Last updated: July 14, 2025

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• Substance use
• Supports and services
  
• Poster series: Humility, Respect, Connection and Love
• Extreme heat
• Let's talk about sex
• Pathways to healing from stress and loss
• Drug and poison information
• Respiratory illness

Extreme heat

As our climate changes, heat events are becoming more common and more severe. High temperatures can be dangerous to our health. Here are some ways to prepare and keep you and your loved ones safe. 

• Extreme heat is most dangerous indoors (PDF colour) | (PDF in black & white)
  
• Take care of each other when it's hot out (PDF colour) | (PDF black & white)
  
• What are the signs of heat stroke? (PDF colour) | (PDF black & white)
  
• How do I cool down my body? (PDF colour) | (PDF black & white)
  
• Be prepared for hot weather (2 page poster)
• Stay safe during extreme heat events (1 page poster)
• Stay cool and safe during heat waves (colouring sheet and notepad)
  

• First Nations Health Authority: Preparing for and responding to hot weather
• BCCDC:  Preparing for Heat Events

Let's talk about sex

This series of resources provides answers to common questions about sexually transmitted infections (STIs). 

Let's talk about sex series

• What is an STI? (PDF in colour) | What is an STI? (PDF in black and white)   
  
• Do I have an STI? (PDF in colour)| Do I have an STI? (PDF in black and white) 
  
• How do STIs spread? (PDF in colour) | How do STIs spread? (PDF in black and white) 
  
• What if I test positive? (PDF in colour) | What if I test positive? (PDF in black and white)
  
• What is Chlamydia? (PDF in colour) | (PDF in black and white)
  
• What is Syphilis? (PDF in colour) | (PDF in black and white)
  
• How does Syphils spread? (PDF in colour) | (PDF in black and white)
  
• How to protect your baby from Syphilis (PDF in colour) | (PDF in black and white)
  

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Pathways to healing from stress and loss

First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples continue to navigate the historic and ongoing experiences of colonization and racism, and face unique challenges when it comes to their personal health. 

This resources aims to help individuals find ways to improve their mental health and well-being. It is acknowledged that communities also need improved services and policies to address complex Indigenous health issues.

Learn more about pathways to healing:

• Pathways to healing from stress and loss (colour PDF)
  
• Pathways to healing from stress and loss (black & white PDF)
  

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Drug and poison information

B.C. has a 24-hour telephone support line for adults and children who have been exposed to drugs or poisons. The lines are staffed with nurses and pharmacists who can help you, your family, and your friends deal with all sorts of emergencies.

Get help at 1-800-567-8911

Learn about the Drug and Poison Information Centre:

• Drug and poison information (colour PDF)
  
• Drug and poison information (black & white PDF)
  

Respiratory illness

Feeling sick with cold, flu or COVID-19?

During respiratory virus season, and throughout the year, people are getting sick with cold, the flu, or COVID-19. Here are some tips to help stop the spread. For more information on COVID-19, check out the Indigenous Community Resources page. 

Learn more about respiratory illness:

• Feeling sick? Stop the spread (colour PDF) 
  
• Feeling sick? Stop the spread (black & white PDF)
  

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Contributors to Indigenous Health Resources

The images and resources available to Indigenous peoples and communities in B.C. were developed as part of a partnership in consultation with the First Nations Health Authority, the BC Association of Aboriginal Friendship Centres, Métis Nation British Columbia, and Indigenous and non-Indigenous staff of the BC Centre for Disease Control.