HealthCareCAN, the national voice of action for health organizations and hospitals across Canada – was formed from the merger of the Canadian Healthcare Association and the Association of Canadian Academic Healthcare Organizations in January 2014.

Bringing Reconciliation to Healthcare in Canada: Wise Practices for Healthcare leaders”. April 2018

The 10 identified Wise Practices includes the following within Indigenous Client Care and Outcomes:

• Enhance the journey of Indigenous clients through the practice of trauma-informed care and programs such as Indigenous navigators, access to traditional foods and healing practices, support from Elders, and land- based healing; the specific initiatives should emerge from the recommendations made by local Indigenous communities, advisors, and clients.

HealthcareCAN Issues Brief, 2016 Suggested Recommendations:

• Advocating for parallel support of Indigenous traditional medicine approaches to healing;
• Working with traditional healers to develop respectful ways to teach learners as well as practicing health care providers on how to work with traditional healers or people who are using traditional healing methods – this may include accreditation
• Developing community partnerships between First Nations communities and health organizations to ensure inclusion of traditional healing in the primary care models in ways that are respectful, responsive, and directed by First Nations communities and traditional healers.