About The IPHCC
The Indigenous Primary Health Care Council (IPHCC) is an Indigenous-governed, culture-based, and Indigenous-informed organization. Its key mandate is to. support the advancement and evolution of Indigenous primary health care services throughout Ontario. It works with Indigenous primary health care organizations (IPHCOs) across Ontario, including:
- Aboriginal Health Access Centres (AHACs)
- Indigenous Interprofessional Primary Care Teams (IPCTs)
- Indigenous Community Health Centres (ICHCs)
- and Indigenous Family Health Teams (IFHTs)
to address the physical, spiritual, emotional, and mental wellbeing of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis (FNIM) peoples and communities being served.
MODEL OF WHOLISTIC HEALTH & WELLBEING
A Time for Reconciliation
IPHCC promotes high-quality care provision through the Model of Wholistic Health and Wellbeing. The model is rooted in a population needs-based approach to health care planning and delivery for the Indigenous population. The model incorporates physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual elements of wellbeing and it is believed that all elements must operate in harmony.
There is a belief that culture is treatment and culture is healing, and our model of care solidly implants a strong self-identity so that self-determination is fostered, and positive health outcomes are advanced. This model of care promotes and celebrates the diversity in our people so that all voices are elevated, and the power to oversee our destiny lies with our communities.
While the MWHW is grounded in Anishinaabe teachings such as the Seven Grandfathers and the Medicine Wheel, we recognize that wholistic wellbeing is a value shared across many Indigenous Nations. This includes Haudenosaunee teachings of the Good Mind, Mushkegowuk Cree teachings of Wahkohtowin and Miyo-pimâtisiwin, Lenape teachings of balance and interdependence, Métis understandings of interconnectedness, and Inuit Qaujimajatuqangit principles of community care and relational responsibility.
