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Disability with Possibility

Disability with Possibility

Sandra Pronteau

· 47 min · Season 1 Episode 7

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Hosts Amanda and Michelle follow the journey of Sandra Pronteau, an inspiring and resilient Indigenous woman from the Cree-Metis community. Sandra lives in Vancouver with a congenital birth defect that's rendered her with disabilities, that include weak hearing.

But perhaps the challenge that's most defined her life, and her inspiring story, is that she's a survivor of the Sixties Scoop. This refers to the racist policy enacted by Canada's colonial machinery that removed, or “scooped,” Indigenous children out of their homes, communities and families of birth through the 1960s. They were…

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