Indigenous council plans trauma response program [anglicanjournal.com]

^{Murray Still (centre) with knowledge keeper Archdeacon Val Kerr (second from left) and members of the Primate’s World Relief and Development Fund youth council. Photo: Contributed}

By Matthew Puddister, Anglican Journal, June 2023

The Anglican Council of Indigenous Peoples (ACIP) is partnering with a Manitoba mental health organization and other groups in the hope of providing trauma response to people in the province’s northern communities.

ACIP co-chair Canon Murray Still says ACIP is currently exploring funding options for From Trauma to New Life, which has an estimated cost of $190,000 and would involve a number of partners. The first stage would involve trauma response training in Winnipeg with the Crisis and Trauma Resource Institute (CTRI), an organization that provides training and workshops in trauma-informed care, mental health, counselling and violence prevention.

The second stage would involve a pilot project planned for August, in which 30 trained individuals, consisting of Indigenous and non-Indigenous Christians—15 from the south and 15 from the north—would deliver the program to communities in northern Manitoba.

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