Actions and Commitments: Call to Action # 21
Exploring Theme: "Investments in Indigenous Healing Centres"
Updates on this page: 30
April 1, 2024
Arctic Indigenous Wellness Foundation celebrating seven years
APTN News: Healing can happen in the bush. So says the Arctic Indigenous Wellness Foundation of Yellowknife, which is celebrating seven years of operation. Its land-based camp has been helping Métis, Inuit and Dene clients from remote communities in three territories who are struggling with addiction. “Four hours sometimes I spend with one person,” says Dene-Métis...
March 12, 2024
Ottawa invests $13M in Indigenous health centre set for east Hamilton
Health services within the new Biindigen Well-Being Centre will have ‘profound impact,’ says DAHC board chair CBC Indigenous: Federal funding announcements aren’t always as emotional as the one Monday morning in Hamilton’s east end. People teared up, hugged and expressed their appreciation for one another’s work on a long-term Indigenous health and housing project. “To see a...
December 6, 2023
Indigenous-led detox and healing centre planned for Whitehorse
Letter of intent signed this week in Ottawa ‘an important first step,’ says Council of Yukon First Nations CBC Indigenous: A new Indigenous-led detox and healing centre is being planned for the Whitehorse area, and the Council of Yukon First Nations (CYFN) hopes to see it built within a few years. This week in Ottawa, CYFN,...
November 21, 2023
Nunavut’s Health minister expresses optimism over Aqqusariaq treatment centre
The Aqqusariaq recovery centre in Iqaluit “will serve as a hub for Inuit-led treatment opportunities that are trauma-informed, culturally sensitive, and closer to home,” says Health Minister John Main. NNSL file photo NationTalk: Nunavut News: “Mental health and addictions pose huge challenges to many Nunavummiut throughout their lives,” Health Minister John Main said during the...
November 16, 2023
Canada and Sc’ianew First Nation to launch the construction of a Community Cultural Centre at Spirit Bay
November 16, 2023 – Spirit Bay, British Columbia NationTalk: Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada – Spirit Bay, British Columbia – Today, Chief Russ Chipps, council members Sheeba Sawyer and Traci-Lynn Pateman of the Sc’ianew First Nation, and the Honourable Gary Anandasangaree, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, announced $5,439,245 in funding provided through the Cultural Spaces...
September 28, 2023
For Inuit by Inuit: Isuarsivik expands to include families, more land-based care
By Emelia Fournier Recovery centre in Nunavik to welcome more guests in new building. APTN News: Perched atop a hill in the tundra looking out at the Koksoak River, the new Isuarsivik building gives its guests easy access to the land – something land coordinator George Kauki said is necessary for Inuit to recover. “We’re very connected to the land, Mother Nature, it brings...
August 14, 2023
Tundra Turning Celebrates Historic $83.7M Investment to Build Aqqusariaq (formerly the Nunavut Recovery Centre) in Iqaluit
NationTalk: Iqaluit, Nunavut – Colonial trauma is deep-rooted and complex, affecting many generations. By bringing treatment closer to home with a centre that is founded on Inuit traditions and practices, healing can begin amongst community, families, friends and loved ones. Today, Vice President of Nunavut Tunngavik Incorporated (NTI), Paul Irngaut, Minister of Indigenous Services Patty...
August 7, 2023
Montreal opening first-of-its-kind Indigenous emergency care clinic
Centre will offer traditional Indigenous and Western approaches to medicine CBC News: An emergency care clinic catering exclusively to Indigenous people and their needs is opening in Montreal this week — the first of its kind in the city. Anyone who identifies as Indigenous will be able to walk into the clinic — initiated by the Indigenous Health...
July 14, 2023
Dene Wellness Warriors seek to build NWT trauma healing lodge
A group that provides therapy and trains Indigenous counsellors hopes to establish a new trauma healing lodge in the Northwest Territories. Ollie Williams· Roy Erasmus at a Northern Indigenous Counselling Program graduation ceremony in 2022. Emily Blake/Cabin Radio Dene Wellness Warriors, founded by Roy and Jean Erasmus, introduced an Indigenous counselling diploma program to the North three...
