WAMS Overview How WAMS is Funded Accreditation Our Direction Profile of Services Programs & Strategies Strategic Plan Partnerships & Associations WAMS People Document Centre Location Maps Contact WAMS More... Health Links (Websites) Word Definitions & Abreviations Support WAMS WAMS Wishlist Become a Member Resources For Purchase Working With WAMS		Our Direction "Health Is Life Is Health" The National Aboriginal Health Strategy Working Party, (1989), defined health as: "Not just the physical well-being of the individual but the social, emotional, and cultural well-being of the whole community. This is a whole-of-life view and it also includes the cyclical concept of life-death-life.” Click here to read or print out the policy (PDF)

 "The stories of our ancestors, the collective grief, as well as healing, begin
from knowing where we come from and where we are heading…..carrying the
past with you into the future is, as it should be. We are nothing if not for those
who have been before, and the children of the future will look back and reflect
on us today." (Social and Emotional Wellbeing Framework, 2004)