For the nearly 1 in 4 indigenous youth living on reserve, disparities in educational and recreational opportunities are acute. It's really hard and stressful to be an indigenous youth in a remote or isolated community," said Dr. Banerji. But the mental health of indigenous youth still hangs in the balance. But the Canadian government acknowledges it will take years to understand the mental health impacts of Covid-19 on indigenous youth. "We continue to work to assess mental health needs and assure that mental health resources, financial, are deployed directly to the growing mental health concern which we still can't quantify entirely, or acknowledge really, acknowledge and measure the impact.

Source: CNN August 16, 2020 09:56 UTC