How Do We Define Intergenerational Trauma?
Stephanie Holmes; Community Engagement Coordinator with the IRSSS
A Conversation about Intergenerational Trauma and Healing with Stephen Quinn and Stephanie Holmes
The harms of Residential Schools can be passed down, even to those who never attended. The trauma of the residential school system shaped how many Survivors went on to parent, cope, and connect with others, and the effects can carry forward from one generation to the next: this is called intergenerational trauma.
Our Community Engagement Coordinator, Stephanie Holmes, recently joined CBC's The Early Edition for a conversation about this question: how do we define intergenerational trauma? This conversation is a helpful starting point for anyone trying to understand how the past continues to touch our lives today, how to use this information in a meaningful way, and how we continue to embrace intergenerational healing through connection to culture.
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Healing looks different for everyone. If this conversation brings up difficult feelings, please know you are not alone; support is available, free of charge, for Survivors and intergenerational Survivors:
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