FAQs

A Cross Cultural Health Broker is a bilingual and bicultural health worker from the community they serve. They provide cultural context for Canadian health providers as well as patients, in addition to language interpretation.

Anyone who self-identifies as having cultural or language barriers accessing health services.

No. Anyone who self-identifies as having language or cultural health barriers can access our services.

As a member of our cooperative, you have a direct say in how the organization is run. You can vote on any new governance policies and elect the board of directors, or run yourself.

Our membership is open to anyone who self-identifies as having cultural or language barriers accessing health services. There is a short application to fill out which you can download from our website or fill it in at our office. It cost $1 for a lifetime membership.

Thank you for your interest in supporting the Umbrella Co-op. Please visit our Volunteer page for current opportunities, or fill out a form for future opportunities.

We are an independent, non-profit, cooperative community health centre. We support our health services with various foundation and government grants, billing revenues from our clinics, and private donations.