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IAP Oversight Committee Releases Final Report
March 10, 2021
March 10, 2021, Gatineau, QC -- As the Independent Assessment Process comes to a close on March 31, 2021, the Oversight Committee will issue its Final Report on the historic process which provided compensation to tens of thousands of survivors of abuse in Indian Residential Schools on March 11, 2021.
The Independent Assessment Process was established under the Indian Residential Schools Settlement Agreement (IRSSA) to provide reparations for claims of sexual abuse, serious physical abuse, or other wrongful acts suffered by former students while attending a residential school. A claimant-centered private adjudicative process, the IAP began in 2007 and during the years of its operation resolved 38,276 claims and awarded more than $3.23 billion in compensation to residential school survivors.
The Final Report on the IAP includes a brief history of residential schools, outlines the negotiations that led to the IRSSA, and discusses the objectives of the IAP and the role they played in the larger Settlement Agreement. The 116-page report highlights both the work done to achieve the objectives set out by the parties as well as the challenges faced in implementing the IAP. It also provides insights into the perspectives of claimants, stakeholders and participants in the IAP, gathered through a series of meetings and focus groups.
Final Report (Available Thursday March 11, at 10 am EST)
Contact:
Michael Tansey
Media Relations
Indian Residential Schools Adjudication Secretariat
(613) 487-3765 (office)
(613) 851-4587 (cell)
michael@tancom.ca
michael.tansey@irsad-sapi.gc.ca