Seeking Stones: Grief in Foster Care

Written By Grief Matters
 

This month’s cartoon is by guest artist, Savannah Tries. Savannah spoke with a person, who wishes to remain anonymous, about their experiences of grief and healing after being raised in foster care as a result of the ‘Sixties Scoop.’ It is estimated that upwards of 20,000 Indigenous children were forcibly removed from their homes in Canada between 1960-1990 and placed into foster care and adopted homes. More information on the Sixties Scoop can be found at:

https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/sixties-scoop

We’re grateful to this person for their generosity and reflections.

*Click the image to view in a slideshow.

 
 
 
Grief Matters

Grief Matters is working to increase awareness of grief so that we all can better support ourselves, others, and our communities. The co-founders are Susan Cadell and Mary Ellen Macdonald. May Ellen is an anthropologist and Professor in Palliative Medicine at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. She holds the J & W Murphy Foundation Endowed Chair in Palliative Care. Susan is a social work researcher at Renison University College in Waterloo, Ontario.

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