Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement

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The Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement is a landmark Canadian class-action settlement that provided compensation to Indigenous survivors of residential schools and established mechanisms for truth-telling, healing, and reconciliation.

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Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement canonical 3

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Statements (44)

Predicate Object
instanceOf class-action settlement ⓘ
legal agreement ⓘ
settlement agreement ⓘ
acknowledges responsibility of the Government of Canada for the residential school system ⓘ
role of churches in operating residential schools ⓘ
systemic harms of the Indian residential school system ⓘ
addresses emotional abuse in residential schools ⓘ
intergenerational impacts of residential schools ⓘ
loss of language and culture caused by residential schools ⓘ
physical abuse in residential schools ⓘ
sexual abuse in residential schools ⓘ
alsoKnownAs IRSSA ⓘ
beneficiary First Nations former students of Indian residential schools ⓘ
Inuit former students of Indian residential schools ⓘ
Métis former students of Indian residential schools ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
establishes mechanisms for healing ⓘ
mechanisms for reconciliation ⓘ
mechanisms for truth-telling ⓘ
focusesOn survivors of Indian residential schools ⓘ
historicalSignificance one of the largest class-action settlements in Canadian history ⓘ
impact contributed to national dialogue on reconciliation in Canada ⓘ
increased public awareness of residential school abuses ⓘ
includesComponent Commemoration initiatives ⓘ
Common Experience Payment ⓘ
Healing programs and services ⓘ
Independent Assessment Process ⓘ
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada ⓘ
legalArea Indigenous law ⓘ
class-action litigation ⓘ
human rights ⓘ
party Government of Canada ⓘ
legal counsel for former students ⓘ
various churches that operated residential schools ⓘ
purpose address harms caused by the Indian residential school system ⓘ
promote healing and reconciliation between Indigenous peoples and the Government of Canada ⓘ
provide compensation to former students of Indian residential schools ⓘ
relatedTo Canadian Indian residential school system ⓘ
Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada ⓘ
reconciliation between Indigenous peoples and non-Indigenous Canadians ⓘ
subject Indian residential schools ⓘ
Indigenous residential schools in Canada ⓘ
typeOfCompensation funding for healing and commemoration ⓘ
individual monetary compensation ⓘ

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Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada → legalBasis → Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement ⓘ
National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation → hasLegalBasis → Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement ⓘ