Actions and Commitments: Call to Action # 29

Exploring Stakeholder: "Government of Canada"

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July 21, 2023


Deal near for 40,000 survivors of federal Boarding Homes Program

Canada will compensate those sent to suburban schools in four provinces between Sept. 1, 1951 and June 30, 1992. APTN News: Reginald Percival at 13 when Indian Affairs sent him to a suburban school from his northern First Nation. Photo: submitted  Warning: This story deals with disturbing subject matter.  Contact the Hope for Wellness Helpline for...

June 29, 2023


Final agreement reached to resolve Percival class action

NationTalk: Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada – Today, the Honourable Marc Miller, Minister of Crown-Indigenous Relations, and court-appointed representative plaintiffs Reginald Percival and Kenneth Weistche announced that a proposed settlement agreement has been reached in the Federal Indian Boarding Homes (Percival) class action. Beginning in the 1950s, approximately 40,000 Indigenous children were part of...

March 9, 2023


‘Historic’ $2.8B class-action Indigenous court settlement approved

Schools aimed to assimilate Indigenous children and abuse was widespread WARNING: This story contains distressing details. CBC News: A Federal Court judge has approved a $2.8-billion settlement agreement between the Canadian government and plaintiffs representing 325 First Nations whose members went to residential day schools. Justice Ann Marie McDonald said in her ruling issued Thursday...

February 27, 2023


First Nations leaders voice support for $2.8B federal agreement to settle lawsuit on residential schools

Indigenous chiefs and Ottawa announced the agreement in January CBC News: Canadian Press – First Nations leaders are voicing their formal support in Federal Court for a $2.8-billion settlement agreement to a class-action residential schools lawsuit. Former Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc chief Shane Gottfriedson told the Federal Court judge in Vancouver that reaching the settlement with the federal...

January 24, 2023


Métis survivors sue Saskatchewan, Canada over residential school

Class-action suit launched over the Île-à-la-Crosse school in northern Saskatchewan after Métis were left out of previous settlements. Toronto Star: For survivors of one of the oldest residential schools in Canada, it’s been a long time coming. Métis survivors who attended the Île-à-la-Crosse residential school in northern Saskatchewan have launched a class-action lawsuit against the Saskatchewan...

January 23, 2023


Settlement agreement reached for Band class litigation

Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada: Taking care: We recognize this news release may contain information that is difficult for many and that our efforts to honour Survivors and families may act as an unwelcome reminder for those who have suffered hardships through generations of government policies that were harmful to Indigenous Peoples. The National Residential...

January 21, 2023


Ottawa announces $2.8 billion to settle remaining part of B.C. day scholar lawsuit

The federal government says it’s come to a $2.8-billion agreement to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by members of a British Columbia Indigenous band who attended residential schools as day scholars. Toronto Star: VANCOUVER – The federal government has come to a $2.8-billion agreement to settle a class-action lawsuit brought by two British Columbia first...

January 19, 2023


‘Major concerns’ were flagged in Indian boarding home system for years, records show

Indigenous students were sent to boarding homes while attending public schools CBC News: In January 1967, the minister of Indian Affairs in Ottawa got a troubling letter from the United Church’s Indian Work Sub-Committee in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia. Committee members were so concerned by the department’s handling of an expanding boarding home program...

January 11, 2023


As extension period for Indian Day Schools settlement comes to an end, concerns remain

Deadline to submit a claim with an extension form is Jan. 13 at 11:59 PST CBC News: Louise Mayo anticipates busy days ahead as the end of the week approaches, closing the extension period for claims to a national class action settlement for First Nations and Inuit children who suffered harm while attending federally-run Indian...

January 3, 2023


Ottawa, plaintiffs agree to settle ‘Indian boarding homes’ class action

Lawyer estimates deal could be worth $2.2 billion CBC News: The Canadian government and lawyers for survivors have reached an agreement-in-principle to settle a class-action lawsuit over the operation of boarding homes for Indigenous students attending public schools between 1951 and 1992. The federally run program saw an estimated 40,000 Indigenous youth placed in non-Indigenous boarding homes where...

