Conversations Aboout Decolonization: Episode 4 / Residential Schools

The story of Indian Residential Schools is one of the darkest chapters in Canadian History.  Join us as we talk through the reality of Residential School: it's impacts on the children, parents, survivors and communities. This will give the background for what trauma experts are realizing is a pervasive influence on the health of the Indigenous people today.

Important  Links:

Indian Residential School Survivors Society
413 W Esplanade
North Vancouver, BC   V7M 1A6
Main: 604-985-4464
Fax: [phone]
Toll-Free: 1-800-721-0066
Email: [e-mail]

First Nations Health Authority
National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
Truth and Reconciliation calls to Action - PDF

First Nations Child & Family Caring Society
Touchstones of Hope, Our Dreams Matter Too, Have a Heart

Project of Heart 

Book:
What Happened to You? Conversations on Trauma, Resilience and Healing
by Dr. Bruce Perry and Oprah Winfrey. Excellent book to give more detail about how childhood, adulthood and intergenerational trauma works.

Find the Indigenous Canada Course:
Indigenous Canada via Coursera.org
Indigenous Canada via the University of Alberta

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