By Dave Baxter \u00a0Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A First Nations advocacy group has launched a new campaign to raise awareness about the legacy and the impacts of the Sixties Scoop. This week, the Southern Chiefs’ Organization (SCO) announced the launch of the new education and awareness campaign, “Stronger Than the Scoop.” “We often talk about resilience when it comes to our peoples, and that certainly applies to those who survived the Sixties Scoop,” SCO Grand Chief Jerry Daniels said in a media release announcing the campaign. The Sixties Scoop was a period of decades in which policies were enacted in Canada that allowed the child welfare system to take Indigenous children from their families, and place them into homes with predominantly non-Indigenous families. It’s estimated that over approximately three decades… <\/p>\n
By Dave Baxter \u00a0Local Journalism Initiative Reporter A First Nations advocacy group has launched a new campaign to raise awareness about the legacy and the impacts of the Sixties Scoop. This week, the Southern Chiefs’ Organization (SCO) announced the launch of the new education and awareness campaign, “Stronger Than the Scoop.” “We often talk about resilience when it comes to our peoples, and that certainly applies to those who survived the Sixties Scoop,” SCO Grand Chief Jerry Daniels said in a media release announcing the campaign. The Sixties Scoop was a period of decades in which policies were enacted in Canada that allowed the child welfare system to take Indigenous children from their families, and place them into homes with predominantly non-Indigenous families. It’s estimated that over approximately three decades... <\/p>\n