Residential Schools -- Legacy and Response
 

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Residential Schools Agreement to date:

  • In November 2002, the government and the Anglican Church of Canada reached an agreement that detailed the payment of compensation to residential school survivors. Under the agreement, the Federal Government of Canada agreed to pay 70% of the compensation and the Anglican Church of Canada committed to pay 30%, to a maximum of $25M.
  • In March 2003, the agreement was ratified.
  • In November 2005, the Federal government and legal counsel for former students, legal counsel for churches, the Assembly of First Nations and other Aboriginal organizations signed an agreement-in-principle to all outstanding residential schools issues. The agreement stipulates five major issues:
    • Common Experience Payment be made to all former students
    • Independent Assessment Process (IAP)
    • A Truth and Reconciliation Process
    • Commemoration
    • Ongoing Healing

The November 2005 agreement text is available as a PDF document. You will need a PDF viewer such as Acrobat Reader which is available free of charge from Adobe.

Other documents available:

These pages gather information and resources dedicated to addressing the legacy of "Indian residential schools," the primary mechanism through which new Canadians sought to assimilate the First Nations. The Anglican Church administered 26 such schools between 1820 and 1969. Since 1969 it has worked to establish partnerships with Aboriginal peoples and to support native justice concerns. Since 1990 it has been actively involved in responding to residential schools issues and contributing to reconciliation and healing.


Our goals here are to:

This web site is offered in the spirit of the Royal Commission on Aboriginal Peoples report which noted:

"Of all the non-governmental institutions in Canadian society, religious institutions have perhaps the greatest potential to foster awareness and understanding between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people. This potential exists even though the Christian churches' historical role was often that of supporting the dominant society and contributing to the marginalization of Aboriginal people.


Religious institutions can make a unique contribution today and in the future."

RCAP, Vol. 5, page 97

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