(Ottawa, ON) 15 octobre 2021 – The Legacy of Hope Foundation (LHF) is pleased to receive a $20,000 grant from the Bell Let’s Talk Community Fund to support the development of an online training session for those providing mental health services to Indigenous Survivors.

The Bell Let’s Talk Community Fund grant will support the LHF in its efforts to provide front-line workers who work with Indigenous Peoples the basics of Indigenous history along with highlights about trauma therapy that complement Indigenous spiritual ways of healing. The LHF will also develop On-the-Land Cultural Workshops and videos to add to a collection of mental health resources across Canada as part of a toolkit that will be developed in Ottawa. This toolkit will be distributed across Canada to more than 600 First Nations, Inuit communities and Metis settlements, listing resources for every province and territory with online cultural supports available to Survivors and intergenerational Survivors.

“The LHF is so thankful for the Bell Let’s Talk Community Fund grant because now more than ever, Indigenous Peoples need support from the triggers from each new recovery of children’s remains outside of Residential Schools, and this grant will go a long way to support meaningful healing and wellness for Indigenous Peoples,” said Teresa Edwards, Executive Director and In-House Legal Counsel.

Ce projet contribuera de manière significative au renforcement des capacités de la communauté puisqu'il propose une session de formation des formateurs à la prise en compte des traumatismes pour les personnes qui travaillent avec des centaines d'autochtones. Ce projet aidera par la suite des milliers de peuples autochtones qui ont accès aux services fournis par ces formateurs. Les formateurs peuvent partager le matériel avec d'autres prestataires de services et l'adapter aux besoins spécifiques des peuples autochtones de la région afin de le rendre plus adapté à la culture et plus significatif pour les clients autochtones.

“Bell Let’s Talk is pleased to support the Legacy of Hope Foundation’s mental health training to support Indigenous Survivors,” said Mary Deacon, Chair of Bell Let’s Talk. “The Bell Let’s Talk Community Fund provides grants to mental health organizations in communities throughout the country, including those working to expand access to mental health care to Indigenous Peoples who need support in their communities.”

Bell Let’s Talk promotes Canadian mental health with national awareness and anti-stigma campaigns like Bell Let’s Talk Day and significant Bell funding of community care and access, research and workplace leadership initiatives throughout the country. To learn more, please visit Bell.ca/LetsTalk.

The LHF is a national, Indigenous-led, charitable organization that has been working to promote healing and Reconciliation in Canada for over 21 years. The LHF’s goal is to educate and raise awareness about the history and existing intergenerational impacts of the Residential and Day School Systems and subsequent Sixties Scoop on Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit, and Metis) Survivors, their descendants, and their communities to promote hope and healing in Canada. The LHF works to encourage people to address discrimination and injustices in order to contribute to the equity, dignity, and respectful treatment of Indigenous Peoples and to foster Reconciliation.

The LHF has 25 exhibitions that are available for loan for free. Our recent exhibition, Escaping Residential Schools: Running for their Lives, is now available through an animated virtual video, along with the Survivors’ Oral Testimonies. The exhibition examines the experience of Survivors of the Residential School System and raises awareness on the impacts it has on our communities. For more information on the project, please visit: http://legacyofhope.ca/project/escapingrs/ La FAE travaille à la mise en ligne de ses autres expositions.

La LHF propose également des programmes de la maternelle à la 12e année et pour les adultes, ainsi que des guides d'activités, des formations et des ateliers, et des balados, tous visant à éduquer les Canadiens sur l'histoire autochtone et l'histoire commune des pensionnats et des externats, la rafle des années 60 et les liens vers les taux élevés de femmes et de filles autochtones disparues et assassinées, etc. La LHF s'efforce de développer l'empathie et la compréhension afin d'éliminer le racisme et la discrimination.
Pour faire un don à la FAE, merci de contacter donations@legacyofhope.ca Notre numéro d'organisme de bienfaisance est le #863471520RR0001Pour acheter des ressources, ou un chandail orange, ou pour plus d’informations sur la FAE, veuillez visiter le www.legacyofhope.ca..