Question

The Indian Act was passed in 1876 with the specific purpose of creating a “framework of regulations” to control almost all aspects of native life. The ultimate goal of the Act was the assimilation of the all Aboriginal people into the Canadian mainstream population. Watch the video, History of Canada’s Indian Residential Schools at LINK: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NIVMaktlx4    Consider how the residential school system has impacted the physical and mental health of Aboriginal populations in Canada today. Reflect on what you understand of Intergenerational trauma and the effect of trauma on peoples' health choices

Answer 1

1.Health as a state of complete physical, psychological, and social wellness, Despite the fact that many individuals might see them as separate entities, it turns out the body and mind are highly linked to one another.

There is no health without psychological health. Mental health disease can typically correlate with physical illness and vice versa.The history of residential schools has been identified as having long lasting and intergenerational effects on the physical and mental well-being of populations in Canada. Moreover, many of the residential schools were severely underfunded, providing poor nutrition and living conditions for children in their care, leading to illness and death.

Intergenerational effects of the Indian Residential School (IRS) system in Canada, in which Aboriginal children were forced to live at schools where various forms of neglect and abuse were common. Intergenerational IRS trauma continues to undermine the well-being of today’s Aboriginal population, and having a familial history of IRS attendance has also been linked with more frequent contemporary stressor experiences and relatively greater effects of stressors on well-being.

2.Intergenerational trauma and the effect of trauma on peoples' health choices

Aboriginal health, as well as among Aboriginal peoples living with the historical, collective traumas experienced by their ancestor.

*Historical trauma events continue to undermine well-being of contemporary group members;

*Responses to historically traumatic events interact with contemporary stressors to influence well-being;

*The risk associated with historically traumatic events can accumulate across generations.

Although it is important to identify individual reactions to specific historically traumatic events or periods, there has been less attention focused on the interrelated effects of trauma experiences on family dynamics and on whole communities.

Health outcomes linked to residential schooling included poorer general and self-rated health, increased rates of chronic and infectious diseases. Effects on mental and emotional well-being included mental distress, depression, addictive behaviours and substance mis-use, stress, and suicidal behaviours.