IndHealth
Indigenous health & healing infrastructure
IndHealth is a platform initiative to reclaim Indigenous-led health infrastructure that integrations traditional healing and Western medicine into one sovereign, culturally safe system. Anchored in the renewed Tsuut'ina Health Complex (Treaty Seven, Alberta) and building on the Naawi-Oodena Health & Healing Campus (Treaty One, Manitoba), IndHealth responds to urgent disparities in Indigenous health access and outcomes. With over 100,000 Indigenous people in the Edmonton region alone, the need for new models of care is pressing.
The project unites design features such as Elder-led governance, clutlrual and ceremonial infrastructure, trauma-informed and biophilic design, and blended capital stacks (First Nations Finance Authority, philanthropy, government, and health tourism). ICChange plays a critical role in mapping actors and policy, facilitating co-design, and structuring sustainable capital pathways.
By 2030, IndHealth aims to establish 1-2 Indigenous-led health centres, create 500+ jobs, and generate a governance and service model playbook for replication. More than a facility, it is a scalable platform for Indigenous Nations to reclaim health jurisdiction, embed traditional knowledge, and build resilient systems that serve communities for generations.
