Kílala Lelum Health Centre

Kílala Lelum Health Centre A decolonizing approach to health care.

Tansi everyone! Here is the Cultural Wellness Calendar and Elder's Schedule for February! One thing to note is registrat...
02/02/2026

Tansi everyone! Here is the Cultural Wellness Calendar and Elder's Schedule for February!

One thing to note is registration for our Ribbon Skirt/Ribbon Shirt workshop series is now full but you can email us at culturalwellness@kilalalelum.ca to join our waitlist. We'll be sure to offer these teachings again in the future!

We hope you will join us for our other offerings this month!

We're running a two-part ribbon skirt/ribbon shirt workshop series on February 4th and 11th from 10am-1pm. All supplies ...
01/29/2026

We're running a two-part ribbon skirt/ribbon shirt workshop series on February 4th and 11th from 10am-1pm. All supplies will be provided to make a ribbon skirt. If you wish to make a ribbon shirt, we ask that you bring your own button-up shirt.

Space is limited so we ask that you register in advance to secure your spot. You can register by emailing culturalwellness@kilalalelum.ca.

Ease into 2026 with the Cultural Wellness Program at Kílala Lelum. This month we will be welcoming for a Cedar Bracelet...
01/02/2026

Ease into 2026 with the Cultural Wellness Program at Kílala Lelum.

This month we will be welcoming for a Cedar Bracelet Workshop on January 14th and to make Medicine Rollers on January 28th.

All workshops and circles are free to attend and open to anyone who wishes to participate. Supplies and refreshments are provided!

Today is the last day of the year. When you give to Kílala Lelum, you’re helping ensure our programs, rooted in culture ...
12/31/2025

Today is the last day of the year.

When you give to Kílala Lelum, you’re helping ensure our programs, rooted in culture & kinship, can continue to thrive.

Together, we can keep culture & community at the heart of health care.

Please donate today.

www.kilalalelum.ca/donate

This winter, the most common needs we’re seeing are simple but urgent: warmth, food, safety, cultural care, and connecti...
12/30/2025

This winter, the most common needs we’re seeing are simple but urgent: warmth, food, safety, cultural care, and connection.

Your support helps us meet these needs every single day.

Thank you for standing with Indigenous-led health and healing in the Downtown Eastside.

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This winter, the most common needs we’re seeing are simple but urgent: warmth, food, safety, cultural care, and connecti...
12/30/2025

This winter, the most common needs we’re seeing are simple but urgent: warmth, food, safety, cultural care, and connection.

Your support helps us meet these needs every single day.

Thank you for standing with Indigenous-led health and healing in the Downtown Eastside.

www.kilalalelum.ca/donate

Healing happens when people feel seen, respected, and rooted in culture. At Kílala Lelum, we walk alongside our relative...
12/28/2025

Healing happens when people feel seen, respected, and rooted in culture.

At Kílala Lelum, we walk alongside our relatives, providing culturally grounded health care, harm reduction, and social support.

However, even as health and social challenges continue to grow, our core funding hasn’t increased since we first opened our doors. Cultural wellness, women and gender-diverse programming, food security, chronic pain supports, and safe spaces need your help.

With only three days left before the year comes to an end, will you stand with us to transform health care in the DTES?

Every gift makes a difference.

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Healing happens when people feel seen, respected, and rooted in culture. At Kílala Lelum, we walk alongside our relative...
12/28/2025

Healing happens when people feel seen, respected, and rooted in culture.

At Kílala Lelum, we walk alongside our relatives, providing culturally grounded health care, harm reduction, and social support.

However, even as health and social challenges continue to grow, our core funding hasn’t increased since we first opened our doors. Cultural wellness, women and gender-diverse programming, food security, chronic pain supports, and safe spaces need your help.

With only three days left before the year comes to an end, will you stand with us to transform health care in the DTES?

Every gift makes a difference.

www.kilalalelum.ca/donate

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/

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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

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+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.