“Those types of resources really need to be offered at this time and when we think about the continued impacts of what people are going to be feeling over these next few hours and days, there is absolutely a collective traumatic response to this,” she told Your Morning.Linklater says she hopes this will bring attention to the need for more resources in healthcare for Indigenous communities who have already had an intergenerational history of traumatic experiences.
Linklater said there is also a need for more government funding for First Nations students seeking post-secondary education. She says many students on wait lists to receive funding to enter college or university are interested in working in the mental health field and can help provides more resources to their community.