L’entente de partenariat a pour objectif de promouvoir l’excellence dans le domaine du leadership en santé.
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The Canadian College of Health Leaders is excited to announce a new strategic alliance with Dreamcatcher Holistic Health Services. This partnership is designed to enhance leadership capabilities for healthcare managers and professionals, fostering excellence within the health leadership field.
This partnership also focuses on encouraging healthcare leaders to pursue the Certified Health Executive (CHE) designation, the only national certification for health leaders in Canada. The CHE Program provides numerous benefits, including support for lifelong learning, career advancement, and peer recognition, and serves as an essential career credential for health leaders.
Brenda Lammi, Senior Vice President of Leadership and Professional Development at the CCHL, shared: “We are excited to form this new partnership with Dreamcatcher Holistic Health Services. This collaboration highlights our mutual commitment to fostering the growth of health leaders and emphasizes the significance of the CHE designation as a vital step in advancing their leadership journey.”
“We are honoured and excited to officially announce our partnership with the Canadian College of Health Leaders (CCHL) to deliver the Mental Health Responder Level 1 Certification. Our wellness initiatives and training programs are thoughtfully designed to be culturally significant and respectful, integrating traditional wisdom with data-driven insights and evidence-based solutions. By introducing Mental Health Responders within organizational frameworks and providing training to healthcare leaders, we aim to enhance the capacity of both communities and corporations, ensuring ongoing support for employees, stakeholders, and the communities we serve” said Mia Taylor, Chief Executive Officer, Dreamcatcher Holistic Health Services Inc. “This partnership plays a crucial role in equipping healthcare leaders with culturally relevant resources and skills, strengthening their ability to foster resilience, well-being, and positive change within workplaces and communities. Together, we aspire to build organizational capacity and create environments prioritizing mental health and well-being for all.”
Together, CCHL and Dreamcatcher Holistic Health Services will work to meet the evolving needs of health leaders, aligning with the LEADS in a Caring Environment. This framework is a cornerstone for leadership development in the Canadian healthcare system, defining the essential knowledge, skills, and attitudes required for leaders to make a positive impact in the sector.
About Dreamcatcher Holistic Health Services
Dreamcatcher Holistic Health Services Inc. (DHHS) is an Indigenous-owned organization that delivers comprehensive mobile wellness solutions. We specialize in providing services to Indigenous communities and the industrial trades and extraction sectors. Our expertise uniquely addresses the complex needs of construction, resource extraction, healthcare leadership, and Indigenous community health services.
Our integrated approach tackles critical industry challenges head-on. In the construction sector alone, where 83% of workers experience significant mental health symptoms and suicide rates are six times higher than other workplace fatalities combined, we’re responding to a Canadian industry requiring 439,000 additional workers while losing skilled trades at an unprecedented rate.
Our organization brings together an exceptional team of certified professionals, including counsellors, athletic therapists, diabetes educators, psychological health and safety advisors, certified health executives, hunting guides, biologists, and Conservation and Outdoor Recreation Education (CORE) facilitators, alongside mental health responders. We also work alongside local elders, knowledge keepers, hunters, artists and healers to ensure our services remain culturally grounded and responsive to specific community needs.
Through our strategic partnership with the Canadian College of Health Leaders (CCHL), our Mental Health Responder Level One course, which is recognized to provide credits towards certification as a Certified Health Executive, demonstrates our commitment to professional excellence in healthcare leadership. Our collaboration with the BC Wildlife Federation enables the delivery of CORE programs tailored to specific Indigenous nations, supporting food sovereignty education and traditional hunting practices while remaining accessible to all BC residents.
As a contracted service provider for Gambling Support BC, we deliver specialized outreach programs, land-based healing and education programs, and one-on-one therapeutic counselling through their Indigenous stream. These programs are specifically designed to support individuals and communities affected by gambling-related harms. Our therapeutic support services integrate cultural practices with contemporary approaches to address gambling-specific challenges.
Our comprehensive mobile services bring integrated care directly to worksites and communities, including pain and injury management clinics, supported return-to-work programs, mental health response and support, psychological health and safety advisory services, and tailored on-site support services. We offer addiction and recovery support groups, grief and loss support groups, and specialized Indigenous community initiative programs.
Through our partnership with Nisla Kiidaay—The Healing Forest Foundation—we’ve developed evidence-based data collection systems that honour scientific methodology and cultural wisdom. This integrated model delivers measurable solutions across sectors, addressing crucial employee well-being and retention gaps while fostering sustainable wellness practices.
Our mobile service delivery extends to remote industrial sites, construction projects, mining operations, forestry camps, shipyards, and oil and gas facilities. We focus on creating sustainable wellness solutions that respect traditional knowledge while incorporating modern healthcare advances. Our programs support the interconnectedness of mental, physical, emotional, and spiritual health, delivering practical, evidence-based services that meet each sector’s unique needs.
DHHS’s commitment to excellence in mobile healthcare delivery, training and culturally informed practices makes us a trusted partner in building resilient workplaces and communities. Our integrated approach transforms how organizations support their people, whether on remote industrial sites or within communities. We leave no stone unturned, no person behind, and no community without.
Visit www.dreamcatcherhhs.com(opens in a new tab) to learn more.
About the College
The Canadian College of Health Leaders (CCHL) is a national, member-driven, non-profit association dedicated to providing the leadership development, tools, knowledge, and networks that members need to become high-impact leaders in Canadian healthcare.
Through LEADS, the CHE designation, credentialing, training, conferences, mentoring, and a nationwide careers network, we support health leaders in every sector and region, from every professional background, and at any stage of their career.
Located in Ottawa, the College collaborates with 20 chapters across the country and engages with its 4,300 members and 80 corporate members to promote lifelong learning and professional development while recognizing leadership excellence.
For more information about the College, visit: www.cchl-ccls.ca
Media Enquiries
Mia Taylor
Chief Executive Officer
Dreamcatcher Holistic Health Services
250-609-0833
m.taylor@dreamcatcherhhs.com
Brenda Lammi
Senior Vice President, Leadership and Professional Development
CCHL
1-800-363-9056 ext. 215
blammi@cchl-ccls.ca
