To advocate for Syilx control and management of their health, programs and services. – Syilx Health Mandate
The Health team works through the Nation Health Planner together with the Health Care Advocate. The Nation Health Planner collects information from community sources, such as Band staff and Health Directors, to identify current health priorities and ensure investments in health always correspond to the needs on the ground in community. Health also coordinates regional activities and supports local initiatives of Bands to enhance health services.
The Health Team works with the Planning and Policy Teams in Mental Health, Data, and Child and Family so that strategies are aligned and investments in health can be advocated for and allocated where they are needed most.
Together, with the Wellness Manager, the Health Lead is building upon the strategic efforts already underway at the Nation level to strengthen our collective health outcomes. The Health Lead collects information from a variety of community sources, such as Band staff and Health Directors, to identify current health priorities to ensure that investments in health always correspond to needs on the ground. Infused with our cultural perspective and traditional knowledge, the updated plan was finished in 2015.