Cycle of trauma from residential schools lasts for generations

The Wisdom of Trauma - Dr. Gabor Maté

Intergenerational Trauma and Residential Schools

Intergenerational Trauma: What You Need To Know

Aboriginal children and intergenerational trauma - Emerging Minds

Healing intergenerational trauma

'You're not alone': Identifying, coping with intergenerational trauma

Generational trauma, or intergenerational trauma, is the impact of a traumatic experience that affects not just one generation but the ones that follow. Events like slavery, residential schools, or colonisation cause deep distress that can be passed down through learned behaviours, genetics, and other pathways. This inherited trauma often goes unrecognised and continues to reveal itself in unhealthy behaviours and difficult relationships. Unseen, this pain normalises self-sabotage, unhealthy cop