Filling a critical gap in healthcare.

Tutulshenam will serve the needs of all BC First Nations with dignity and respect;
building a future we all want to see, right here on the Coast.

The Sunshine Coast currently has no publicly accessible facility for detoxification and treatment for patients (whom tutulshenam will refer to as relatives) suffering from substance use and addiction. That chasm in our healthcare system will be smaller with the opening of tutulshenam. This 20 bed facility will offer each relative a unique healing program that includes family integration and participation.

A wide and lasting impact.

Research shows that every person who suffers from mental health and substance use/addiction issues impact a wide community of people around them, from spouses to immediate family, from relatives to friends, coworkers and caregivers. The number of people in their immediate and extended circle who are directly impacted will vary, but the collateral damage of this disease is always prevalent. For this reason, family members, close friends and caregivers will be involved in every aspect of every relative’s healing journey. We do not go alone, we go together into that better tomorrow. In this manner, our projected capacity of 40 relatives receiving treatment per year is more accurately 240, as we very much count those other caregivers who are impacted by the disease.