Counselling cut for B.C. First Nation survivors of residential schools who don’t have status cards

April 8, 2024

The First Nations Health Authority is cutting off counselling coverage for former residential school students in B.C. and their families, as well as those of missing or murdered Indigenous women — unless they have a status card. Registered clinical counsellors and clients from First Nations across B.C. are outraged by the sudden change, which was communicated to treatment providers in an email late last month. “Only First Nations people with status will be eligible to register for counselling services effective immediately…