Kílala Lelum Health Centre

Kílala Lelum Health Centre A decolonizing approach to health care.

Amid rising costs and growing need, Kílala Lelum continues to offer a space where health care begins with relationship a...
12/24/2025

Amid rising costs and growing need, Kílala Lelum continues to offer a space where health care begins with relationship and respect.

Here’s a glimpse of the transformational work your gift can help sustain:

Primary care and nursing
Elder-led cultural wellness and ceremony
Harm reduction, overdose response, and education
Social navigation and housing support
Food security and accessible nutrition
Counselling and emotional care
Outreach and peer support teams
Land-based and cultural wellness programs, including canoe journeys, plant medicine teachings, and seasonal gatherings
Our programs are built on relationships, and those relationships change lives.

We’re only $19,260.22 away from our fundraising goal. Will you stand in solidarity and donate today?

www.kilalalelum.ca/donate

At Kílala Lelum, our work is rooted in culture, community, and connection.Your generosity helps sustain and strengthen o...
12/19/2025

At Kílala Lelum, our work is rooted in culture, community, and connection.

Your generosity helps sustain and strengthen our at-risk programming, such as:

Canoe program, strengthening identity, resilience, and community ties
Low-barrier food security and safe community spaces
Culturally safe, trauma-informed, and Elder-led cultural care
Traditional medicine and land-based healing initiatives
Women’s and gender diverse health programming
Culturally relevant chronic pain programming

Your contribution will help sustain the Indigenous-led programs and services that form the heart of our cooperative—ensuring our relatives can access warmth, safety, cultural care, and dignity through the coldest months of the year.

If you haven’t already done so, please consider donating to our today.

www.kilalalelum.ca/donate

At Kílala Lelum, healing isn’t just about treatment; it’s about belonging, kinship, and culture. The health and social n...
12/17/2025

At Kílala Lelum, healing isn’t just about treatment; it’s about belonging, kinship, and culture.

The health and social needs of our community have intensified, the cost of living has risen sharply, and the ongoing drug toxicity crisis continues to escalate.

Yet, our funding has not increased since we first opened our doors.

Your support makes our integrated model possible, which includes:

Primary care and nursing
Elder-led cultural wellness and ceremony
Harm reduction, overdose response, and education
Social navigation and housing support
Food security and accessible nutrition
Counselling and emotional care
Outreach and peer support teams
Land-based and cultural wellness programs, including canoe journeys, plant medicine teachings, and seasonal gatherings

Will you help us carry culture, care, and community through the cold months, and beyond?

Please help us reach our fundraising goal.

www.kilalalelum.ca/donate

Thank you to The Tyee for sharing the work we do for the DTES. We're so grateful for all the love we've been getting sin...
12/15/2025

Thank you to The Tyee for sharing the work we do for the DTES.

We're so grateful for all the love we've been getting since we have launched our first fundraiser this month. If you are able, please support Kílala Lelum by either donating or letting your community know about how we work on transforming healthcare: kilalalelum.ca/donate/

Thank you so much for everyone’s support. Every donation, repost, like, and follow makes a difference. Every day we see ...
12/12/2025

Thank you so much for everyone’s support. Every donation, repost, like, and follow makes a difference.

Every day we see the power when culture, connection and community are at the heart of healing.

Your support makes this happen. We can’t do this work alone.

If you haven’t already done so, please consider donating to our winter campaign today.

www.kilalalelum.ca/donate

All are welcome to join us for our Winter Solstice Circle with Audrey Siegl on Thursday, December 18th from 10am - 12pm....
12/12/2025

All are welcome to join us for our Winter Solstice Circle with Audrey Siegl on Thursday, December 18th from 10am - 12pm.

We'll be embracing the coming of this new season and welcome back the light after the darkest day of the year!

No registration is required!

Join us next Wednesday for a free and festive workshop lead by Haida cedar bark weaver, . Learn how to weave your own ce...
12/09/2025

Join us next Wednesday for a free and festive workshop lead by Haida cedar bark weaver, . Learn how to weave your own cedar reindeer on December 17th from 10am - 12pm at 626 Powell Street.

All are welcome to attend. Supplies will be provided!

Everyone deserves care rooted in dignity, culture, and community. When core funding doesn’t keep pace with community nee...
12/06/2025

Everyone deserves care rooted in dignity, culture, and community.

When core funding doesn’t keep pace with community need, your generosity ensures no one is left behind.

Your support strengthens Elder-led healing, culturally safe health care, warm meals, medicines, connection, and safety.

Please donate to our winter campaign today.

www.kilalalelum.ca/donate

As winter approaches, we are called to gather close, care for one another, and uphold the teachings that remind us that ...
12/02/2025

As winter approaches, we are called to gather close, care for one another, and uphold the teachings that remind us that wellness is a shared responsibility.

Today, on , we’re launching our first-ever , “Together Through Winter,” with the hopes of raising $25,000.

Since we first opened our doors in 2018, our core funding has remained unchanged, even as the realities facing our members have grown significantly more complex.

Simply put, a number of our programs are at risk.

Your support can help us bridge these gaps. You can help us make certain no one is left without access to the services, relationships, and cultural connections that sustain health, dignity, and belonging.

Every contribution strengthens Indigenous-led health and healing this winter.

Will you help us reach our goal of $25,000?

https://kilalalelum.ca/donate/

As winter approaches, we’re called to gather close, care for one another, and uphold the teachings that remind us that w...
12/02/2025

As winter approaches, we’re called to gather close, care for one another, and uphold the teachings that remind us that wellness is a shared responsibility.

Today, on , we’re launching our first-ever , “Together Through Winter,” with the hopes of raising $25,000.

Since we first opened our doors in 2018, our core funding has remained unchanged, even as the realities facing our members have grown significantly more complex.

Simply put, a number of our programs are at risk.

Your support can help us bridge these gaps. Every contribution strengthens Indigenous-led health and healing this winter.

Will you help us reach our goal of $25,000?

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CulturalWellness HealthCare Vancouver BC IndigenousWellness TogetherThroughWinter

December is here and so is the Cultural Wellness Calendar and Elder's Schedule! This month we're offering some opportuni...
12/01/2025

December is here and so is the Cultural Wellness Calendar and Elder's Schedule!

This month we're offering some opportunities to create something special for your loved ones for the holiday season durning our Drop-in Gift Making workshops.

Plus we're welcoming back to show us how to make cedar reindeers on December 17th. will be joining on December 18th to help us welcome the Winter Solstice.

Supplies are provided so all you need to bring is yourself!

Address

626 Powell Street
Vancouver, BC
V6A1V4

Opening Hours

Monday 9:30am - 5pm
Tuesday 9:30am - 5pm
Wednesday 9:30am - 5pm
Thursday 9:30am - 5pm
Friday 9:30am - 5pm
Saturday 9am - 1:30pm
Sunday 9am - 1:30pm

Telephone

+16046204010

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Our Story

The Urban Indigenous Health & Healing Cooperative was established following our experiences with the Vancouver Indigenous Elders Partnership (VIP) programme -- a pilot project to provide traditional Indigenous healing alongside routine primary care within Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside.

Evaluation of the VIP program demonstrated consistent positive impacts on well-being, mental health and decreased use of crisis-oriented Emergency Services. Participants in the VIP program voiced their demand to expand access to Indigenous Elders within the Downtown Eastside primary care system. We have answered their call.

After careful consideration, and out of care and respect for the community, we have taken the steps necessary to create a new Indigenous-focused health centre in the DTES that will uphold the Truth and Reconciliation Commission Calls to Action.