June 19, 2023
New lodge in Gagetown to offer land-based healing for Indigenous women
Wabanaki Resilency Lodge expected to open by August, will have 10 beds CBC News: A new lodge “for Indigenous women, by Indigenous women,” plans to offer traditional, land-based healing in Gagetown, around 60 kilometres southeast of Fredericton. Lynne Groulx, executive director of the Native Women’s Association of Canada, the group behind the lodge, said the concept was developed...
March 23, 2023
Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc to receive $12.5M in funding for new healing centre
Architect already chosen to consult with community and lead design, nation says WARNING: This story contains distressing details. CBC News: The Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nation will receive $12.5 million in federal funding toward the construction of a new healing centre for the community, nearly two years after suspected grave sites were discovered at a former residential...
February 15, 2023
Canada invests in a new men’s shelter and wellness centre in Pond Inlet
NationTalk: Hamlet of Pond Inlet, Nunavut — Today, the Honourable Dominic LeBlanc, Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, Infrastructure and Communities, and David Stockley, Chief Administrative Officer, Hamlet of Pond Inlet, announced more than $2 million in federal funding towards a new men’s shelter and a wellness centre for the community. These facilities will be housed in two existing...
February 15, 2023
Nunavut Recovery Centre expected to be completed 2025
Nunavut News: The Nunavut Recovery Centre, to be built in Iqaluit is expected to be completed in two years, by Jan. 2025, and expects to have occupancy by the following spring, according to Nunavut’s department of health. The federal government announced funding for the Nunavut Recovery Centre in August 2021, with construction expected to start...
January 24, 2023
Manitoba Government Invests $893,000 for new Indigenous-Led Rapid Access to Addictions Medicine Clinic
NationTalk: Evidence-based Treatment Services will be Provided Through Culturally Relevant Programs: Guillemard The Manitoba government is investing $893,000 to implement a new Indigenous-led Rapid Access to Addictions Medicine (RAAM) clinic at the Aboriginal Health and Wellness Centre (AHWC) in Winnipeg, Mental Health and Community Wellness Minister Sarah Guillemard announced today. “Manitobans are experiencing harms related...
December 13, 2022
Canada and the Witset First Nation partner to launch the Witset Youth Healing Lodge Project
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada: Today, Chief Barry Nikal from the Witset First Nation and the Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Crown−Indigenous Relations, announced the launch of the Witset Youth Healing Lodge Project. The Government of Canada will provide $3,826,659 through the Cultural Spaces in Indigenous Communities Program (CSICP) towards this project. The Witset...
November 28, 2022
Trudeau commits $62.5M to Indigenous safety, healing projects in James Smith Cree Nation
Global News: Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says the federal government will invest over $20 million toward Indigenous-led community safety projects in First Nations across the country, while promising continued work toward making Indigenous policing an essential service in Canada. The money is part of $62.5 million in federal funding Trudeau announced Monday while visiting James Smith Cree Nation in Saskatchewan,...
November 16, 2022
Canada invests in new Inuit-led community wellness hub in Iqaluit
Infrastructure Canada: Iqaluit, Nunavut, November 16, 2022—Today, the Honourable Carolyn Bennett, Minister of Mental Health and Addictions and Associate Minister of Health, and Gwen Healey Akearok, Executive and Scientific Director of the Qaujigiartiit Health Research Centre, announced more than $7.2 million in joint funding to support the construction of a new community wellness hub in...
November 4, 2022
People in Williams Lake receive improved access to First-Nations-led primary care
NationTalk: WILLIAMS LAKE – First Nations people living in Williams Lake and the surrounding communities of the Dakelh Dene, Tŝilhqot’in and Secwepemc Nations have access to culturally safe primary care with the opening of a new First Nations Wellness Centre (FNWC) on Oct. 11, 2022, at 281 1st Ave. North. “The First Nations Wellness Centre in...
October 4, 2022
Indigenous organization celebrates grand opening of multiple services and Health Centre
WawatayNews: Health leaders and advocates gathered at the Keepers Of The Circle Office in Kirkland Lake on September 29 for an open house event. This two part event was meant to showcase the newly renovated and completed Keepers Of The Circle office building and to host the official opening of the Mino M’Shki-ki Indigenous Health...
