Strathcona Community Health Network
Improving Health, Wellness, and Equity Through Collaboration
Within the Strathcona Region
Our Mission
To improve the health, wellness, and equity of communities and territories of the Ligwilda’xw, Nuu Chah Nulth, and Coast Salish within the Strathcona region by facilitating collaborative action on root causes before people get sick.
Our Values
The Strathcona Community Health Network is an inter-sectoral collaborative partnership that works to address health and well-being upstream by addressing the social determinants of health at a systems level.
The aim of the Strathcona Community Health Network is to bring together people from wide-ranging backgrounds, roles and perspectives to take action on issues that impact health and well-being in their communities. The Network is a place to:
Exchange knowledge and build common understanding of issues
Align around a common vision to amplify impact on shared priorities
Strengthen relationships and build trust by collaborating on shared projects
Engage in collaborative problem solving to encourage innovation and efficiency
Our Objectives
Build relationships, understanding and trust
Improve the mental health of children
Improve access to affordable, healthy food
Improve access to appropriate housing
Improve access to high-speed internet
Improve supports to enable ageing-in-place
Increase access to affordable, reliable transport
Implement truth and reconciliation call to actions
Our Organization
The Strathcona Community Health Network is an intersectoral collaborative partnership that works to address health and well-being upstream, focusing on root causes before people get sick. Our aim is to address the social determinants of health at a systems level. Importantly, the Health Network is not involved in looking at deficiencies of health services.
