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"There’s depression, anxiety, yes. But we’re talking about collective trauma, and whole communities struggling with some level of PTSD," explains Erica Woodland, founder of the National Queer and Trans Therapists of Color Network.

The Healing Foundation Tuesday 11 May 2021 Topics: Federal Budget; Stolen Generations; Intergenerational Trauma, Truth Telling; Self-Determination; Uluru Statement from the Heart; First Nations Memorial; Redress; Records ADAM SHIRLEY: Understandably, you might have your eyes on the budget to see if there’s dollars and cents that are going to support you flowing from the Federal Government. I mean, it’s always an interesting question – what’s in it for me? And ...

Program for Indigenous youth building momentum for change in justice system Posted 4 Kimberly Byers, 22, (right) once believed she would live on welfare her entire life. ( Share Print text only Kimberly Byers was prepared for a life of trouble. By the time she was a teenager, shed spent far too long at the local cop shop. Shed resigned herself to her lot in life, but a fortuitous meeting changed everything. "I thought that was going to be my life, just going to court every damn day," Kimberl...

This story is part of our issue on Remembrance, a time-traveling journey through the L.A. experience — past, present and future. See the full package here. You never forget your first heartbreak. It was February 2007. I was 15, a high school sophomore. I’d been burned before, but not like this. This was “Gossip Girl.” I spent the month auditioning, again and again, to play Jenny Humphrey on the iconic show. For weeks, I was the favorite. Then I didn’t get the role. My love affair with...

Credit greenleafbookgroup.com Wake Up Calls MK Mendoza speaks with Co-Author Stephanie Thornton Plymale of the book, "American Daughter: A Memoir of Intergenerational Trauma, a Mother’s Dark Secrets, and a Daughter’s Quest for Redemption" is a tale of both a life lived as an American Nightmare and an American Dream that has roots going back to the very inception of this country. For more information, see link below: 

The Globe and Mail Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond Published January 18, 2021 Bookmark Please log in to listen to this story. Also available in French and Mandarin. Log In Create Free Account Getting audio file ... This translation has been automatically generated and has not been verified for accuracy. Full Disclaimer Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond is a professor at the Peter A. Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia. The pandemic has magnified difficult truths about how Indig...