Aboriginal Healing Foundation
| Aboriginal Healing Foundation | |
|---|---|
| Type | Organization |
| Founded | 1998 |
Aboriginal Healing Foundation is an organization mentioned in Anishinabek News.[1]
In Anishinabek News
- May 2014: The foundation released a 2007 report titled Suicide Among Aboriginal People in Canada. Its research identified depression, hopelessness, and low self-esteem as risk factors for suicide among Aboriginal youth.[2]
- June 2015: The foundation was established in 1998 to support community-delivered programs addressing intergenerational abuse from the Indian Residential School System. The organization was created and eventually dissolved by Mike DeGagné.[3]
- August 2015: The foundation's records are among the documents being digitized by the National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation. Cynthia Wesley-Esquimaux has been involved with the organization since its inception around 2001.[4]
- November 2016: The foundation was created following the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples. Mike DeGagné served as the executive director of this organization before becoming a university president.[5]
- April 2017: The foundation was formerly led by Executive Director Mike DeGagné.[6]
- June 2017: Students used a residential school information list provided by this organization to select subjects for their research.[7]
- January 2018: The foundation was established in the late 1990s to support Indigenous people through the legacy of abuses in the Indian Residential School system. Mike DeGagné served as the head of this organization for 15 years.[8]
- July 2021: Peter Collins called on the federal government to reinstate this organization to provide expanded programming for survivors and their families.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Fort William First Nation leadership demands investigation into known and suspected burial sites at local former residential school", Anishinabek News, 1 July 2021 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Walk honours those lost to suicide", Anishinabek News, 12 May 2014 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "In conversation with Dr. Mike DeGagné", Anishinabek News, 18 June 2015 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Wesley-Esquimaux inducted as honourary witness at TRC closing ceremonies", Anishinabek News, 10 August 2015 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Reconciliation starts in North Bay", Anishinabek News, 24 November 2016 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Reconciliation North Bay asks “what can you do?”", Anishinabek News, 26 April 2017 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Residential School history displayed at Fort William City Hall", Anishinabek News, 5 June 2017 (archived copy; original article).
- ↑ "Nipissing University President to shape National Reconciliation Council", Anishinabek News, 19 January 2018 (archived copy; original article).