Health

BCAAFC Health Initiatives

• Support and advocacy assistance for member Friendship Centres in their relationships with Regional Health Authorities, Ministry Health, and Health Canada.
• Collaborate with other Aboriginal organizations to improve the health and well-being of Aboriginal people in BC.
• The following info was taken from BCAAFC Brochure
• More information coming soon!

Health Web Links

Health Canada - http://www.hc-sc.gc.ca/index_e.html
BC Ministry of Health - http://www.gov.bc.ca/health/
Northern Health Authority - http://www.northernhealth.ca/
Interior Health Authority - http://www.interiorhealth.ca/Pages/default.aspx
Fraser Health Authority - http://www.fraserhealth.ca/
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority - http://www.vch.ca/
Vancouver Island Health Authority - http://www.viha.ca/
Provincial Health Services Authority - http://www.phsa.ca/default.htm
Provincial Health Services Authority - http://www.phsa.ca/default.htm
Connecting the Dots (health initiative) - http://www.cmha.bc.ca/how-we-can-help/aboriginal-families/connectingthedots

Useful Documents (please click on document to download)

First Nations Health Plan [1.44 Mb]

The BC Provincial Health Officers Report, 2001 : "The Health and Well Being of Aboriginal People" [.8 Mb]

 
Connecting the Dots - A Community-Based Mental Health Promotion Project

A Partnership led provincially by the BC Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres and the Canadian Mental Health Association BC Division and implemented locally by Friendship Centres and CMHA Branches

Connecting the Dots is an innovative project which seeks to promote the mental health of urban Aboriginal youth and families by mobilizing the community to address risk and protective factors influencing mental health. While Connecting the Dots is focused on urban Aboriginal youth and families, this work engages with, supports, and affects the whole community. This project is led by the Canadian Mental Health Association BC Division (CMHA BC) in partnership with the BC Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres (BCAAFC), implemented locally through Friendship Centres and CMHA branches in three British Columbian urban Aboriginal communities: Kelowna, Port Alberni and Quesnel. The project is funded by the Public Health Agency of Canada.

The project has three overall goals:

• To initiate and sustain a long-term partnership between CMHA and Friendship Centres.
• To improve urban Aboriginal mental health.
• To adapt the Communities that Care model in an urban Aboriginal context to ensure cultural relevance.

Please visit http://www.cmha.bc.ca/connectingthedots at the CMHA BC website for more details and information about the Connecting the Dots project.

Fernando Polanco
Provincial Liaison, 'Connecting the Dots'
BC Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres
Phone: (250) 388-5522 or (250) 857-6325
Email: fpolanco@bcaafc.com or fernando.j.polanco@gmail.com

Warren Clarmont
Senior Policy Analyst
BC Assn. of Aboriginal Friendship Centres
wclarmont@bcaafc.com
Ph: (250)388-5522

Trixie Ling
Canadian Mental Health Association- BC Division
Project Manager, Connecting the Dots
Phone number: 604-688-3234
Email: trixie.ling@cmha.bc.ca
http://www.cmha.bc.ca/advocacy/connectingdots
Check us out on Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Connecting-the-Dots/211732608850334
or Twitter: http://twitter.com/#!/CTDbc

BC Aboriginal Sports, Recreation and Physical Activity

The BCAAFC is currently a member of the Aboriginal Sports, Recreation and Physical Activity Parnters Council (ASRPAPC) whose purpose is to:

"The purpose of the ASRPAPC is to fully develop, implement and provide oversight to the British Columbia Strategy on Aboriginal Sport, Recreation and Physical Activity. The intended outcome of the Strategy would be sustainable participation by Aboriginal people in sports, recreation and physical activity programs, which maximize physical, emotional and social potential and contribute to the improved quality of life of Aboriginal people in British Columbia (BC). "

The ASRPAPC member organizations include:

ASRPAPC Documents
*NEW* July 8th, 2009

Aboriginal Sports, Recreation and Physical Activity Strategy (.pdf) 1.22 MB

For more information regarding BCAAFC Health Initiatives please contact Warren Clarmont, Team Leader: Partnerships and Business Developmment orJonathon Swanson.

BC Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres
#200 - 506 Fort Street
Victoria, BC
V8W 1E6
Phone: 250 388-5522
Fax: 250 388-5502