Intergenerational Trauma In Canada

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Outcomes Of Intergenerational Trauma While analyzing the connections between intergenerational trauma and the disproportionate statistics revolving around Canada’s First Nations, Metis, and Inuit populations, it becomes apparent that it is a complex issue stemming from alternative roots. First and most probable is the trauma that residential schools caused, which created the foundation for intergenerational trauma to fester within the indigenous population. Intergenerational trauma is emotional and behavioral trauma created through an oppressive event that ripples through to affect the future generations. Over the one hundred sixty five years residential schools took place it is estimated that one hundred and fifty thousand First Nation, Inuit,