The residential school system are more then a dark chapter of Canadian history and are still affecting indigenous people today through intergenerational trauma and ongoing systemic discrimination and in-action buy the government...
Support:
National Indian Residential School Crisis Line 1-866 925-4419
Indian Residential School Survivors Society – 24 Hour Crisis Line 1-800-721-0066
Indian Residential Schools Resolution Health Support Program:
https://www.sac-isc.gc.ca/eng/1581971225188/1581971250953
EDUCATION/RESOURCES:
Remains of 215 children found buried at former Kamloops B.C. residential school
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC)
We Were Children (Documentary)
The Residential School System
https://indigenousfoundations.arts.ubc.ca/the_residential_school_system/
Legacy of Hope
http://legacyofhope.ca/english/education/
Orange Shirt Day
https://www.orangeshirtday.org/about-us.html
The intergenerational effects of Indian Residential Schools: Implications for the concept of historical trauma
https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/1363461513503380
Residential schools and the effects on Indigenous health and well-being in Canada—a scoping review
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s40985-017-0055-6
Putting an End to the Silence: Educating Society about the Canadian Residential School System
Reducing the number of Indigenous children in care
https://www.sac-isc.gc.ca/eng/1541187352297/1541187392851
Why Indigenous children are overrepresented in Canada's foster care system