Historical Context
What major historical system separated Indigenous families from their children and contributed to intergenerational trauma?
What is residential schools?
These communities often face the greatest difficulty accessing mental health services due to location and limited resources
What are rural and remote communities?
What national report includes Calls to Action aimed at improving Indigenous health and well-being?
What is the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC)?
Indigenous mental health is shaped more by ___ factors than individual choices
What is systemic?
What law gave the Canadian government control to regulate the lives of Indigenous people in 1876?
What is the Indian Act?
This factor can delay or interrupt counselling for individuals because of out-of-pocket costs and limited financial resources
What is income?
This type of care recognizes trauma and works alongside culture and traditions
What is trauma-informed care?
Indigenous views are ___ meaning they include physical, emotional, mental, and spiritual well-being
What is holistic?
This practice involved Indigenous children being removed from their families and placed into non-Indigenous foster or adoptive homes
What is the Sixties Scoop?
Loss of land and environmental disruption weaken cultural healing practices and identity, making this factor critical to Indigenous well-being
What is the environment?
What key principle ensures Indigenous communities lead their own mental health solutions?
What is self-determination?
The concept that trauma experienced by one generation affects future generations is known as _____ _____.
What is intergenerational trauma?
This key structural determinant of health is the main contributor to inequalities experienced by Indigenous communities
What is Colonialism?
In the “Tree Metaphor,” these deep structural factors include colonialism, racism, and political systems that shape health outcomes
What are root (distal) determinants?
These approaches support Indigenous mental health by restoring connections to land, culture, and traditional practices after environmental disruption
What are land-based healing programs?
The goal of the colonizers was forced ___ into western society
What is assimilation?