Events
Canadian government began design
a compensation plan with the
funders of the residential schools.Indian Affairs Minister Chuck Strahl
announces the appointment of Judge
Murray Sinclair, an aboriginal justice
from Manitoba, as chief commissioner
of the Truth and Reconciliation
Commission for residential schools.Justice Murray Sinclair
says he'll have to work
hard to restore the
commission's credibility.
Sinclair says people lost
some faith in the commission
after infighting forced the
resignation of the former
chairman and commissioners.Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean
relaunches the Indian
Residential Schools Truth
and Reconciliation Commission
in an emotional ceremony
at Rideau Hall.Canada's residential schools
commission is settling in to its new
home — and name — in Winnipeg.
New chief commissioner Justice
Murray Sinclair recently moved
the headquarters of the commission
from Ottawa to Winnipeg.
The commission has also changed
its name from the Indian Residential
Schools Truth and Reconciliation
Commission to theTruth and
Reconciliation Canada (TRC).Investigations into cases of
students who died or went
missing while attending Canada's
residential schools are a priority
for the Truth and Reconciliation
Commission, says the group's new
research director.Survivors of abuse at residential
schools are fearing the end
of federal funding on March 31
for the Aboriginal Healing Foundation,
a nationwide network of
community-based healing initiatives.
The federal government did not
renew its funding for the foundation
which serves 134 community-based
healing programs.With the simple cutting of a
ribbon, Canada's Truth and
Reconciliation Commission
officially opens its headquarters in
Winnipeg, two years after it
was first created.Thousands of aboriginal residential
school survivors meet in Winnipeg
for the first national event of the
Truth and Reconciliation Commission.The Truth and Reconciliation
Commission is pleased with
the outcome of its first national
event in Winnipeg, despite
receiving a smaller number
of survivor statements than hoped.The government of Canada
announces it will endorse the
UN Declaration on the Rights
of Indigenous Peoples, a non-binding
document that describes the individual
and collective rights of indigenous
peoples around the world. The Truth
and Reconciliation Committee hails
the decision as a step towards making
amends.The Truth and Reconciliation
Commission begins three months
of hearings in 19 northern
communities in the lead up to
its second national event,
which will be held in Inuvik,
N.W.T. between June 28 and July 1.Presbyterian Church
settles Indian residential
schools compensation.Ralph Goodale, minister
responsible for Indian
residential schools resolution,
and leaders of the Anglican
Church from across Canada
ratify an agreement to compensate
victims with valid claims of sexual
and physical abuse at Anglican-run
residential schools.The federal government appoints
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.The Supreme Court of Canada rules that the
federal government cannot be held fully
liable for damages suffered by students
abused at a church-run school on Vancouver
Island.Ottawa made a huge compensation
for aboriginal people who were forced
to attend residential schools.the Nunavut Court of Justice also made the
compensation package for aboriginal
people who were forced to attend residential schoolsA landmark compensation deal for
former residential school students
comes into effectIndian Affairs Minister Chuck
Strahl announces that Justice
Harry LaForme, a member of
the Mississaugas of the New
Credit First Nation in southern
Ontario, will chair the commission
that Ottawa promised as part of
the settlement with former students
of residential schools.Prime Minister Stephen Harper
apologizes to former students
of native residential schoolsJustice Harry LaForme resigns
as chairman of the Truth and
Reconciliation Commission for
residential schools.Former Supreme Court
of Canada justice Frank
Iacobucci, appointed in
2005 as the federal government's
representative to lead
discussions toward a fair
and lasting resolution of
the legacy of Indian residential
schools, agrees to mediate
negotiations aimed at getting
the Truth and Reconciliation
Commission back on its feet.Two of three commissioners
on the Indian Residential
Schools Truth and Reconciliation
Commission, Claudette
Dumont-Smith and Jane
Brewin Morley, announce
that they will step down
effective June 1.Pope Benedict XVI expresses
"sorrow" to a delegation from
Canada's Assembly of First
NationsSen. Lynn Beyak once again
defended residential schools
and says that the Indian Act
is not needed.Ontario teachers might be
pushing to strip names like
John A. Macdonald from
schools.he FSIN chief says a Saskatoon
man should be compensated
for a leg injury he sustained
at a residential school.Ontario’s top court says judge
s should stay out of Indian
residential school claimsRead for Reconciliation opens
at Saskatoon’s Frances
Morrison Central LibraryGord Downie to release new
solo album ‘Secret Path’
dedicated to dead First Nations boyWynne apologizes for ‘brutalities’
of residential school system
in OntarioTrudeau can’t compel Pope
to apologize for church’s
residential schoolsSaskatoon residents react
to TRC recommendationsAlert Bay, B.C., residential
school to be demolishedStudents lead Orange Shirt
Day movement in ReginaResidential school survivors
have respiratory damage,
broken bonesIndian residential schools
inquiry about to get reams
of documentsFormer residential school
supervisor convictedAbuse victim advocates
want voice in courtFormer residential school
worker to face trial for
alleged indecent assaultLocation set for trial of
ex-Saskatchewan residential
school supervisor
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