Across Canada and the world, organizations are reviewing and renewing how they provide health care and social services to people in order to meet the challenge of sustainability in the 21st century. [...] Sandy Lee Minister of Health and Social Services November 2009 Building a healthy future for the nWt 2009-2012 3 About The Plan Our Vision for the Future of Health and Social Services in the Northwest Territories Our vision is a Northwest Territories where our children will be born healthy and raised in a safe family and community environment, which supports them in leading long, productive, and s [...] We see us achieving this vision through a health and social services system where: • Northern people have the resources and knowledge to be well, and the health care and social services supports to help them with challenges. [...] Individuals and Appreciation of Oriented System families should Staff All activities of the recognize The knowledge, health and social Continuum of Care their personal experience and services system Programs and responsibilities to contribution of Health should support services should address their own and Social Services the maintenance fit together as health and social staff should be valued of [...] It breaks out the actions that we and our partners will need to take, before 2012, in order to ensure we achieve our goals: Goal Wellness Accessibility Sustainability Description Communities, families and People get the care they Resources are used individuals make healthy need, and know where and effectively and innovatively choices and are protected how to find it to ensure the health and from d