The Nova Scotia Native Women's Association hopes to begin building a $6.5-million resilience centre in Millbook First Nation this fall to help Indigenous women and their families heal. "If we had the centre now, we would have been able to provide the needed support to cope with what's happening," Whitman said. Native Women's Association hopes to break ground on new resiliency centre this fall Zabrina Whitman, the project manager on the resiliency centre project, spoke with host Jeff Douglas about why the centre in Millbrook First Nation is needed and what it could look like. NWAC calls for similar centres across CanadaThe Native Women's Association of Canada wants to see similar centres set up across the country. The national Indian Residential School Crisis Line has been set up to provide support for former students and others.

Source: CBC News June 08, 2021 00:16 UTC