The purpose of the engagement is to listen to survivors to gain a deeper understanding of their diverse, lived experiences and empower survivors through a respectful and inclusive engagement process that will lead to help inform a meaningful government apology for the Sixties Scoop.

Enabling survivors to help shape how our government apologizes for the tragic history and the subsequent impacts of the Sixties Scoop will create a truly meaningful apology and promote healing. Only survivors and their families can truly know how the Sixties Scoop affected their lives. We need survivors and their families to be involved in this process for us to better understand how the Sixties Scoop affected lives, and to offer a meaningful government apology.

We encourage all survivors, their families and community members to attend and welcome attendees from First Nations, Inuit, Métis and Non-Status communities.

Agenda for February 1, 2018

7:30 a.m. - Cultural Ceremony (To be confirmed)

8:00 a.m. - Smudge (will run all day)

8:30 a.m. - Registration

9:15 a.m. - Opening Prayer

9:30 a.m. - Opening Remarks

9:45 a.m. - Setting the Context: Sixties Scoop Background

10:30 a.m. - Sharing Circle

12:00 p.m. - Lunch

1:00 p.m. - Sharing Circle

2:45 p.m. - Closing Remarks and Prayer

Sixties Scoop survivors, families and others impacted are invited to participate in facilitated discussions in the communities listed below:

Peace River (Jan 18, 2018)
Fort McMurray (Feb 07, 2018)
Lethbridge (Feb 14, 2018)
Calgary (Feb 21, 2018)
Edmonton (Mar 01, 2018)

For more information on this engagement, please visit Alberta.ca/SixtiesScoopApology. If you have any questions, accessibility and/or food restrictrions, contact us by email at sixtiesscoopapology@gov.ab.ca, or by phone at 780-644-7051.

St. Paul - Sixties Scoop Apology Engagement

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