Sixties Scoop Class Action Settlement: cross-Canada information campaign to begin soon

MONTRÉAL, Nov. 27, 2018 /CNW Telbec/ - The Sixties Scoop Class Action has been Settled.  To be eligible, you must be a registered Indian, or, a person eligible to be registered, or, an Inuit person, who was adopted or made a permanent ward and was placed in the care of non-Indigenous foster or adoptive parents in Canada between January 1, 1951 and December 31, 1991, which resulted in the loss of cultural identity.

Eligible class members will receive compensation between $25,000 and $50,000 depending on the overall number of eligible members.

Collectiva, the Claims Administrator, along with its First Nations' partners, will be travelling across the country beginning in December 2018 to provide information to class members. They will hold 21 information sessions in 21 different cities across Canada where class members will receive support and guidance in preparing their claim forms and attend presentations on financial literacy provided by AFOA Canada. A qualified staff member from Collectiva along with other First Nations' professionals will be on hand to answer class members' questions.

The list of the next information sessions and communities is as follows:

December 17, 2018	Vancouver	Vancouver Aboriginal Friendship Centre Theatre Room, 1607 East Hastings Street Vancouver (BC) V5L 1S7
December 18, 2018	Thunder Bay	Victoria Inn Thunder Bay 555 West Arthur Street Thunder Bay (ON)  P7E 5R5
December 21, 2018	Toronto	Toronto Council Fire Native Cultural Centre 439 Dundas St East Toronto (ON) M5A 2B1

To access the full list of communities to be visited, click here.

If you are a Sixties Scoop class member
To make a claim for compensation, you must complete a claim form and send it to the Claims Administrator, Collectiva, no later than August 30, 2019. A copy of the claim form is available here.

To receive more information or assistance you may:

• Visit the Settlement website: https://sixtiesscoopsettlement.info
• Call 1 844 287-4270
• Send an e-mail request to [email protected].

SOURCE Collectiva Class Action Services

Mélanie Vincent, Cell / SMS: [phone], [email protected]