Mental Wellness Resources

Trigger warning: readers may be triggered by the recount of Indian Residential Schools. To access a 24-hour National Crisis Line, call: 1-866-925-4419. Community Assistance Program (CAP) can be acces

Mental Wellness

This section will provide a list of accessible mental wellness resources. This list will continue to expand as more become accessible and available.

Free mental wellness, trauma, and crisis support is available 24/7 to any citizen of the 39 Anishinabek Nation
member First Nations. Contact 1-800-663-1142 for immediate support or go to the online request form:

https://voxco.homewoodhealth.com/SE/1/ResidentialSchoolSupport/

Phone and virtual supports are available, and group/family sessions can be arranged.

 

What is Trauma and Resilience?

This page contains information on the impacts of the Indian Residential School system to the Survivors, their families, and communities. It is adapted from the booklet, The Soul Wounds of the Anishinabek People: The Psychological and Intergenerational Impacts of the Indian Residential School System, by Dr. Brenda Restoule. C. Psych.

The legacy of the Indian Residential School System continues to be affecting the Survivors, their children, grandchildren, and communities they live in. These experiences can be found for individuals, families and communities in the mental, emotional, physical, social, economical and spiritual parts of their lives. Understanding the soul wounds or impacts this has had across the generations can assist in creating healing and wellness for Anishinabek people.