Program Goal:
The goal is to foster improvements in the health and wellbeing of Indigenous individuals, families, communities, and Nations through:
Ending family violence, particularly against Indigenous women, children, and 2SLGBTQQIA+ community members.
Providing holistic, culturally appropriate and equitable access to primary health and healing services and programs that result in improved health outcomes for Indigenous peoples.
Building on the strengths and enhancing the capacities of Indigenous communities.
Addressing immediate and long-term measures related to family violence issues through community designed and delivered programming.
Promoting equitable, violence-free relationships and healthy urban Indigenous communities.
Program Objectives:
The HWC is responsible for the implementation of the Indigenous Healing and Wellness Strategy at a local level. The HWC program focuses on reducing family violence through culturally appropriate services for those most at risk, notably women, children and 2SLGBTQQIA+ people to address prevention, aftercare, and the concurrent impacts of family violence on health.These specialized workers promote healing from a holistic and traditional Indigenous perspective.