October 20, 2022


Supreme Court will not hear from St. Anne’s residential school survivors

OTTAWA – The Supreme Court of Canada said Thursday it will not to hear a case of residential school survivors who have fought a years-long battle against Ottawa to release thousands of records. The group of survivors from St. Anne’s residential school in northern Ontario had looked to the country’s highest court after spending the...

October 5, 2022


Individuals who attended Federal Indian Residential Schools as Day Scholars can apply for a $10,000 compensation payment

… Claimants are encouraged to check the Schedule E Indian Residential Schools List to see if they are eligible before submitting a claim. by Waddell Phillips, Class Counsel in the Indian Residential Schools Day Scholars class action NationTalk: Vancouver, October 5, 2022 – Individuals who attended a Federal Indian Residential School during the day but did not sleep there...

October 5, 2022


Individuals who attended Federal Indian Residential Schools as Day Scholars can apply for a $10,000 compensation payment

… Claimants are encouraged to check the Schedule E Indian Residential Schools List to see if they are eligible before submitting a claim. by Waddell Phillips, Class Counsel in the Indian Residential Schools Day Scholars class action Vancouver– Individuals who attended a Federal Indian Residential School during the day but did not sleep there overnight (“Day Scholars”), are...

July 14, 2022


Anishinabek Nation expresses disappointment in Indian Day School Class Action Settlement deadline

ANISHINABEK NATION HEAD OFFICE (July 14, 2022) – The Federal Indian Day School Class Action Settlement closed its application process on July 13, 2022. The Anishinabek Nation expresses disappointment in this decision and the lack of response regarding requests for amendments to both the settlement and claims processes. Survivors, families, and leadership have been continuously requesting...

July 12, 2022


Indian Day School deadline to file could be extended for federal lawsuit claimants

Nunatsiaq News: The deadline to file a claim under the Federal Indian Day School Class Action lawsuit is Wednesday, but some people might be eligible to file late. So far, approximately 150,000 people have filed claims related to their experiences at residential day schools, according to Gowling WLG, the law firm behind the class-action lawsuit....

June 22, 2022


Anishinabek Nation and FSIN call for action on the Indian Day School Class Action Settlement

In a true and honourable act of Truth and Reconciliation, we are calling on the Government of Canada to take the steps necessary to bring Class Council to the table to extend the deadline for the Federal Indian Day school Class Action Settlement and begin important discussions around addressing the additional barriers to equitable justice...

January 4, 2022


Individual Claims Process for Gottfriedson IRS Class Action now open

The individual claims process in the Gottfriedson Indian Residential Schools Day Scholars Class Action settlement is now open. The deadline to submit a claim is October 4, 2023. Each Day Scholar who attended an Indian Residential School during the day only (but did not sleep there overnight) is eligible to apply for a $10,000 Day...

November 1, 2021


Sixties Scoop: Call for federal government to commission a national inquiry

Manitoba Keewatinowi Okimakanak (MKO), Southern Chiefs’ Organization (SCO), and the 60s Scoop Legacy of Canada – MKO, SCO and the 60s Scoop Legacy of Canada are calling on the federal government to commission a national inquiry into the Sixties Scoop and the removal of First Nations children from their communities. Recently, Chiefs of MKO and...

October 25, 2021


St. Anne’s IRS

Nishnawbe Aski Nation (NAN) – Deputy Grand Chief Anna Betty Achneepineskum today called on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to end Canada’s relentless legal battles against Survivors of the notorious St. Anne’s Indian Residential School and meet with them in the spirt of reconciliation during a press conference in Ottawa: “The Survivors of St. Anne’s Residential...

September 18, 2019


Next federal government will face unresolved class action lawsuits from residential school era

Ottawa was in talks to settle one case and headed to trial on another when election called CBC News: Two major unresolved class action cases from the Indian residential school era will face the next government, and may be a test of its commitment to reconciliation, says a lawyer for one group of plaintiffs.  When the federal...

March 13, 2018


Student on student abuse

The government believes there are some instances where Indian Residential School survivors who suffered abuse at the hands of fellow students may not have received fair compensation. The Government will pursue negotiated settlements with survivors whose claims of student-on-student abuse were previously dismissed or under-compensated....

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