North Shore News: Residential School Survivors Society Facing Federal Funding Uncertainty

Angela White, executive director of the Indian Residential Schools Survivors Society, sits inside the West Vancouver head office (Paul McGrath/North Shore News)

IRSSS in the Media

IRSSS’ Federal Action Petition calls on the federal government to ensure ongoing core funding to three of their support programs.

In the wake of recent federal funding changes, IRSSS leadership shares details on core programs that now face an uncertain future. Ever-increasing service requests demonstrate a marked need for program continuance; potential service cuts could have devastating consequences for the Survivors and Intergenerational Survivors that rely on these programs.

This story features comments from IRSSS Executive Director Angela White.