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Fort McMurray to host Sixties Scoop engagement session

Last Updated Jan 31, 2018 at 2:17 pm MDT

PHOTO. Supplied. Alberta Government.

In an effort to apologize for the Sixties Scoop in a meaningful way the Alberta Government is hosting six engagement sessions province-wide.

The government is working with the Sixties Scoop Indigenous Society of Alberta to gain a deeper understanding of how people’s lives were affected.

Engagement sessions will allow survivors a chance to tell their stories and allow others to learn more about a time when Indigenous children were taken away from their parents and communities by child intervention services and placed with mostly non-Indigenous families.

Sessions will start with a cultural ceremony, smudge and prayers and will close with sharing circles led by a facilitator.

A free session will be held in Fort McMurray on Feb. 7th.