sixties scoop
Indigenous survivors of abuse in group homes want to sue Canada
Proposed class action suit claims federal government’s $750 million Sixties Scoop settlement doesn’t go far enough
Government announces $750m in compensation for ‘60s scoop’ of Indigenous kids
An estimated 20,000 children taken from their parents are eligible to receive up to $50,000 for loss of language, culture and family ties.
Federal government fights blanket settlement for Sixties Scoop survivors
Ottawa is seeking individual trials to determine the harm that was done
Ontario Judge Rules in Favour of ‘Sixties Scoop’ Survivors
Thousands of Indigenous people are now waiting to hear how much in damages the Canadian government owes.
Ontario judge rules in favour of thousands of Indigenous people who were stripped of their cultural identities
Survivors of the ‘Sixties Scoop’ are now waiting to hear how much in damages the Canadian government owes.
Canada says it isn't liable for removing Indigenous children from homes in the Sixties Scoop
A $1.3-billion class action accuses Canada of failing to protect the cultural identity of some 16,000 children who were taken from reserves by government workers and placed in white homes across Canada, the US, and Europe.
Indigenous people sue Canada for taking them from their homes as children
The children were taken out of their homes in Canada, largely without the consent of their families or bands, and placed in non-Indigenous care from the 1960s to the 1980s, in a period now known as the Sixties Scoop.
Manitoba Apologizes for Forcibly Removing Indigenous Children From Their Families
From the early 1960s to the 1980s, social workers in Canada took children from First Nations, Inuit and Métis families, without their consent, and placed them in foster care or adoptive homes. Manitoba is the first province to apologize.