In Canada, the Residential School system resulted in many years of trauma for generations of Indigenous people. This trauma has had long-lasting effects. Over time the impact of this trauma can be seen in survivors, their children, grandchildren, and great-grandchildren. This is called intergenerational trauma.

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We borrowed this video from the Healing Foundation in Australia. Indigenous people worldwide face many of the same challenges and have endured much of the same trauma due to colonization.