Owned and operated by Lu’ma Native BCH Housing Society, we opened our doors on October 1st, 2004 to serve the Aboriginal communities of BC and Yukon for patient travel. The Lodge is financially sustainable and depends on revenue from room charges to break even. Your staying at the Lodge contributes to our success and growth!
Inspiration to build the Lodge came from an Aboriginal patient advocate from BC Womens Hospital & Health Centre who found the need was great for an accommodation that is culturally safe and appropriate.
Lu’ma Native Housing Society partnered with BC Women’s to develop the idea and BC Housing agreed to provide the capital expenditure to build the Art Zoccole Aboriginal Patients’ Lodge & Family Housing Project at 1254 East 8th Avenue. Patrick Stewart, Nisga’a architect ,designed the building to reflect Indigenous architecture with a contemporary functionality. There are 22 apartments with generous quarters, each with a balcony atop great log pedestals, reminiscent of Long Houses. The housing project is made up of 14 units of affordable housing for Aboriginal families and 8 units are furnished to create the Aboriginal Patient’s Lodge.
Our success relies on the patronage of Patient Travel Coordinators
from communities and First Nations Inuit & Health Branch booking their patients’ travel accommodation at our Lodge. We thank you for trusting us with the privilege to serve your community members when they need us most.
We are very proud of our contributors who helped us to build our Lodge successfully, to furnish our suites and to open a Healing Centre for our patients and their families:
Capital Cost Contributions
Canada Morgage & Housing Corporation
BC Housing
Children’s & Women’s Health Centre of BC
Minstry of Health
Vancouver Hospital & VCH
VanCity Community Foundation
Sunrise Enterprise
Chawathil First Nation
Selkirk First Nation
Tidy Blinds Limited
Little Salmon Carmacks First Nation
BC Hydro
Gillian Panton
Contributions to Furnish Suites
Ronald McDonald House Charities
Vancouver Foundation
Variety The Children’s Charity
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority
Gifts in Kind
Variety the Children’s Charity -Van
Old Massett Village Council
Brad Percival – Artwork
London Drugs Ltd – Projector
Contributions for Operational Expenses in our first year
BC Women’s Hospital & Health Centre-Provincial Health Services
Healing Centre Contributors
Vancouver Coastal Health Authority
Little Salmon Carmacks First Nation
BCTC
CN Rail
Ronald McDonald House Charities