First Nations Health Foundation

June is National Indigenous History Month and June 21 is National Indigenous Peoples Day 🙌

This month is a great opportunity to learn and learning doesn’t have to start with a big commitment… it can start with one action:

🛍️ Support an Indigenous-owned business
📚 Read a book by an Indigenous author
🎉 Attend an Indigenous event
🗺️ Learn whose lands you live on
💬 Have a conversation
🌱 Teach the next generation
📱 Follow Indigenous voices

Share your ideas in the comments below 😊

Read our latest blog for seven meaningful ways to learn, connect, and take action this month: https://fnhfoundation.ca/indigenous-history-month-7-ways/

To our IPAC community,

On National Physicians Day, we just want to take a moment.
We’re thinking about all the ways you show up.

In clinics, in hospitals, in community. With patients, families, and learners.

We know this work isn’t always easy. A lot of what you carry isn’t always seen. And still, you keep going.

You’re caring for people.
You’re supporting each other.
You’re helping make space for Indigenous voices in medicine.

There were dreams of being seen in these spaces.
Of seeing someone who looks like you.
You’re that for someone now.

We’re grateful for all you carry.

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À notre communauté de l’AMIC,

En cette Journée nationale des médecins, nous prenons un moment.

On pense à toutes les façons dont vous vous présentez, jour après jour.

Dans les cliniques, à l’hôpital, dans les communautés.
Avec les patientes et patients, les familles et les apprenantes et apprenants.

On sait que ce travail n’est pas toujours facile. Une grande partie de ce que vous portez ne se voit pas. Et malgré tout, vous continuez.
Vous prenez soin des gens.

Vous vous soutenez entre vous.
Vous contribuez à faire une place aux voix autochtones en médecine.
Il y a eu des rêves d’être vu dans ces espaces.
De voir quelqu’un qui nous ressemble.

Aujourd’hui, vous êtes cette personne pour quelqu’un d’autre.
On vous est reconnaissants pour tout ce que vous portez.

🕯 A small flame can hold big hope.

The tutulshenam candle was created as a symbol of healing, remembrance, and the path forward. Every candle helps support tutulshenam-áwtxw (Healing House) on the Sunshine Coast and the goal of getting shovels in the ground this year.

Donate $100 or more and receive a candle designed by Coast Salish artist Jessica Silvey (Red Cedar Woman).

Light it in honour of someone you love.
Light it in memory of someone you miss.
Light it for those still finding their way.

🕯️ Learn more and donate: tutulshenam.org/donate

100% of proceeds support the Healing House through the First Nations Health Foundation.

While we’re sold out of foursomes, there’s still a way to be part of the day 🎉

Join us for the evening at our Charity Golf Classic Banquet Dinner—an opportunity to gather in connection, celebration, and shared purpose alongside First Nations leaders, partners, and community 🙌

A limited number of dinner tickets and sponsorship opportunities are still available.

If you’ve been meaning to get involved, this is a beautiful way to join us 🤝

🔗 Learn more / reserve your seat: https://app.eventcaddy.com/events/first-nations-health-foundation-charity-golf-classic/register/bundle/90232

⛳️🎉 SOLD OUT 🎉⛳️

We’re so grateful to share that all foursomes for our Charity Golf Classic are now officially sold out.

Thank you to everyone who jumped in early, rallied their teams, and chose to spend the day with us in support of First Nations health and wellness.

Because of the incredible response, we’ve started a waitlist for teams who are still hoping to join us on the course on June 19 at Northview Golf & Country Club 🙌

🔗 Join the waitlist: https://forms.cloud.microsoft/pages/responsepage.aspx?id=hPYiry4sN0C-KEjcj74Rd-WtCDIvdsxHpWengLp3ffRUNkZQRDM4UTVGQVQ1N0szSk9XR0RHMzkxOC4u&route=shorturl

We can’t wait to gather together 💫

As we mark 10 years since the toxic drug crisis was declared a public health emergency in BC, we are deeply honoured to acknowledge the Sunshine Coast Healthcare Auxiliary Society and their extraordinary $100,000 contribution in support of tutulshenam-áwtxw (Healing House).

For decades, the Sunshine Coast Healthcare Auxiliary has played a vital role in enhancing the quality of healthcare across the region—providing volunteer services, raising essential funds, and fostering strong community support for the hospital and related healthcare programs. Their legacy of care and commitment continues to make a meaningful difference in the lives of people on the Sunshine Coast.

This transformative gift brings us significantly closer to realizing a dedicated healing and recovery space for BC First Nations communities. A new facility, grounded in culture, community, and trauma-informed care.

We are profoundly grateful for your leadership, generosity, and shared commitment to strengthening health and wellbeing across the Sunshine Coast.

?ul nu msh chalap (Thank you)

🕯️ tutulshenam.org

10 years of the toxic drug public health emergency; healing and hope for the future The data illustrates the continued disparity between First Nations and non-First Nations people in BC. While First Nations people represent 3.4% of BC's population, in 2025, they represented 15.8% of toxic drug poisoning deaths. Since 2016, 2,836 First ...