BOARD GOVERNANCE

Nimkee NupiGawagan Healing Centre Inc. utilizes the Policy Governance Model to provide strategic leadership and governance. In policy governance, the board governs on behalf of the people in the membership. Regular monitoring of organizational performance is done against previously established criteria in policy. The Board is accountable to both the people in the membership, our national clientele, and Health Canada.

The incorporation is founded upon the belief that as an organization, we are responsible and accountable to the First Nations communities with whom, and for whom we work. The incorporation sees itself as being a family, for clients, families and the communities it serves. Nimkee NupiGawagan Healing Centre upholds the teachings of the Four Directions: Kindness, Caring/Sharing, Honesty and Strength.

The Board is mandated to:

Provide solvent addiction treatment services to First Nations Youth from across Canada.

Nimkee NupiGawagan Healing Centre Inc. is given the authority, within the National First Nations Addictions Program of the First Nations and Inuit Health Branch of Health Canada, to establish the solvent addiction services to be provided and to determine the costs of providing these services. The management team works with the Board through the Executive Director to meet this overall mandate. The Board requires and receives full disclosure and must:

• approve the strategic plan and annual report
• establish critical success indicators
• approve the overall budget
• monitor any budget variances
• ensure fiscal controls
• approve fiscal policies, and
• review the auditor's report to ensure the financial accountability of the organization.