'60s Scoop

• ‘Something we grew up with’: Podcast highlights impact of ’60s scoop

  An Indigenous, women-led podcast, 'Spilling Labrador Tea Under Cedar Trees,' has launched its third season, centering on the child welfare system and impacts of the '60s scoop.

  Canada

  Nov 20
  
• Organization aims to move reconciliation forward in southern Alberta

  The Honouring Traditions and Reconciliation Society is a grassroots group taking action to move towards reconciliation.

  Canada

  Dec 9, 2022
  
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• Federal Court certifies class action for off-reserve Indigenous kids in foster care

  The Federal Court of Canada ruled the class period will cover from Jan. 1, 1992 to Dec. 31, 2019, which the plaintiffs call the period the "Millennium Scoop."

  Canada

  Jun 20, 2022
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• ‘Beginning to speak our truth’: Sixties Scoop exhibit arrives in Vancouver from Alberta

  The exhibit is the first of its kind in Canada, featuring the oral testimonies of 12 survivors of the '60s Scoop.

  Canada

  Jun 18, 2022
• Mawita’jik Competition Pow Wow 2022 brings First Nations dancers, drummers to N.S.

  The competition pow wow called Mawita'jik -- meaning ‘let us gather’ in Mi’kmaw – brought performers from about 15 nations, from as far as North Dakota.

  Canada

  Jun 18, 2022
• ‘Breathe life into our own laws’: Visions for the future of Indigenous child welfare in B.C.

  After years of criticism and overrepresentation of Indigenous youth in care, British Columbia is in the midst of major reform in First Nations, Inuit and Métis child welfare.

  Canada

  Jun 16, 2022
• ‘We’re invisible’: Amid residential school reckoning, ’60s Scoop survivors in B.C. want action

  Amid the reckoning over unmarked graves at residential schools across Canada, '60s Scoop survivors in B.C. are sharing their stories — and calling for more government action.

  Canada

  Jun 14, 2022
• Okanagan Sixties Scoop survivor concerned about compensation delays

  Thousands of people who were removed from their Indigenous families as children are eligible for compensation as part of a Sixties Scoop class-action lawsuit.

  Canada

  May 13, 2022
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• Manitoba Indigenous leaders, advocates hope federal compensation will help with healing

  Indigenous advocates in Manitoba say they hope the federal government's $40-billion compensation deal will help bring healing to those hurt by the child welfare system.

  Canada

  Jan 4, 2022
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• Jasper adjusting marketing ahead of tourism rebound in Alberta mountain town

  The Alberta mountain town of Jasper is focusing on the benefits of the community, as it works to bring back tourists while the COVID-19 pandemic drags on.

  Canada

  Dec 26, 2021