Exploring Theme: "Settlements for Parties Excluded from the IRSSA"

“Hearing people sniffling because they’re crying, looking back and seeing people wiping their tears away, it’s gut wrenching.” — Crystal Martin, Indigenous Geographic cofounder Île-à-la-Crosse residential school survivor Emile Janvier, Robert Merasty, Lawrence Morin and Dorthy Dubrule. Windspeaker.com: Métis filmmaker Matt LeMay said he’s happy the Indigenous Geographic documentary Waiting for Justice is getting a second life...

Lawsuit seeks $20K on behalf of each survivor who attended provincially run schools CBC News: A new class-action lawsuit is seeking compensation for Indigenous people who attended day schools in Quebec that were under the jurisdiction of the provincial government.  A Quebec Superior Court judge authorized the lawsuit last month on behalf of Indigenous people...

Île-à-la-Crosse school operated for more than 100 years, survivors not included in previous settlements CBC News: Hundreds of boarding school survivors are in Saskatoon this weekend. It’s the first time so many people who were forced to go to the Île-à-la-Crosse boarding school in northern Saskatchewan are together. Organizers of the event, which is running until...