Indigenous Care Stories – Lyndsey Rhea
Northern Health’s Indigenous Patient Liaisons Worker (IPLW) program provides a bridge between Indigenous communities, their culture and health care providers. The role of the IPLW is to help bridge ...
Indigenous health
Celebrating and honouring National Indigenous Peoples Day at DCDH
Last week, staff and patients at the Dawson Creek and District Hospital (DCDH) took part in a series of celebrations and initiatives to honour and acknowledge National Indigenous History Month and Nat...
Moose Hide Campaign Day - Take Action
The Moose Hide Campaign recognizes that all forms of violence are unacceptable, regardless of gender. Northern Health has a practical, measurable, and impactful role in advancing reconciliation and en...
Ceremony offers comfort to long-term care home community in Prince Rupert
A traditional cleansing ceremony involving cedar brushing and smudging at Prince Rupert’s long-term care home, Acropolis Manor, provided much-needed healing to local residents, families, and health ...
Métis Health Gathering offers powerful opportunity to share and learn
On September 15, Northern Health (NH) employees from various program areas attended the Ta Saantii Mamawapowuk (Métis Health Gathering) at the House of Ancestors in Prince George. Hosted by the MÃ...
Celebrating Lena Hjorth – 50 years in health in the Nazko Valley
When talking with new health care workers, Lena Hjorth has good advice: meet the people and find out who they are. New health care workers would do well to take her advice - after living with and serv...
Indigenous Health Engagement Survey
Northern Health’s Indigenous Health department is launching a new survey open to all Indigenous people who access Northern Health services. The survey is designed to gain valuable and important i...