Survivors

Left Behind: The History of Residential Schools in N.L.

More than 1,000 former Newfoundland and Labrador residential school students say the federal government must recognize the abuse they suffered. Survivors from this province said they were unjustly excluded from a multi-billion-dollar settlement with other Canadian residential school survivors. The group of survivors from this province launched a class-action lawsuit and, after years of delays, …


Residential School ‘Day Scholars’ Can Launch Class-Action Lawsuit: Court

Hundreds of First Nations’ people left out of residential-school compensation will be allowed to collectively sue the federal government for their mistreatment. The decision comes one day after the Truth and Reconciliation Commission released a momentous report on the same school system. Federal Court in Vancouver certified a class-action lawsuit on Wednesday proposed by the former aboriginal …