Our Services
Resolution Health Support
Providing emotional support and crisis counselling to Indian Residential School Survivors, Intergenerational Survivors and their families.
Cultural Support
Traditional knowledge keepers and elders who can provide guidance, ceremony and spiritually-informed direction in healing.
Support for Families Impacted by Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls
Supporting families, survivors, and 2SLGBTQIA+ people who have been affected by the issue of Missing & Murdered Indigenous Women & Girls.
Support for People Impacted by Indian Day Schools & Indian Day Scholars
Working throughout BC, providing support and assisting Indian Day School Survivors with filling out forms related to Federal Indian Day School Class Action.
QWUM QWUM XWII XWAA QQXX Youth Justice Program
Offering specialized support for Youth / Intergenerational Survivors who are in the criminal justice system to help them and families find culture and build healthy relationships, and to present a program as an alternative to incarceration.
Presentations & Workshops
In addition to our work providing emotional and cultural support to Indigenous communities, the Indian Residential School Survivors Society (IRSSS) offers educational presentations and workshops to community groups, businesses, grade schools, universities and other organizations which want to learn from our knowledgeable staff and elders. We are flexible in the content and length of these sessions, but we recommend approximately 90 minutes for each presentation. These can be conducted online (via an online meeting service like MS Teams, Zoom, etc.) or in-person (schedule-permitting for staff in offices in BC). We can address a variety of topics, but often we are requested to speak on the History & Impacts of Indian Residential Schools in Canada, Cultural Agility Over Competency, and Understanding Intergenerational Trauma. Scheduling permitting, these can be combined with first-hand testimony from an Indian Residential School survivor or Intergenerational survivor.
2SLGBTQIA+ Support
Providing an informed, empathetic, and receptive approach to emotional and cultural support, as well as crisis counselling, for the Indigenous 2SLGBTQIA+ community.