About the AHWC
Established in 1994, AHWC is a non-profit organization, and Manitoba’s only Urban-Indigenous Community Health Agency. AHWC is an agent of change and a leader in the holistic way it approaches the health and wellbeing of the Community Member who uses its services, as well the staff who run these.
Our mission, vision, and values describe a deep commitment to blending and balancing traditional and contemporary ways of knowing and learning. The work is unique, challenging, and rewarding.
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AHWC is governed by Indigenous Peoples for Indigenous Peoples.
Our Values
We approach our work from an indigenous worldview which understands that an individual members’ wellness reflects our community’s wellness and our wellbeing as individuals and as a community is connected to all people and all things, based on the medicine wheel teachings.
Land Acknowledgement
We acknowledge that we live and work in Treaty One Territory, on original lands of Anishinaabeg, Anisininew, Dakota Oyate, Denesuline, and Nehethowuk Nations, and on the homeland of the Red River Métis.
United Nations Declaration
We believe that Indigenous peoples have the right to place-based services, as well as an inherent right to our own health and wellness practices, as stated in the United Nations Declaration on the rights of Indigenous Peoples. We believe that all people have inherent value and worth that should be honoured.
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Who We Serve
We serve Winnipeg’s Indigenous community and refer to the individuals and families who use our services as ‘Constituents’ (CSTs). The term constituent embodies the notion that community members have a 'vote' or 'say' in the services we provide. Since inception, our agency continues to grow its service care programming based on the needs identified by constituents.