Montreal’s Aboriginal population is growing rapidly, yet the community lacks a culturally safe and holistic health service center that is accessible to all Aboriginal people. On Friday, June 2, 2017 The Montreal Urban Aboriginal Health Centre (MUAHC) joined forces with Next City & Concordia University to co-create a 7-minute pitch for a 7,000prizethroughtheVangaurdConferenceBigIdeaChallenge.Aninterdisciplinaryteamof8conferenceattendeesworkedwithMUAHCleadershiptodesignashort−termsolutionthatwouldbeastepintherightdirectiontowardsMUAHC’sgoaltobuildafullyfunctioningandindependenthealthcenterdedicatedtoMontreal’sAboriginalpopulation.TheBigIdeawastotransformanexistingroomwithinanewhospitalsiteintoaHealingandTeachingLodge,whereAboriginalpatientsandtheirfamily/friendscouldcometogethertofocusonwellness.Ultimately,thejudgesreceivedananonymousdonationafterthesixpresentations,andtheLodgewasawarded2,000 to implement the project.
PPT: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1CwzoQokFMR-MZYTyEbpjJtBvB903K6c995QOU6VD3I0/edit#slide=id.g1f67c01f4c_0_