duncan, BC) – A new community-based primary care teamlet is now seeing patients at Cowichan’s Ts’ewulhtun Health Centre. The teamlet […]
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Dr. Jeff Reading Appointed Western Canada’s First Chair in Heart Health Research for First Nations People
Dr. Jeff Reading Appointed Western Canada’s First Chair in Heart Health Research for First Nations People Chair will lead research and education to develop a health program tailored to the needs of First Nations people Coast Salish Territory – Vancouver, B.C. – First Nations Health Authority (FNHA), Simon Fraser University (SFU) and the St. Paul’s […]
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?Esdilagh Breaks Ground on New Health and Community Facility
?Esdilagh Breaks Ground on New Health and Community Facility For Immediate Release January 11, 2016 ?Esdilagh Territory – The First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) would like to congratulate the ?Esdilagh First Nation on breaking ground on its new health and community centre that took place on January 7. ?Esdilagh is located on the Fraser […]
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Riverstone Home/Mobile Detox Services Triple Efforts in Additional Communities
Riverstone Home/Mobile Detox Services Triple Efforts in Additional Communities For Immediate Release December 18, 2015 SURREY – Maple Ridge, Pitt Meadows and Mission residents, members of Fraser East First Nations communities and other residents of Fraser East who need support in withdrawing from substances can now access two new home/mobile detox teams serving these communities. […]
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For the Child Taken, for the Parent Left Behind
For the Child Taken, for the Parent Left Behind Communique December 16, 2015 First Nations Health Authority Statement on Truth […]
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First Nations Health Council Discouraged By Latest Provincial Child Welfare Report
For Immediate Release December 14, 2015 First Nations Health Council Discouraged By Latest Provincial Child Welfare Report Coast Salish Territory – Vancouver BC – The provincial BC First Nations health and wellness advocacy body, the First Nations Health Council (FNHC), is deeply discouraged with the approach taken by the Province of British Columbia in the […]
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Record Number of First Nations First Responder Graduates Recognized in B.C.
December 3, 2015 Record Number of First Nations First Responder Graduates Recognized in B.C. (Lheidli T’enneh Territory – Prince George, Dec. 3, 2015) – The Red Cross and First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) are celebrating a record number of First Nation individuals across B.C. that graduated as part of the First Nations First Responders program. […]
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“Smokestack Sandra” FNHA Podcast Informs and Encourages Smokers to Quit Commercial Tobacco
For Immediate Release November 23, 2015 “Smokestack Sandra” FNHA Podcast Informs and Encourages Smokers to Quit Commercial Tobacco The First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) has launched a tobacco-cessation podcast that shares the personal journey of a respected northern First Nations leader as she commits to quitting commercial cigarettes. The candid and humorous three-part podcast, “Smokestack […]
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Doula Initiative Enables Access for First Nations and Aboriginal Women
Doula Initiative Enables Access for First Nations and Aboriginal Women The First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) and BC Association of Friendship Centres (BCAAFC) are pleased to announce a shared $360,000 investment to fund doula services for First Nations and Aboriginal families in BC. The grant funding will support families to pay for prenatal, birth and […]
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Transforming Health for First Nations Peoples – Over 600 Registered for Historic Health Conference, Join Us!
For Immediate Release April 22, 2015 Transforming Health for First Nations Peoples – Over 600 Registered for Historic Health Conference, Join Us! Gathering Wisdom for a Shared Journey VII – Coast Salish Territory in Vancouver May 6-7 Coast Salish Territory (Vancouver, BC) – Dates are fast approaching for the seventh annual one-of-a-kind […]
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