Making the Link: Finding and Supporting Federally Sentenced Sixties Scoop Survivors
FIRST PERMANENT BOARD OF DIRECTORS – UPDATE
Presenting our first permanent Board of Directors:
Throughout 2020, based on the recommendations in the Sixties Scoop Healing Foundation Survivor Engagement Report, we recruited the first permanent Survivor-led Board of Directors for the Sixties Scoop Healing Foundation. Our first official Board of Directors represent compassion, strength, unity and healing.
Throughout 2020, based on the recommendations in the Sixties Scoop Healing Foundation Survivor Engagement Report, we recruited the first permanent Survivor-led Board of Directors for the Sixties Scoop Healing Foundation. Our first official Board of Directors represent compassion, strength, unity and healing.
November 12, 2020 Virtual Event
Official Launch of the Sixties Scoop Healing Foundation and Board of Directors Announcement. Captions in French and English will be provided in the future, but for now, the video is available for viewing in its entirety.
Official Launch of the Sixties Scoop Healing Foundation and Board of Directors Announcement. Captions in French and English will be provided in the future, but for now, the video is available for viewing in its entirety.
Carolyn Bennett
Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations
Minister Bennett shares remarks on the new permanent Board Members of the Sixties Scoop Healing Foundation and their vital work to address the legacy of the Sixties Scoop.
Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations
Minister Bennett shares remarks on the new permanent Board Members of the Sixties Scoop Healing Foundation and their vital work to address the legacy of the Sixties Scoop.
Ontario Akwesasne, January 27, 2026
The Canadian Association of Elizabeth Fry Societies (CAEFS), with funding from the National Sixties Scoop Healing Foundation of Canada, has launched an important new initiative: Making the Link: Finding and Supporting Federally Sentenced Sixties Scoop Survivors. This community-engaged research project is the first of its kind in an attempt to locate and assist all sixties scoop survivors currently incarcerated in federal penitentiaries. The project also will attempt to understandand support the lived experiences of Sixties Scoop Survivors and their descendants who are currently incarcerated or on parole.
https://caefs.ca/
https://caefs.ca/
Indigenous women and gender-diverse people now represent over 50% of those in federal prisons designated for women. This project seeks to better understand the connection between the Sixties Scoop and incarceration, while identifying meaningful, community-driven supports that promote healing and wellness. Through surveys distributed across federal institutions and focus groups in British Columbia, Quebec, and Atlantic Canada, CAEFS will gather long-overdue data to better understand the needs of Survivors within the justice system.
The project will also develop art-based educational resources to raise public awareness about the lasting impacts of child removal policies and their link to incarceration. Findings will help shape future advocacy and inform expanded research, including support for federally sentenced men impacted by the Sixties Scoop.
This initiative represents a vital step toward accountability, healing, and systemic change ensuring Survivors are seen, heard, and supported.
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For more information about the Foundation visit our website. https://www.sixtiesscoophealingfoundation.ca/