Provides mental health and emotional supports to eligible former Indian Residential School students and their families
The program's aim is to ensure that eligible former students of residential schools, and their families, have access to appropriate and safe mental health, emotional and cultural support. Services are offered, using a holistic approach, by a Cultural Support Worker or a Residential School Health Support Worker.
Support services are centred around:
- Cultural Support: provided by First Nations organizations addressing issues stemming from enrolment in residential schools
- Emotional Support: Provided by local First Nations organizations to help students and families address issues related to the schools and with disclosure of abuse
- Professional Counselling: Professional counsellors will listen, talk and assist former students to find ways of healing from residential school experiences.
Assistance with transportation costs is provided to access professional counselling services.
Toll Free: 1-877-477-0775 (General)
Website:
https://www.fnha.ca/what-we-do/mental...
250-690-7272 (Carrier Sekani - North Central British Columbia)
Public email:
mjanzen@csfs.org
Website:
https://www.csfs.org/
250-996-5024 (Fort St. James - Ada Dene)
Public email:
Admin.elders@telus.net
250-842-5165 (Gitsxan - Kispiox - Northwestern BC)
Public email:
ehd@gitxsan.net
250-635-7161 (Kitwanga - Northwestern BC)
Public email:
Douse.p@telus.net
250-390-3123 (Lantzville - Tsow-Tun Le Lum)
Public email:
pd@tsowtunlelum.org
250-753-3990 (Nanaimo)
Public email:
ian.caplette@itha.ca
250-724-5747 (Port Alberni)
Public email:
vina.robinson@nuuchahnulth.org; kim.rai@nuuchahnulth.org
604-985-4464 (Vancouver)
Public email:
cindylindley@irsss.ca
250-707-0095 (West Bank)
Public email:
JHoude@sylix.org
Cost:
No cost
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100 Mile House, Abbotsford, Agassiz, Aldergrove, Alert Bay, Alexis Creek, Anahim Lake, Anmore, Armstrong, Ashcroft, Atlin, Bamfield, Banff, Barriere, Bella Bella, Bella Coola, Blue River, Boston Bar, Bowen Island, Brentwood Bay, Burnaby, Burns Lake, Cache Creek, Calgary, Campbell River, Canmore, Castlegar, Cathedral Grove, Chase, Chemainus, Chetwynd, Chilliwack, Christina Lake, Clearwater, Clinton, Cobble Hill, Comox, Coombs, Coquitlam, Cortes Island, Courtenay, Cranbrook, Crawford Bay, Creston, Cumberland, Daajing Giids, Dawson Creek, Dease Lake, Deep Bay, Delta, Denman Island, Duncan, Edgewood, Elkford, Enderby, Fanny Bay, Fernie, Fort Langley, Fort Nelson, Fort St. James, Fort St. John, Fraser Lake, Fruitvale, Gabriola Island, Galiano Island, Gibsons, Golden, Gold River, Grand Forks, Greenwood, Hanceville, Hazelton, Hope, Hornby Island, Horne Lake, Houston, Hudson's Hope, Invermere, Kamloops, Kaslo, Kelowna, Keremeos, Kimberley, Kitimat, Kyuquot, Ladysmith, Lake Country, Lake Cowichan, Langford, Langley, Lantzville, Lethbridge, Lillooet, Lions Bay, Logan Lake, Long Beach, Lumby, Lytton, Mackenzie, Maple Ridge, Masset, Mayne Island, McBride, Merritt, Midway, Mill Bay, Mission, Nakusp, Nanaimo, Nanoose Bay, Nelson, New Aiyansh, New Denver, New Westminster, Nitinaht, North Delta, North Saanich, North Vancouver, Okanagan Falls, Oliver, Osoyoos, Oyama, Parksville, Peachland, Pemberton, Pender Harbour, Pender Island, Penelakut Island, Penticton, Pitt Meadows, Port Alberni, Port Alice, Port Coquitlam, Port Hardy, Port McNeill, Port Moody, Powell River, Prince George, Prince Rupert, Princeton, Quadra Island, Qualicum Beach, Quathiaski Cove, Quesnel, Revelstoke, Richmond, Riske Creek, Rock Creek, Rossland, Saanich, Saanichton, Salmo, Salmon Arm, Salt Spring Island, Saturna Island, Sayward, Scotch Creek, Sechelt, Shawnigan Lake, Sicamous, Sidney, Slocan, Smithers, Sointula, Sooke, Sorrento, South Surrey, Sparwood, Squamish, Stewart, Summerland, Sun Peaks, Surrey, Tahsis, Tatla Lake, Telkwa, Terrace, Tofino, Trail, Tumbler Ridge, Ucluelet, Valemount, Vancouver, Vanderhoof, Vernon, Victoria, West Kelowna, West Vancouver, Whistler, White Rock, Williams Lake, Winlaw, and Witset