Provincial Indigenous Health Network
Manitoba’s Provincial Indigenous Health Network provides leadership, strategic counsel, and operational guidance for the delivery of Indigenous health services across Manitoba’s health service delivery organizations.
With representation from throughout the province, the group works collaboratively across Manitoba’s health regions, identifying opportunities to strengthen relationships, create inclusive care environments and workspaces, and to improve health access, experiences and outcomes for Indigenous People.
Manitoba’s Indigenous populations – and Indigenous Health services – vary by region. For more information on the services available in your area, please visit the following:
Within Shared Health, including at large facilities such as Health Sciences Centre, Indigenous Health supports are available to First Nations, Métis and Inuit Manitobans accessing health services and culturally appropriate programming. As a vital and foundational focus within Manitoba’s health system, Indigenous Health is playing a key role in the development of high-quality, culturally informed care, including leading and coordinating provincial efforts to ensure that Indigenous voices are heard and reflected in the design of new and improved programs, services and facilities.
For more information and to meet the team visit:
The Winnipeg Regional Health Authority Indigenous Health Patient Services Program supports the holistic needs of Indigenous People receiving care at facilities throughout Winnipeg’s health system. Members of the Indigenous Health Patient Services team collaborate with colleagues in real-time to nurture that connection to culture and community to Indigenous patients while receiving care in hospital. Indigenous Health staff provide a wide range of services including systems’ navigation support, Indigenous language interpretation, spiritual cultural care, resource information, discharge planning coordination, and access to patient advocacy support.
For more information and to meet the team visit: Indigenous Health | Winnipeg Regional Health Authority (wrha.mb.ca)
To lead the way to a healthier future, Southern Health-Santé Sud believes in optimal wellness, balance and connectedness for all people, responding to the holistic needs of Indigenous peoples by building partnerships, trust and by applying an equity lens throughout all facets of our health care services. Embracing diversity and inclusion, we strive to build a cultural capacity which is integrated throughout our programs and services. Together with communities, we are committed to working together towards building a culturally-appropriate and safe health care system for all diverse peoples and Indigenous communities in Southern Health-Santé Sud.
For more information and to meet the team visit: Indigenous Health » Southern Health-Santé Sud
IERHA realizes the need to change the view of Indigenous health within the region and understand the resiliency of this population as a key foundation on which to improve Indigenous health outcomes. The purpose of the region’s Indigenous Health Strategy is to guide the Interlake-Eastern Health Region and potential Indigenous and non-Indigenous partners in the region toward a shared understanding that addressing health inequities cannot occur in isolation, but rather through working together.
For more information and to meet the team visit: Indigenous Health (ierha.ca)
Indigenous Health is developing relationships between Indigenous patients/residents/clients, communities and their health care providers to achieve health equity and culturally safe health care in the Prairie Mountain Health region.
For more information and to meet the team visit: Indigenous Health – Prairie Mountain Health.
Indigenous Liaisons are available in Flin Flon, The Pas and Thompson hospitals to assist with addressing cultural and language barriers. They can also help deal with the impact of illness and hospitalization, provide cultural, spiritual and emotional support as well as help make connections with family members, elders and community organizations.
For more information and to meet the team visit: Indigenous Health Services – Northern Health Region.
We are here to help individuals who may struggle with geographic, linguistic, cultural, or other obstacles to get screened, treated, and supported for cancer. Our team strives to support patients and families who may face additional challenges, build relationships in underserved communities, educate and support healthcare providers with health equity issues and address system issues that cause barriers or delays.
For more information and to learn more about our supports for Indigenous populations, please visit: Underserved Populations Program.