Ontario Chief Justice Warren Winkler and eight other provincial court judges in different regions of the country supervise the settlement agreement. Justice Winkler has retained class action lawyer Randy Bennett to assist him. Since this is a court-approved and court-monitored process, the court has the authority to oversee and intervene as necessary.
In this story, we are talking about clients involved in the Independent Assessment Process or IAP. The IAP is a very bureaucratic and complex system set up under the Indian Residential Schools Class Action Settlement Agreement to decide whether the former students deserve to be compensated for physical and sexual abuse they endured in the schools as children – and if so, how much that compensation should be.
The commission created to delve into the dark history of Indian residential schools in Canada says it can’t afford to execute its full mandate to collect historical records because the federal government and the churches won’t pay for the costs.
Nunavut lost a valuable part of its living history over the weekend as one of the territory’s most decorated elders passed away Saturday.
The 2011 Manito Ahbee event was in full swing this weekend.
The Conservative government announced Thursday morning it was commissioning a stained glass tribute to the survivors of Indian residential schools.
The residential school experience left thousands of Aboriginal people with emotional and physical scars.
Forty-five people were awarded the Order of Canada Friday at Rideau Hall in Ottawa for enriching the lives of others.
Supporters and artists came together on Parliament Hill to mark world suicide prevention day.
