Ottawa ‘Regrets’ Delays that Affected some Northerners’ Counselling

Ottawa ‘regrets’ delays that affected some northerners’ counselling

Indigenous Services Canada says internal funding delays are to blame for disruption to a counselling program on which some northerners rely. The post Ottawa ‘regrets’ delays that affected some northerners’ counselling first appeared on Cabin Radio.

Ottawa's pause on residential school survivor counselling program disrupting care, leaving providers in limbo

Many in the N.W.T. get counselling through an Indigenous Services Canada program that offers therapy for residential school survivors and their families, the Indian Residential Schools Resolution Health Support Program. Even though federal approval to renew funding for the program came in March, patients and therapists in the program have spent weeks in limbo as renewals and new intakes for counselling offered through the program were put on hold in late May.