Services to Residential School Survivors

Provided by Indian Residential School Survivors Society (IRSSS)

IRSSS provides essential services to residential school survivors, their families and to those dealing with intergenerational traumas.
Programs assists First Nation Peoples in British Columbia to recognize and be holistically empowered form the primary and generational effect of the residential schools by supporting research, education, awareness, establishing partnerships and advocating for justice and healing. The Society assists survivors with counselling, court support, information, referrals, workshops, etc.
Services include:
  • Grief and Loss counselling
  • Crisis counselling
  • Trauma counselling
  • Cultural Support
  • Clinical Therapy
  • Art Therapy
  • Support for Families
  • 2SLGBTQIA+ Support
  • Alternative healing therapy
  • Energy Healing
  • Emotional support for people in the settlement process
  • Family and Group counselling
  • Basic Life Skills Coach
  • Educational workshops on a broad range of health issues
  • Traditional Healing Methods & Medicines
  • Traditional Foods Sourcing & Preparation
  • Crisis support

Public email: reception@irsss.ca

Website: http://www.irsss.ca/services

604-985-4464 (Head office)

Toll Free: 1-800-721-0066

413 W Esplanade, North Vancouver, British Columbia, V7M 1A6

250-828-1633 (Kamloops office)

Toll Free: 1-800-721-0066

274B Halston Connector, Kamloops, British Columbia, V2H 1K1

250-635-4499 (Terrace office)

Toll Free: 1-800-721-0066

#204, 3228 Kalum Street, Terrace, British Columbia, V8G 2N6

250-493-0282 (Penticton office)

Toll Free: 1-800-721-0066

#150, 498 Ellis Street, Penticton, British Columbia, V2A 4M2

604-869-3866 (Hope office)

Toll Free: 1-800-721-0066

348 Wallace Street, Hope, British Columbia, V0X 1L1

604-985-4464 (DTES office)

Toll Free: 1-800-721-0066

Saa'Ust Centre - 44 East Cordova Street, Vancouver, British Columbia, V6A 4G8

250-305-2235 (Williams Lake office)

Toll Free: 1-800-721-0066

#Unit C 83, 2nd Avenue S, Williams Lake, British Columbia, V2G 3W3

Cost: No cost

Associated Programs/Services

Also offered by Indian Residential School Survivors Society (IRSSS):

Availability

Service area: Province-wide + show cities

Service area cities: 100 Mile House, Abbotsford, Agassiz, Aldergrove, Alert Bay, Alexis Creek, Anahim Lake, Anmore, Armstrong, Ashcroft, Atlin, Bamfield, Banff, Barriere, Bella Bella, Bella Coola, Black Creek, Blue River, Boston Bar, Bowen Island, Brentwood Bay, Burnaby, Burns Lake, Cache Creek, Calgary, Campbell River, Canmore, Castlegar, Cathedral Grove, Cawston, Chase, Chemainus, Chetwynd, Chilliwack, Christina Lake, Clearwater, Clinton, Cobble Hill, Comox, Coombs, Coquitlam, Cortes Island, Courtenay, Cranbrook, Crawford Bay, Creston, Cumberland, Daajing Giids, Dawson Creek, Dease Lake, Deep Bay, Delta, Denman Island, Duncan, Edgewood, Elkford, Enderby, Fanny Bay, Fernie, Fort Langley, Fort Nelson, Fort St. James, Fort St. John, Fraser Lake, Fruitvale, Gabriola Island, Galiano Island, Gibsons, Golden, Gold River, Grand Forks, Greenwood, Hanceville, Hazelton, Hope, Hornby Island, Horne Lake, Houston, Hudson's Hope, Invermere, Kamloops, Kaslo, Kelowna, Keremeos, Kimberley, Kitimat, Kyuquot, Ladner, Ladysmith, Lake Country, Lake Cowichan, Langford, Langley, Lantzville, Lethbridge, Lillooet, Lions Bay, Logan Lake, Long Beach, Lumby, Lytton, Mackenzie, Maple Ridge, Masset, Mayne Island, McBride, Merritt, Merville, Midway, Mill Bay, Mission, Nakusp, Nanaimo, Nanoose Bay, Nelson, New Aiyansh, New Denver, New Westminster, Nitinaht, North Delta, North Saanich, North Vancouver, Okanagan Falls, Oliver, Osoyoos, Oyama, Parksville, Peachland, Pemberton, Pender Harbour, Pender Island, Penelakut Island, Penticton, Pitt Meadows, Port Alberni, Port Alice, Port Coquitlam, Port Hardy, Port McNeill, Port Moody, Powell River, Prince George, Prince Rupert, Princeton, Quadra Island, Qualicum Beach, Quathiaski Cove, Quesnel, Revelstoke, Richmond, Riske Creek, Rock Creek, Rossland, Saanich, Saanichton, Salmo, Salmon Arm, Salt Spring Island, Sardis, Saturna Island, Sayward, Scotch Creek, Sechelt, Shawnigan Lake, Sicamous, Sidney, Skidegate, Slocan, Smithers, Sointula, Sooke, Sorrento, South Surrey, Sparwood, Spences Bridge, Squamish, Stewart, Summerland, Sun Peaks, Surrey, Tahsis, Tatla Lake, Telkwa, Terrace, Tofino, Trail, Tsawwassen, Tumbler Ridge, Ucluelet, Valemount, Vancouver, Vanderhoof, Vernon, Victoria, West Kelowna, West Vancouver, Whistler, White Rock, Williams Lake, Winlaw, Witset, and Yale

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