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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Label	Occurrences
Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement canonical	1

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 NERFINISHED ⓘ
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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Healing programs and services ⓘ Independent Assessment Process NERFINISHED ⓘ Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ
legalArea	Indigenous law ⓘ class-action litigation ⓘ human rights ⓘ
party	Government of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ 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 NERFINISHED ⓘ Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada NERFINISHED ⓘ reconciliation between Indigenous peoples and non-Indigenous Canadians ⓘ
subject	Indian residential schools NERFINISHED ⓘ 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 ⓘ