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Deal is 'Good for All'

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Jim Boyles
Anglican Journal, vol. 129, no. 1, January 2003, p. 1, 3
Commentary on the residential schools compensation agreement between the federal government and Anglican Church by the church's chief negotiator.
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Dealing With the Legacy of Native Residential School Abuse in Canada: Litigation, ADR, [Alternative Dispute Resolution] and Restorative Justice

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Jennifer J. Llewellyn
University of Toronto Law Journal, vol. 52, no. 3, Summer, 2002, pp. 253-300
Article gives a brief history of the schools, explains why the litigation process has been less than satisfactory, disputes ADR's viability as a non-judicial alternative, and discusses the possibility of using some model of restorative justice for dealing with the issue.
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Decisions May Affect Residential Schools Suits

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Michael R. McAteer
Anglican Journal, vol. 125, no. 7, September 1999, p. [?]
Focuses on the Supreme Court ruling on vicarious liability in Bazley v. Curry and Jacobi v. Griffiths.
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Desk Guide for Legal Counsel Practicing in the IAP

Alternate Title
Desk Guide for Legal Counsel Practicing in the Independent Assessment Process
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Indian Residential Schools Adjudication Secretariat
Information and guidance about the Independent Assessment Process for individual claims of abuse involving the residential school system. Version five.
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Dispute Process More Humane Says Goodale

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Paul Barnsley
Windspeaker, vol. 21, no. 9, December 2003

Argues that acknowledgment of the loss of language and culture is missing from the federal government's Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) process for residential school survivors.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.16.

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Does the Residential School ADR Process Effect Reconciliation?

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Gregory R. Hagen
Argues that the alternate dispute resolution (ADR) process relies too heavily on tort law without incorporating Aboriginal perspectives, has been arrived at without agreement or census of those affected, and may lead to re-victimization. Based on presentation at Residential Schools Legacy: Is Reconciliation Possible? conference.
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Doing Public History in Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission

Alternate Title
National Council for Public History Keynote Address
Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
John Milloy
The Public Historian, vol. 35, no. 4, November 2013, pp. 10-19
"The author discusses his experience with Canada's Truth and Reconciliation Commission, charged with writing a history of the residential school system for First Nations students in Canada and with producing an archive accessible to both scholarly researchers and the public."
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Donations to Healing Fund on the Decline

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Solange De Santis
Anglican Journal, vol. 130, no. 8, October 2004, p. 7
Money diverted to settlement fund for former students of residential schools.
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Double Standard Applies to Running Trust Funds

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Doug Cuthand
Star-Phoenix, November 23, 2007, p. A15
Describes which students do not qualify for the residential school settlement due to funding and/or school classification. Article ends with comments on June Draude's appointment as Minister of Indian and Métis Relations and Northern Affairs.
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Due North: James Madison, the American Modern Wall of Separation, and the Canadian Indian Residential Schools: New Lessons Concerning Older Notions about the Separation of Church and State

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Daniel R. Gordon
Cumberland Law Review, vol. 32, no. 2, 2001-2002, pp. 281-310
Argues that the Canadian experience of joint government/church involvement in residential schools proves the validity of American policy of separation of church and state, and the court decisions which upheld it.
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E.B. v. Order of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate in the Province of British Columbia, [2005] 3 S.C.R. 45, 2005 SCC 60

Alternate Title
E.B. Appellant and Order of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate in the Province of British Columbia...
E.B. v. OMI of BC File No.: 29890.
Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Supreme Court of Canada
Found that the Oblates of Mary Immaculate were responsible for an employee who sexually assaulted a child at the residential school for First Nations.
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ê-kiskakwêyahk/ we wear it

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Neal McLeod
The Canadian Journal of Native Studies, vol. 29, no. 1/2, 2009, pp. 87-90
Poem about transgressions against Aboriginal children in residential schools.
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Education Day in Saskatoon Best Attended One of Four

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Shari Narine
Windspeaker, vol. 30, no. 5, August 2012, p. 10, 22

Comments on an event hosted by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission which gave the opportunity for Grade 7 and 8 students to hear stories from residential school survivors, view displays and ask questions.

