Welcome to the Tla'Amin Tobacco Control Strategy website!
Tla'Amin Tobacco Control Strategy is an initiative of Tla'Amin Community Health Services in Sliammon, located just outside of Powell River, British Columbia.
You will find all kinds of helpful information here. You can find a description of the Tla'Amin Tobacco Control Strategy, one of eight national demonstration projects funded by the First Nations and Inuit Health Branch, Health Canada. You can learn about aboriginal tobacco misuse, and find out about some of the best aboriginal tobacco strategies. You will find links to self-care websites that can help you quit smoking, or learn more about your smoking behaviour. You can read about the Sliammon Smokers Clinic, a new initiative of the Tla'Amin tobacco Control Strategy.
Sliammon Smokers Clinic Open Now!
Read all about it in our latest Newsletter,
or email smokersclinic@sliammon.bc.ca.
Tla'Amin Community Health
R.R. 2, 6690 Sliammon Road
Powell River, BC V8A 4Z3
Phone: (604) 483-3009
Toll Free: 1-888-271-5555
Fax: (604) 483-2466
Email: Jo-Anne Allan RN, BScN, Coordinator
About Sliammon...
The community of Sliammon is located approximately 12 kilometres north of Powell River on the west of the mainland of British Columbia. The current population is approximately 1000 people. The area is commonly referred to as the Sunshine Coast. Sliammon is situated 133 km north of Vancouver, and across the Georgia Strait from Vancouver Island.
Sliammon is situated on one of six parcels of reserve land the Federal Government assigned to the Tla'Amin First Nation in 1879. Sliammon is the only parcel that is accessible by land and that has permanent homes. The other five parcels of land are accessible only by water. They include P''P'K'lyajim (Cortes Island), TUKwanen (Malaspina Inlet, Lancelot Inlet), Tuxwnech (Okeover Inlet), K'K'lkl (Grace Harbour) and A Gyak Sen (Harwood Island).
Sliammon First Nation has recently signed an Agreement in Principle with the Federal and Provincial Governments, setting the stage for a new era of partnerships.