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Indian Residential School Historical Overview

Key Events

Historical Events 1880's to 1996

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1990

  • First Indian residential school claim received

1991

  • Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples established

1992

  • National Chief Phil Fontaine discloses his personal experience of abuse

1996

  • Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples Report released
  • Residential School Unit at Indian and Northern Affairs created
  • Approximately 200 claims received
  • Last federally-run Indian residential school in Saskatchewan closes

1998

  • Gathering Strength:
    Canada’s Aboriginal Action Plan announced
    Statement of Reconciliation delivered (apology to those people who experienced sexual and/or physical abuse while attending residential schools)
  • Aboriginal Healing Foundation established

1998/99

  • Exploratory Dialogues take place across Canada

1999

  • First alternative dispute resolution pilot project launched - Grollier Hall

2000

  • Deputy Prime Minister Herb Gray appointed as Special Representative on Residential Schools

2001

  • Indian Residential Schools Resolution Canada emerges as a new department (June)
  • Government of Canada begins negotiations with the churches (Anglican, Catholic, United and Presbyterian)
  • Government offers 70 % of agreed-upon compensation to claimants with validated claims (October)
  • Anglican Church begins bi-lateral negotiations with the Government

2002

  • First alternative dispute resolution pilot project completed - Grollier Hall (May)
  • The Honourable Ralph Goodale, Minister of Public Works and Government Services becomes the minister responsible for Indian Residential Schools Resolution Canada (Aug)
  • Resolution Framework that includes an alternative dispute resolution project for individuals and groups; health supports for people with abuse claims and commemorative initiatives - along with litigation is announced. (Dec)

2003

  • Presbyterian Church signed an agreement with the Government of Canada outlining how they will participate in compensating former Indian residential school students who suffered sexual and physical abuse. (Feb)
     
  • Anglican Church signed an agreement with the Government of Canada outlining how they will participate in compensating former Indian residential school students who suffered sexual and physical abuse. (March)
     
  • The Honourable Ted Hughes selected as the Chief Adjudicator for the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) process to be launched in the Fall 2003. As Chief Adjudicator, Mr. Hughes will be responsible for the scheduling of ADR cases and managing the workload and conduct of a roster of 32 full-time independent adjudicators. (June)

2005

  • Appointment of the Honourable Frank Iacobucci as the Government's Representative to lead discussions toward a fair and lasting resolution of the legacy of Indian residential schools. (May 30)
     
  • An Agreement in Principle reached between the Federal Representative, the Honourable Frank Iacobucci, and legal counsel for former students, legal counsel for the Churches, and with the Assembly of First Nations and other Aboriginal organizations. (November 20)
     

 
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