The topic of reconciliation has been consistent for Canadians this past year. It is difficult to know how to speak to the topic of mass trauma and abuse.
This conversation has a more general nature about the topics of reconciliation, apologizes, forgiveness and repair. However, this conversation is inspired by our trying to understand how to offer repair to those who have suffered mass trauma, like the Canadian Indigenous Residential School Survivors.
Tony Zerbin and Tara Boothby are both Psychologists at Sojourn Psychology in Sherwood Park, Alberta, Treaty 6 Land.