'Our aunties are a source of cultural and traditional knowledge; they support people' | CBCIndigenous
The hotline is called Call Auntie as a recognition of auntie roles in Indigenous communities.is offering a wide range of support in response to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The hotline came out of an existing project by Seventh Generation Midwives and Well Living House called the Baby Bundle Project. The goal of the three-year research project is to learn more about the barriers facing pregnant Indigenous people with the aim of improving services and service pathways for Indigenous families.Williams is a community birth worker with the Baby Bundle project and her father's side of her family is from Moraviantown First Nation.
"It's an acknowledgement of this cultural role in all communities and extending that familial support to our larger wider extended family here in the city." Williams said while the project hasn't received specific funding, it has been rolled into the call representatives' existing paid positions. A lot of the work the women were doing with the Baby Bundle project involved directly supporting families and folks who were pregnant or immediately postpartum.Sarah Dennis is from Toronto and is a member of Nipissing First Nation.
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