History
The eHealth Strategy Office has a strong interest in:
- using technology to promote wellness;
- providing access to trusted community-defined health information; and
- enabling high quality education
Our strong commitment to these areas connects well with the CLC concept for creating community defined health information designed to increase community capacity and reinforce First Nations community learning. CLCs originated at Mexico’s Tecnologico de Monterrey (Monterrey Tech), where the first CLC was established to provide health education to para-professionals in geographically isolated regions of Mexico. The eHealth Strategy Office formed a partnership with Monterrey Tech and began to seek out interest in rural and remote Canadian communities to adapt the CLC concept. Following this, the eHealth Strategy Office collaborated with Tl’azt’en Nation, BC’s Ministry of Management Services and the Prince George Nechako Aboriginal Employment & Training Association (PGNAETA) to create and implement a Canadian pilot of Monterrey Tec’s CLC concept, known as the Tl’azt’en Learning Circle. The Tl’azt’en Learning Circle was a critical stepping stone in the development and implementation of the Ktunaxa CLCs currently underway.
