Podcast: Intergenerational trauma and you — how ‘real conversations facilitate healing – The Calgary Journal
Feb 28, 2019
Audra Foggin, a Sixties Scoop survivor who teaches social work at Mount Royal University (MRU), believes the best way to unlock understanding and healing surrounding intergenerational trauma is through inclusive, open conversation.
The assistant professor says these conversations need to expand well beyond Indigenous communities. This helps Indigenous people return to their roots and not be defined solely by the trauma and abuse of the past.
“I look at my sons and they have suffered from pieces of intergenerational trauma but they are stronger than it. They are out there at law school doing great things. They understand where they are from, they are looking for solutions to Indigenous social issues and they are proud of who they are. They know who they are because I have made that effort to reconnect them.”
