Developing a New First Nations Health Governance System: Creation of an Independent, First Nations Run Organization

• Published in: Health Reform Observer - Observatoire des Réformes de Santé
• Main Author: Alexander Ryan Levesque
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English; French
• Published: McMaster University Library Press 2017
• Subjects: Indigenous health; British Columbia; First Nations; autonomy; health governance; Public aspects of medicine; RA1-1270; Canada
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.13162/hro-ors.v5i2.3099; https://doaj.org/article/af7a8fcd74ac457ea2a8a713ee719693

In 2011 a tripartite agreement between the province of British Columbia (BC), Health Canada, and First Nations leaders created the First Nations Health Authority (FNHA): a unique approach to First Nations health governance. The creation of the FNHA came after almost ten years of discussion and agree...