Entire issue on one pdf. To access article scroll to p.10.

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Enacting Reconciliation

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Joyce Green
Contends that all Canadians should be interested in the Final Report, the Executive Summary and the Calls to Action produced by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission.
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Evaluation of the Form Filler Program in the National Resolution Framework (NRF)

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
McLennan Consulting
Discusses the role of Form Fillers in the the Independent Assessment Process (IAP) for Self-Represented Claimants (SRC). Their role was to : fill out the Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) forms, getting release forms signed, and knowledge of legal or support services. The report also makes recommendations to improve effectiveness of the service.
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Exploring Pathways to Reconciliation

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Kathleen E. Absolon
Akiesha E. Absolon-Winchester
Consensus, vol. 37, no. 1, Journeying Together Toward Truth and Reconciliation, 2016, pp. 1-18

Discusses reconciliation from the point of view and experiences of an Indigenous social worker, a mother and a daughter and the living legacy of residential school.

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Fahrenheit 2010: Or Burn Baby Burn

Articles » General
Author/Creator
Drew Hayden Taylor
Windspeaker, vol. 28, no. 7, October 2010, p. 12

Reflects on Florida's Pastor Terry Jones' burning of the Koran and Canadian history of First Nations treatment by the Church-run residential schools.

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Family Group Decision Making (FGDM) With Lakota Families in Two Tribal Communities: Tools to Facilitate FGDM Implementation and Evaluation

Articles » Scholarly, peer reviewed
Author/Creator
Lyscha A. Marcynyszyn
Pete Small Bear
Erin Geary
Russ Conti
Peter J. Pecora ... [et al.]
Child Welfare, vol. 91, no. 3, Services for Native Children and Families in North America, May/June 2012, pp. 113-134
Describes an adapted Family Group Decision Making practice model for Native American communities.
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Federal Court Tactics Abused the Abused

Articles » General
Windspeaker, vol. 22, no. 9, December 2004, p. 8

Contends that the federal government's residential school Alternative Dispute Resolution process is inadequate and problematic to First Nations survivors.

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Federal Government Settles with Abuse Victims

Alternate Title
Federal Government Settles with Abuse Victims (Gordon Indian Residential School)
Articles » General
Windspeaker, vol. 14, no. 9, January 1997, p. 2

Discusses how, even as former Gordon Indian Residential School sexual abuse victims attain settlement with the federal government for the abuse endured, the after-effects continue to impact the personal lives of First Nations people.

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The Final Abuse of Indian Residential School Children: Deleting Their Names, Erasing Their Voices and Destroying Their Records after They Have Died and without Their Consent

Documents & Presentations
Author/Creator
Thomas L. McMahon
Primary focus is the lack of co-operation the Truth and Reconciliation Commission received when trying to collect statements given during the Independent Assessment Process (IAP) and the records of the Common Experience Payment program, despite the fact that this was part of its mandate as laid out in the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (IRSSA).
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Finding a Home for Truth to Reside

Alternate Title
Introspection: Finding a Home for Truth to Reside
Articles » General
Author/Creator
Winona Wheeler
Eagle Feather News, vol. 14, no. 3, March 2011, p. 5
Reports on the 2011 Truth and Reconciliation Commission conference in Vancouver. Article found by scrolling to page 5.
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Finding Heart

Media » Film and Video
Author/Creator
National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation
Tells the story of Peter Bryce, Chief Medical Office for the Department of Indian Affairs who reported health abuses and high death rates in Residential Schools as early as 1907, drawing attending to the overcrowding, poor sanitation and ventilation. Concludes with middle school children speaking about their feelings. Duration 14:12.
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