RCCbc | Rural Coordination Centre of BC

BC’s rural populations include a significant proportion of the province’s First Nations populations. There are many small rural and remote communities that are are inhabited by First Nations who are living in their traditional territories, as they have for endless years.

RCCbc‘s Indigenous Health initiative is led by Dr. Terri Aldred and include:

meeting with BC Emergency Health Services (BC Ambulance Services) to discuss improving services to First Nations communities
engaging with the First Nations Health Authority to support its evolving clinical services

Past activities of the Indigenous Health initiative were led by Dr. John Pawlovich and included:

organizing and supporting a collaborative engagement exercise between medical learners, educators, and Ahousaht First Nation to improve medical education, curriculum delivery, and services to rural and remote First Nation communities
ongoing mentorship of Indigenous MD students (co-led with Dr. Sarah Pawlovich)

To learn more about RCCbc’s Indigenous Health initiative, please contact Kassia Skolski, Project Coordinator via email or by phone toll free at 1 877 908-8222.

BC INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES RESOURCES

If you are looking for information about BC Indigenous communities, languages and traditional territories, we recommend consulting the following interactive, online resources:

First Nations in BC – BC Assembly of First Nations

Searchable list of all BC Indigenous groups by name or region. Includes contact information, language group(s), and select stats about the territory.

Language Map of BC – First Peoples’ Cultural Council

Interactive, searchable map of Indigenous languages in British Columbia

Global Indigenous Territories/Languages/Treaties Map – Native Land Digital

Interactive, searchable map of Indigenous territories, language groups, and treaties at a global scale. The data in this map is organized at a nation level but allows users to see overlaps in territory use by several different nations.