Responding to the TRC Calls to Action

In 2009, the CBA called on the federal government to provide an alternative dispute resolution process for Indigenous students who were victimized in settings other the residential schools governed by the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement, either by expanding the scope of the Independent Assessment Process or by creating a similar process for Indigenous Canadians who lost language and culture or suffered physical, sexual or psychological abuse while compelled to attend schools for indigenous children. The CBA endorses call to action 29 as consistent with that approach.