July 7, 2022
The Wije’winen Health Centre opens in Halifax
CTV News – Atlantic: A new health care centre is opening in Halifax on Friday to help promote urban Indigenous wellness. The innovative approach to health care delivery aims to help bridge gaps in health care for Indigenous people in the region, while specializing in the complex health needs of the urban Indigenous population. Known...
July 5, 2022
Biindigen Well-Being Centre launched in Hamilton
It is with great excitement we announce the launch of the Biindigen Well-Being Centre, which will be home to De dwa da dehs nye>s Aboriginal Health Centre, Niwasa Kendaaswin Teg and Ontario Aboriginal Housing Services. In addition, McMaster University’s Department of Family Medicine will be partnering with De dwa da dehs nye>s Aboriginal Health Centre...
June 15, 2022
Wauzhushk Onigum Nation celebrates grand opening of new Migisi treatment facility
Indigenous Services Canada: Today, the Migisi Alcohol and Drug Treatment Centre (Migisi) is celebrating the grand opening of a newly renovated and expanded treatment facility. At today’s grand opening, Wauzhushk Onigum Nation Chief Chris Skead, past clients, and guests joined Migisi staff and the Board of Directors for a barbecue luncheon, ribbon-cutting ceremony and drum...
May 16, 2022
White Buffalo Treatment Centre Celebrates Grand Opening of Permanent Facility
NationTalk: Indigenous Services Canada – The White Buffalo Treatment Centre Board of Directors and staff, in partnership with Indigenous Services Canada, is pleased to announce the grand opening of their permanent facility located on Muskoday First Nation, Saskatchewan. The treatment centre is designed to meet the needs of Indigenous female youth, between the ages of...
September 8, 2021
New health centre in Kinngait
Nunatsiaq News – The health centre in Kinngait opened at the beginning of August and around 40 people came through each day during its first week. The building features a mental health unit, eight clinician rooms, and a dentistry. The building was made with Inuit traditional knowledge in mind, said Kinngait Mayor Timoon Toonoo, in front of...
March 24, 2021
Call for addictions treatment and recovery funding for the Northern Healing Lodge
The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs (AMC) along with Cree Nation Tribal Health (CNTH), Swampy Cree Tribal Council jointly release an urgent call to the Province for immediate funding the Northern Healing Lodge: a much-needed addictions treatment and recovery centre that would be used for all citizens in the region. The Northern Healing Lodge was set...
October 9, 2019
New Eeyou-Eenou Regional Health Centre in Chisasibi
Announcement of construction of a new Eeyou-Eenou Regional Health Centre in Chisasibi. The new $300M, 20,000 m2 facility will combine a 52-bed hospital for the population of Eeyou Istchee (approximately 20,000), and a Community Miyupimaatisiiun Centre (CMC), offering front-line services and community health for the local population of Chisasibi. The new Regional Health Centre is...
August 29, 2019
Isuarsivik Regional Recovery Centre in Kuujjuaq
From the Infrastructure Canada to build the new Isuarsivik Regional Recovery Centre in Kuujjuaq in addition to the $6-million contribution by federal Indigenous Services last year. Other funding has come from Isuarsivik’s own fundraising efforts, as well as the Government of Quebec, Makivik Corp. and the Kativik Regional Government. The total investment required $40.5 million to...
May 24, 2019
Funding for two new urban treatment centres and to repair and renovate others
The Province and First Nations Health Authority (FNHA) are contributing $20 million each to build two new urban treatment centres and repair and renovate others. These centres support access for First Nations people to mental health, wellness and substance use services. First Nations-led treatment services have Elders and traditional healers directly involved in patient care...
October 2, 2018
Indigenous Health Transformation Roadmap 2018-2020
Indigenous Health Transformation Roadmap 2018-2020 released by The Population, Public and Indigenous Health Strategic Clinical Network through Alberta Health Services states: Ensure effective, accessible and comprehensive primary health care delivery with First Nation, Métis and Inuit communities across Alberta...
May 17, 2018
New funding approach for mental health and wellness services
The Government of Canada, the Province of British Columbia and the First Nations Health Council (FNHC) will establish a new approach for federal and provincial investment in mental health and wellness services. This new funding approach will allow First Nations to plan, design and deliver a continuum of community-based mental health and wellness services based...
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