Food\, refreshment and counselling support provided. This program takes place in the RPL Film Theatre located in the lower level of Central Library. \;
\nOpen to the public and drop ins\; register to receive a reminder. This is an in-person program. \; Plea se\, do not attend if you are not feeling well.
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Nov 8
\nEpisodes: Love is all Around and So Put Together
\nSixties Scoop Survivor and Author
\nSî\;pihkopiyesiw/Colleen Hele Cardinal is nehiya w iskwew (Plains Cree) from Saddle Lake Cree Nation\, AB but was adopted a nd raised in Sault Ste Marie ON. She is a community organizer\, social jus tice advocate\, student\, author and kokum. Her work includes organizing s ix national 60s scoop gatherings in Ontario\, raising the issue of the 60' s scoop at an international level to the displacement and loss of identity survivors have experienced. Colleen also speaks publicly and candidly abo ut MMIW2SG and the impacts of the 60&rsquo\;s Scoop drawing critical conne ctions between colonial child welfare removal policies and her lived exper iences and those of women in her family. Colleen continues to volunteer wi th several initiatives\, including Families of Sisters in Spirit\, Blackbi rd Medicines and the Nobel Women&rsquo\;s Initiative Sister to Sister Ment orship program to address gender-based violence\, while giving context on the making of Canada\, treaty relationships and the dehumanization of Indi genous people through policy and media. She is the author of the Ohpikiiha akan-ohpihmeh (Raised somewhere else): A 60s Scoop Adoptee&rsquo\;s Story of Coming Home as well as spear-heading the GIS mapping initiative Mapping the 60s Scoop Diaspora\, and being awarded the Ontario Premier's Award fo r Outstanding Community Service. Currently Colleen is a Trauma Informed Re solution Health Support worker and Lead Facilitator for the Sixties Scoop Network.
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\nNov 15
\nSixties Scoop S
urvivor Ji-gaabiikwe/Diane Campeau Anishinaabe name meaning &lsquo\;Where the Land and Water Meet Woman
.&rsquo\; Her colonial name is Diane Campeau. She is a nakawe-iniikwe (Sau
lteaux woman)\, nê\;hiya-iskwe (Cree woman)\, and Metis woman and is
a registered member of the Yellow Quill First Nation\, a signatory of Trea
ty 4. She is a mother to her 15 year old\, Kenadee. They are currently res
iding in Regina\, Saskatchewan. Ji-gaabiikwe is a Sixties Scoop Survivor a
nd an intergenerational residential school survivor. Reclaiming her cultur
al traditions is healing for her. She is rediscovering what it means to be
an Anishinaabekwe\, Indigenous woman. She is the founder of Moccasin Lodg
e a program within iEmergence. Moccasin Lodge is passionate about fosterin
g pathways\, cultivating relationships\, and journeying alongside Indigeno
us youth\, their families\, and communities to empower\, equip and engage
them to rediscover their Creator-given identity and purpose utilizing a ho
listic Indigenous cultural framework. \;
Episodes: I Want My Mom and Bineshi Kwe
\nBetty Ann Adam is a writer and an award-winning journalist. She is a member of Fond du Lac Denesuline Nation\, an intergenerational survivor of the Indi an Residential School system and a child of the Sixties Scoop.
\n< p>She co-wrote\, with director Tasha Hubbard\, the National Film Board of Canada documentary\, Birth of a Family\, which recorded the first gath ering of her siblings and herself\, who were all taken in the Sixties Scoo p.\nBetty Ann&rsquo\;s feature article\, Scooped: How I lo st my mother\, found my family and recovered my identity\, won the 2018 Ca nadian Association of Journalists award for outstanding journalism in long text form. \;She has served with a non-profit organization t hat advocated for Scoop survivors and is executive producer of Everything Is Connected\, a film about the overlap between Sixties Scoop and MMIWG.&n bsp\;Betty Ann was a staff reporter with the Saskatoon StarPhoeni x for 29 years. \;She was a reporter on the 2023 Pulitzer Pri ze winning podcast Stolen: Surviving St. Michael&rsquo\;s
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Mental Health Suppor
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Ceane Dusyk is a proud Meti s who was born in Regina Saskatchewan. He has been a part of Regina public schools for 16 years and his current role is an Indigenous advocate. Cult ure is a very important part of his life\, and he thrives on being a facil itator of cultural understanding to our youth and those who want to learn more.
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