WEST

The West is led by Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA). SHA is the largest organization in Saskatchewan, employing over 40,000 people and physicians responsible for the delivery of high quality and timely health care for the entire province. SHA is proud to lead the Western Network which includes British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba, with 5 Edge partners. SHA is also advising and supporting the creation of the CAN Health Central Network.

Vancouver Coastal Health

Shared Health Manitoba

Saskatchewan Health Authority

Alberta Health Services

CASA Child, Adolescent and Family Mental Health

Fraser Health

Vancouver Coastal Health

The Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH) is one of five regional health authorities in British Columbia and one of the largest in Canada. VCH provides healthcare services to more than 1.25 million people in urban, rural, remote and aboriginal communities. Their 15,000 staff and physicians span 86 disciplines and 112 locations and deliver a range of direct and contracted services including home and community care, mental health services, population and preventive health, addictions services, primary care and acute care.  The Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute (VCHRI) is a world leader in translational health research, attracting more than $120M of research funding last year and supporting more than 900 principal investigators conducting clinical and discovery research.

Website:www.vch.ca

Shared Health Manitoba

Shared Health brings together clinical experts from across the province to deliver a patient-centred, accessible, responsive health system that people can count on. Shared Health plans clinical and preventive services for delivery across the entire province, supported by centralized administrative functions that use human, capital and financial resources in the best way possible. They work collaboratively with regional health authorities, service delivery organizations and communities to ensure the health care needs of Manitobans are met compassionately, effectively and as close to home as possible.

Saskatchewan Health Authority

The Saskatchewan Health Authority (SHA) employs more than 40,000 people and is responsible for the planning, organization, delivery and evaluation of the health services system for the entire province of Saskatchewan. The SHA is committed to playing a leadership role in the CAN Health West Network where it hopes to break down geographic boundaries and service silos to provide more consistent and coordinated health care services across western Canada.

Alberta Health Services

Alberta Health Services (AHS) is Canada’s first and largest province-wide, fully-integrated health system, responsible for delivering health services to the more than 4.4 million people living in Alberta, as well as to some residents of Saskatchewan, B.C. and the Northwest Territories.

CASA Child, Adolescent and Family Mental Health

CASA Child, Adolescent and Family Mental Health is a trusted non-profit organization based in Edmonton delivering holistic, culturally safe, wrap-around mental health services to approximately 4,000 children ages three to 18 and their families each year. CASA achieves this through a team of specialized mental health professionals and trauma experts committed to delivering outcomes-based programming in collaboration with community partners. Its vision is a community where all children and their families are provided access to timely mental health care and empowered to thrive.

Fraser Health

Fraser Health is responsible for the delivery of hospital and community-based health services to over 1.9 million people in 20 diverse communities from Burnaby to Fraser Canyon on the traditional territories of the Coast Salish and Nlaka’pamux Nations. Our team of nearly 40,000 staff, medical staff and volunteers is dedicated to serving our patients, families and communities to deliver on our vision: Better health, best in health care.