Common Contracts
1 similar Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement contracts
BackgroundIndian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement • November 24th, 2021
Residential schools were a policy developed under the authority of a federal law called the Indian Act. Residential schools were first created in 1886 and the last one closed in 1997. Following the closure of the final residential school, the survivors of residential schools sued the Government of Canada in the largest class action lawsuit in Canadian history. The Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (“IRSSA”) was reached between Residential Schools Survivors, the Assembly of First Nations, Inuit representatives and the parties responsible for the creation and operation of the schools: the federal government and church bodies.
